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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Cardinals, Saturday 8/9, 2:55 CT

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Bernie Mac died
gametime meal...

i made the most awesome pot roast, with all the veggies…probably the most amazing meal ive ever made…and im a former chef!

wow. send some of that over here!
for some of those muffins you made yesterday...

anytime

Zatarain's

Chicken Creole!! Though that was a few hours ago for dinner… Watched Superman II during/after dinner and now ready for Superman – Cubs Edition on mlb.tv!

Do you give cooking lessons?
OT: That dog cloning story gets wierder and wierder

from AP:

SALT LAKE CITY – A woman who made news around the world when she had five pups cloned from her beloved pit bull Booger looked very familiar to some who saw her picture: She may be the same woman who 31 years earlier was accused of abducting a Mormon missionary in England, handcuffing him to a bed and making him her sex slave.

gracey called for

2 more homers by edmonds today.

tlr would so plunk him for that

where the world is everyone??

watching olympics?

Y'all realize it's the middle of the night in China, right?

NBC as usual tape delays everything. Thank goodness for BBC!

I actually got the Cubs game,

which is a contradiction of what the FOX website says!

Good deal.

Big Z takes the mound!
Anyone know if Woody is available today?
im not sure...

his back was stiff or something yesterday

Well, TWSS to me ;)
Shocker

In Vegas, I’m surprised I didn’t get stuck with Angels v Yankees.

Let's go Cubs!

Yikes! Bad start…

2 pitches

1 out

I'd rather have a 1st pitch double

Then an 8th pitch double….

That is the silver lining.....
Pujols always makes me nervous!
MVP

Did you hear the mention: Soriano is a legit MVP candidate? Discuss?

this year there's so many to choose from
To early, it'll be clearer to identify the canidates in September.
maybe if he played a full season

with these numbers

I agree, stupid Bennett from the Braves.

despite not playin a full season

he is very valuable to this team. They seem to click when he’s in the lineup.

It said, our greed knows no bounds, we will advertise in any language

Next year

All ZEROs

well..

we are argueably the best team in baseball, and we are 1 game below .500 without him, and like 44-15 with him…legit

nasty split z
Might not be commenting too much.

I’m propped up in my Laz-e Boy and my laptop is too hot for my lap.

Sounds like you need some popcorn! (or crackerjacks)
Just a nice pitcher of cold water

(placed no where near my Mac)...

hay-yull yeah
sit down Pujols
Feh. 1-0 Cards
Howdy all

I see Z is doin all right

HAVE NO FEAR

We’ll come back.

Zambrano

I don’t know why he gets so crazed, he is too good for that. Plus, his bat helps him out. All will be well.

Don't tell me he's riled already.
he got hepped up on that run
c'mon blue

caught the corner

For those who have Yankees-Angels on Fox and have Directv

try Channel 425.It’s in Spanish, but I’m watching it now with mute on. Listening to Pat and Ron on MLB Audio (with delay).

cool! Spellcheck doing the lineup
don't give up yer day job, shark
Thankfully for us

He’s under contract preventing that!!!

It's the Shark with the starting lineup!
All Drinkers Check In!!!

I forgot to start this earlier, sorry.

I enjoyed some Havana Club (product of Cuba) rum and diet coke w/ lime earlier. I’ve since switched to Captain Morgan Private Stock for my gametime drinking binge to save the good stuff :)

Private Stock and diet Coke
Great minds think alike... :)

Leine Sunset Wheat

Good choice.

Though, I prefer just a regular Leine’s over the sunset wheat. But that’s just me.

sierra mist!!

not as good as sprite, but you know…still pretty hardcore!!

lol

in a few hours… a fine zin

What are you, a preacher or something?

;)

the mountains are blue

on my Coors Light!

Outstanding!

Even though my neighbors here in this country would probably prefer that warm stuff…

Felipe Lopez makes me fly.
I feel a Theriot HR

coming on… He’s due.

The wind is only 9 mph. He needs at least a half gale....
Was that not

almost the greatest called shot of the year?

I vote yes.

ALMOST, but not quite.
TWSS

story of my life.

So-ri-a-no!

There goes the STL no hitter!

I think Soriano's looking to steal
Guess Hack Hitter is on first....I'm thinking hit and run myself.
"impactful" is not a word, announcer-guy
Is that a Japanese flag they showed at one of the rooftops?
yep
Hmmmmm.....

Wonder why they’re flying a Japanese flag? Something to do with the Olympics, perhaps?

or they're Japanese tourists

in town to support Dome

olympics are in china
I meant that I hadn't seen it flown before,

maybe they’re rooting for the Japanese team? Or just ardent Fukodome fans?

I've seen rooftop rising sun flags before
Probably.

The miller lite RF sign was in japanese during a recent series. Did anyone ever translate that?

It said, our greed knows no bounds, we will advertise in any language

Seriously?

I can see this being a joke or for real…

I’m joking, don’t know what it said.

still stewing about the 1st inning I’ll wager!

Shenanigans

I call Shenanigans on the “Lee is having a terrific year” statement

i raised an eyebrow too...

he didnt even make the ASG

Alright Sori!
heads up baserunning
ballsy advance

nice scouting report

Probably less of a chance than stealing against Molina...
with sori on second...

the 643 dp is doubtful

would’ve been one though without Soriano’s advance

Notice how this game has slowed to a crawl?
ARam is a perfect 3 for 3 (4 PA) against Wellemeyer lifetime
tlr has to pitch

to rami with jed ondeck

close call on that strike
Am I the only one who laughed out loud

When the fox camera went over larussa?

Ump is already angering both teams

those midrange fastball will get drillt

second time around

oooooooooh

Aram missed that one….....hanging curve

i get a kick out of

rami’s reverse direction bat action after he pulls off a pitch

I love watchign my W flag whip in the wind.

had to leave it out over night so my bro could drive by on his way to work today and see it :-D

i hung mine...

people in oklahoma dont know what it means…people thought it was a white power flag…needless to say, it stays in the house now

I don't fly any flag from my house

But I do walk around town on the weekends wearing my Cubbie Bear hat…

Most people have no clue what it means. I don’t care.

should've left it up
yea...

and iu would have been know as the “white supremist preacher” of the town

Maybe you should go all out

and errect a flag pole and hang a regular Cubs flag with it. That might help a bit

i liked how during the pregame, they tried to mock espn for talking about favre too much,

yet, what were the two stories they talked about right after that? Joba and Manny, of course. Pot, meet kettle. And Jeannie Zelasko is hideous.

Must intermingle errands with this game

and I am not one bit happy about it! Laundry next commercial break.

Well...

that’s what I should be doing. Wanna throw mine in with yours?

whites are up on the list

if you can make it to Canton IL in about 5 mins, sure, why not.

Gimme me a sec... I'll email a load :D
Wouldn't it be lovely if that were possible?
I would even pay a small convenience charge
since your sending an email

send him some muffins

muffins only available

at Jim Edmonds Fan Club meetings :-)

Do I get an exception?

Since my address ends in APO, AE???

Always make exceptions for APO :D
at tony larussa house?

just a guess

you are speaking of...

oh…nevermind

If I had one wish,

it would be to have my own washer and dryer. (That and a maid.)

That would not be my wish.
Check, Check, working on it.
PRIORITIES!!!
It's my fault

my sister has been home from Dekalb for a few days and we have been in Wii marathon mode. Gotta get back to business

Febreze is a quick substitute :)

Febreze and wrinkle releaser!
Make stinky wrinkled old clothes like new!

wringle releaser is like holy waterin my home!
oh, it's been a century?

thanks Dick, I had no idea.

has ir been that long

wow, times flies….......

Eamus Catuli

That is the greatest!

any link

to show what that means?

The Lakeview Baseball Club, which sits across Sheffield Avenue (right-field) from the stadium displays a sign that reads, “Eamus Catuli!” (roughly Latin for “Let’s Go Cubs!”—catuli translating to “whelps”, the nearest Latin equivalent), flanked by a counter demonstrating the Cubs’ long legacy of futility. The counter is labeled “AC,” for “Anno Catuli,” or “In the Year of the Cubs.” The first two digits indicate the number of years since the Cubs’ last division championship as of the end of the previous season (2007), the next two digits indicate the number of years since the Cubs’ last trip to the World Series (1945), and the last two digits indicate the number of years since their last World Series win (1908). It is not currently known what the LBC will do if the Cubs reach 100 years without a World Series title.

Thanks, wondering that also!
Wikipedia

is your friend. Let’s Go Cubs!

still stewing about the first inning

Right.

I’m back now, from ordering my child’s school supplies.

Who’s here???

The herd is here!

MOOOOOOOO!

present

withOUT video & bitter.

I know what you mean

at work today and no game on

I'm watching the game on Fox Sports Espanol

Beisbol de las Grande Ligas
Channel 425 Directv

Sin City

VegasCubFan in the house!

I will be visiting your

fine city over Labor Day weekend. Staying at the MGM Grand with 7 of my best girlfriends from high school. Can’t wait!

You're going to have a great time!
Would I miss my Hero going yard??????
I'm finally here

sync’d up via FSE and mlb.com (Pat & Ron)...hurray!!

Go Cubs!!

Present!

Live from St. Peters, MO

Ken Rosenthal begins...

...what I can only hope is a Joba-like media blitz for Samardzija.

Please explain why I am so fascinated

by sports during the Olympics I’d never watch at any other time?

No kidding

I still can’t believe I watched a badminton match earlier today

That Brian Urlacher

can really plays some ‘minton.

I watched Handball this morning,

and I’d never even heard of it! But I couldn’t stop watching it! I think NBC drugs the broadcast!

With the massive tape-delay on most events

They have time to perfect the poison!

Because it's the olympics.

Democracy faces off against Communism. Good vs Evil. The Miracle on Ice.

USA! USA! USA!

Oh, I guess an obligatory Team GB! Team GB! Team GB!

i watched womens fencing

fencing! and was fascinated the whole time!!

LOL

what was with the lady screaming everytime she scored

Who cares?

All I care about is this:

Gold: USA
Silver: USA
Bronze: USA

COMMUNISTS BE DAMNED!!!!

i was wondering if it hurt! lol
That's what I thought at first

but then I realized the one that was scoring was screaming

i'd watch most ballgames over most

other tv.

i’d go for aussie football anytime

Is that what we call Rugby?
no, but similar

i’d explain the rules, but i can’t

that irish bloodsport (hurling?) is great and unrepresented

Hurling in the Olympics?

Well, that’s one way for Ireland to get a gold medal. No other country plays it!

(not counting the Gaelic clubs in NYC and London, or the compromise rules matches with Aussie footballers)

I hurled a lot in college

heh heh

I just wish they'd stay more than 5 minutes on one sport
Sounds like you need the BBC!
No commercials, too!
bbc has commercials

they just play them all at once, for 15 minutes.

Sometimes I guess

But for the most part, I disagree. They even go as far as to show three south park episodes in just over one hour… something unheard of back in the states!

that I very much do
I used to get Canadian TV (CBC)

and most of their coverage was live. Sadly, we don’t have access to CBC in Chicago.

I grew up on the Canadian border

I miss ready access to CBC. It was good to get the news from both country’s perspectives.

Watch online or on the other networks.

Oxygen, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, Universal HD all showing Olympic coverage. Or NBC has streaming video of almost everything.

yep. that's going to be the sensible alternative
edmonds to lead off

are you thinking about what i’m thinking about, pinky?

PRESENT!!!

Cuban rum for everyone!!!!!

(that is outside of the USA)

Make mine a Diet Pepsi, please!
I have DP w/ vanilla

Is that ok?

bragging

I have purchased goods from that sales kiosk outside Mecca

DEROSA!

HOME RUN!!!

that happen to be the pitch that I used to sync FSE to Pat & Ron...sweet!!
HOORAYYYYYYYY DEEROOO
MARK DEROSA

ties it !!!

Go DeRo Go DeRo Go Go Go DeRo
There's some serious man love going on in the dugout

between D-Ro and ONEDEC!

Oops

missed last commercial/laundry break. better luck next one…

You need to have a laundry break

Every time the cubs are at bat from now on

That ties his career high, and we have 40+ games left!!!
just showed up...GO DERO
"Bunting foul"

Is Dick watching the same game?

He's watching Yankees-Angels, just like everyone else.
dero gets better carry

on his shots than i think he’ll get.

his last 2 shots looked like warning track at best

gotta run to get sumfin to eat,

so get z through the third for me

Done

I think…

Crap!

I knew I shouldn’t have responded to you!

Greetings from

Arizona…lurker turned noob, be gentle

Welcome! great to have you!
GET YOUR PITCHFORKS, EVERYONE!!!

We have ourselves a n00b!!!!

Be nice to me

I’m a teacher…I could be teaching your kid someday ;-)

I'm willing to take that chance :)
Welcome

Enjoy the fun

Welcome!

We’re very friendly, here in the midwest!

Is Preacher still here?
im here
Could you please cook up an Italian feast for everyone on BCB today?

It’s in honor of DeRo’s dinger. Put it on my tab. Oh, and good wine with it…

haha...

i could to that…
veal scallopini
bowtie pasta with asparagus
tira misu??
good?

Yankees-Angels or Olympics? since Cubs are blacked out for me

Olympics

I'll tell you what happened
that got out

In a HURRY

Yeah unfrotunately...
Z: Not to self

Don’t pitch there anymore

Schumaker?

Again?

can't believe Theriot got that!
to lazy to go back to pregame thread...wind blowing out?
Blowing out to right, 8 mph.
If you have Gameday, weather is shown under the field.
just following you guys here, gameday is always behind

um….someone got a really good scouting report

S***

C’mon Z

Sometimes, the delay on mlb.tv is your friend

By this board I knew NOT to switch back to the feed for the HR, so didn’t have to see it. Unfortunately, y’all didn’t warn me of theriot’s great play so I just missed it!

The delay on the audi

compared with gameday prepares you to hear Ron’s heart break into a gagillion pieces

no worries

we got this one in the bag.

ok

no more laundry during the game

No worries

we come back and get Wellemeyer now. We’ve got a lot of game to go.

Yeah. We've got them just where we want them.
Um, Z?

You’re s’posed to be, like, the ace? Aces don’t give up two dingers in an inning.

well.

dont throw him under the bus…he gave up one to arguably one of the best hitters in the game

What's with Z's stuff

does it all look bad? How worried should I be?

He has no idea where his fastball is going to end up right now.
I'm not thinking 3

is going to be near enough

THAT is why Pujols makes me nervous!
Okay,

giving up a HR to Pujols is alittle understanding but Zambrano hasn’t fooled Skip Schumaker once.

Z’s command is way off today.

Really?

Cause it looked like those pitches to Schumacher went right where he wanted them to.

SS was definetly looking for those

Yeah, but that's nothing to do with command.
well that eating break didn't work
Have some cookies!

They’re good luck!

Memo to Cubs hitters: This is Todd Freakin' Wellemeyer.

Of course, he was pitcher of the month in May. What’s up with that?

40 pitches so far....good, get into their bullpen.
Z is not impressed!

HOMERUN!

maybe this is the game where

Pujols arm dislocates and goes flying off his body. Wasn’t something like this supposed to happen way before August???

They are about to cut the kids mic because he’s going to take their jobs.

Well...

Helping himself out

See?

ZAMBRANO GOES YARD!

1 back quick
Hooooooooo!!!!

Who is the MAN!

D@$% think Z was a bit angry?

Someone does need to calm Z down

he did seem to have steam coming out of his ears as he was rounding the bases.

I hope he channels that energy productivly on the mound.

Z

getting one of those runs back!!!!!!!!!

I loves me my Z!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't believe that Friggin Guy!!
I was about to ask Z if he could

help his cause a little…from my keyboard to God’s ears

The kid is good luck!
who's that kid in the booth? I was out of the room
Something about Make A Wish foundation, I think.
Hope he's having a grand time

seems like he is :D

I hope that CSN hires him to replace Plesac.
you and me both.
he's a make-a-wish kid

unfortunately, that means he probably won’t live long enough to do that.

...I'm sure he'll make it to Monday!
true dat

Could he work for ESPN tomorrow?

damn...wish i got the game on Fox here, i wanna see the homerun derby!!!
do you have Directv?
yea, but 425 doesnt come in for me, its part of the expanded sports package
616?
same..haha i'll have make due with the board today
Give up 2 hrs, get 1 hr....not a fair trade, but we'll take it....

Now it’s Soriano time…

That kid is a better analyst than

Dan Plesac.

Definately doesn't talk as much
LOL,

I like Dan - as a person - he’s just an awful announcer.

He seems to over analyze things and he verbalizes every thought

sometimes well placed silence has more impact

I have a feeling there are going to be many shots today

make a wish

fox gets some good announcers

my wish: Steve Stone doing commentary

Soriano has hit two LOUD foul balls so far.
7 hits in this game, 4 solo HRs....

Nah, the wind isn’t blowing out or anything….

Sori-an-o

clap clap, clap-clap clap

Gotta Love Big Z...

He knows he did bad so he makes up for it himself!!!!

Let the kid sing the 7th inning stretch!
I think it's Digger Phelps
No swinga atta low ball, Soriano!
Was it a nasty pitch

at least?

Let me guess...

low and away, right?

well ladies and gents

im gonna step away for awhile…ill be back in around an hour

You can tell Lou loved doing that interview with the kid

great twinkle in his eye

Lou's a big softie when it comes to kids.
The Riot is aboard with a single!
Theriot singles! Into LEFT!
DOUBLE PLAY
Wouldn't you rather a home run?

Yes, but whenever I watch Lee, all I ever see is DP.

What’s thought in Vegas stays in Vegas.
Lee HR!

OK, that’s what I like!

Nothing personal, I couldn’t help it

why was glaus in?

scrappyness doesn’t bunt for hits

You play him deep and I'm sure he'll start.
TWSS
Zing

And from the New Guy

he learns fast
ty, ty all...

here all night/waitress/veal

He bunts enough

to keep ‘em honest.

Let's see if DP Lee...

shakes off that nickname

That will work

Lee gets a hit!

Riot to third!

Whoo hoo!

Come on Aramis!

That looked really smoked on GameCast....
This kid IS good luck! Never been to a losing Cubs game
this Kid

I like this kid. And I’m very envious, I want a dream day at Wrigley Field like this.

Did they say

why he got this wish fulfilled?

who is he? I have the sound off
make a wish kid.

It’s nice to have a dream day at Wrigley, but I’m betting most of us wouldn’t like to be in his shoes. Make-a-wish kids don’t get better.

Bet it made his day.

Hope he gets better soon!

I blame Vegas for jinxing

us in the that last DP!

Not my fault, ARam is my hero. I never said nothing about him.

Playing the role of D Lee this afternoon

...Rammy the Whammy

aaahhhh!!! The High Life!!!

Update, 7 Cardinal hits (3 hrs), 5 Cub hits (2 hrs)...

That’s close to 50% home runs…this is nuts!

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