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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Astros, Monday 9/1, 3:05 CT

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Nervous about this pitching matchup?\\
Oswalt's Given Up More HRs Than Marquis?
I LOVE HOFFPAUIR!
This is the "It's Sue's Birthday Of Course It's a Win" thread
YOure the best...aroud...nothins ever gonna keep you down
OT: cat bit remote so hard he punctured it!
Now, since Sue already had her moment...

Here’s one for the rest of us.

speak for yourself when you refer to rest of us lol
Fair enough :)
How About The Young Lady

that wears nothing except the W flag?

That's for AFTER the game

You know, when the W flag is allowed to be shown :)

I wonder what she does

when they lose . . .

Yikes.

puts clothes on?

LOL

Maybe she doesn't take them off?
More your style? :)

IMO Sarah Palin Is Hot
Even as a Palin supporter

Lets leave the comments about politics or anything related to just that.

Understood - Was Just Commenting On Her Looks Alone
Fan of Tina Fay then too?

...double swoon...
I think we should stay with sports related pics...

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I'm sanantonecub

And I approve of this message.

Happy Birthday, Sue!

Emelie, get that cat a muzzle.

hehehe
Is your kitty still being to "friendly"?
thank goodness no

that was just after I was out of town for a week and his love bucket was bone dry. He’s much better now

That's good!
I Hate Having My Love Bucket Bone Dry

just sayin’…

good start for Marquis
Nice start marquis!
3 pitches, one out
Marquis has been pitching well lately.
Milwauke, Houston and Chicago all won 20 in August wow
I'll like a repeat

But will settle for 15!

100 wins..... giggles in delight at the thought
great inning I like a strong start for our defense
Nice play by Rami..
Good job so far

Marquis is getting the ball down.

Work that changeup...
*raises my water and toasts Sue on her 21st bday*
21st, Sue?

You pup :-)

yeah I wish
21 in spirit is just as good, Right?
Bases Loaded for the Mets
They certainly have had chances

2 out now — started with a leadoff double

Cheering for Mets is painful enough.....

they better do good in this series.

I'll be at Miller Park tomorrow

Wearing a Mets hat. Believe it.

You better have a Cubs shirt to go along with that
And a price tag still on the mets hat
Badgers -- just to confuse people
I take back some of the things I've said about you :)
Thoughts with the gulf coast...
Still have my fingers crossed...
Sori not K'ing or popping out? I'm a little surprised
Damn MLB.tv

BUFFERING?!?! Noooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd like at least 5 extra base hits by the Cubs

in honor of Sue. Happy Birthday!!

How about 21 for every birthday she has had?
maybe 21 over the series is a good goal ;-)
5 extra on top of the 10 already scheduled, right?
I should be an announcer...thanks Len
In Milwaukee

Wild pitch halves the lead.

Stetter got a questionable call for strike 2 on the 1-1 pitch earlier.

It's gonna turn into

which bullpen chokes last

don't like oswalt
Ok, I won't!

Never really did.

Gosh. DLeee has give up grounding out for looking at strike 3.
Inning over in Milwaukee, 2-1

The very mediocre Stetter retires Reyes on a shallow fly to center.

Reyes ends the inning Mets 1 Brewers 2 Mid 7th
hiyo!

time to play some winning baseball!

Who knew? the s-k-u-l-e school joke is still being tried

and still not recieving laughs

this batter is overly attached to his eye black

looks like it’s 4" deep under each eye

oh it's berkman
Fat Elvis Bloops A Single To Right
OMG THAT WAS AN ERROR!

There goes Marquis no hitter, lets go on a tyraid.

Why was kosuke so far off the line?!
NIce Nice NIce
Theriot Turns Two!

w00t

love those double plays
Love me some 6-4-3

(as long as the other team hits it)

Wow That WAS A Bad Storm

the last time Houston was at Wrigley!

600 lightening strikes
Yeah,

I love how they showed Dlee and Reed making fun of Lance Berkman

are they sure those were sirens?

i think it was fat elvis crying

Hey...do we have different umps for this series?
Yes

I don’t think umpires ever stay over anymore. Sometimes it used to happen, but it was rare.

Pence

seems like another Jayson Werth – only shows up against the Cubs.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at his finest
thank you, wind
Fly Out To EdMo

To the btm of the second!

so, is this

Good Jason, or Bad Jason?

so far so good
0 runs through 2, im happy

But you never know til hes out of the game.

If He Can Seal The Deal

after going 0-2 on a hitter (especially when there’s two out) he should be OK today.

Good Jason until he give up runs then

He must be DFA’d immediately!

Mets coming up in the top of the 8th
You know what would be suprising is if the

Blue Jays came up instead.

We have a heads up on TOR in any short series

After all, we have TWO people that speak canadien and can tell us their secrets ;)

What's Up With The "Slob" Look Of The Brewers?

Baggy pants, untucked shirts…

Is there a more fitting image

For a team that calls themselves the Brewers and has a giant suds glass as a mascot?

Been like that for a few years now
In other wild card news

Philly down 2-0, 4th
StL up 2-0, 2nd

If Philly loses to Washington, I'm gonna be ticked

After the Cubs helped them stay in it! ;)

That was obviously our goal.
";)"

Usually denotes a lack of seriousness.

Jayson Werth Came Back to Earth
You're a poet and you don't know it!
Yeah I wasn't being serious either
Ramirez flies out to medium deep center

Thousands of fans roar. Sigh….

Danny Murphy leadoff double in Milwaukee
Typical Gagne on the mound today
David Wright up, hopefully redeeming himself

For the K in the 6th w/tying run at 3rd, 0 out

Ugly AB For Sure
Would love to see the splits when Dome bats 2nd

Feels like the offense is a dud every time. But can’t blame him lately; the entire lineup has stunk – maybe the offense will show up by the playoffs.

Let's get there first!

But yeah, would rather see a slump now than in four weeks.

I would have loved to see the Cubs had a better August... that 20-8 just wasnt good enough for me
lol..you sly fox you
Farmers Insurance Stunt Woman

Kinda hot if you ask me

CILF?

(Cartoon)

eSurance Is The Cartoon

But I’ve often said Erin is hot too!

Wright fans again

Cripes

David Wright Seriously Slumping
OT..

Is that Pat Hughes that does the homerun call on the State Farm commercial, when the older kid gives the ball to the younger kid?

yeah, that was the Aramis HR against the Brewers last year

June 29

DELGADO 2 RUN SHOT!!!
allll right!!!!!!!!! hes on my fantasy team!
I have Wright . . . .
Gagne - 10HR in 35IP
I got in the car to come home and was about to switch to the Cubs game

but then I heard Uecker say that Gagne was coming in… So I figured that had to be good for a few runs so I listened until I got home… Too bad they pay him so much or they could dump him for a rookie who could pitch better…..

Let's hope the *good* Mets bully came today
Do they have a "good" bullpen?
Delgado HR!

Thank you, Chuck Norris
stright from ESPN 8 EL OCHO!

see even espn 8 is east coast biased

Cambot! Wait...wrong roll call...
that'sgonna be called a hit

but Riot mis-threw significantly.

Yo..

and Theriot sucks..

ayup
Define "Sucks"
making your pitcher

get four outs in an inning.

Our Pitching Is So Good

You could give them ten outs to get and they’d do the job!!!

maybe they would

but our defense should be so good, our pitchers only have to get TWO outs.

OOOF Theriot

High throw, Oswalt on 1st.

Theriot

Awful lollipop throw. That’s a play that needs to be made by a ML shortstop.

4-2 Mets!
Keep 'em coming!
They have too pour it on because their pen sucks!
That's what I'm sayin'
keep throwing them up there Gagne
"pod father"?

really, Len

For Drew and Emelie

“BRING ME THE HEAD OF RYAN THERIOT”

exactly

decapitate the man!

FWIW

I’m pretty sure the majority of a games he makes an Error/baserunning gaffe, we WIN.

that would be an interesting stat to look up.
Let's get some runs!!!!
Unfortunate timing right after the post about the Brewers coming up!

But it’s your birthday, so I’ll overlook it…

It's been

one of those days. What can I say?

Happy birthday Sue

just got here so I’m sure it’s already been mentioned…

You tell them

Also did you know that Roy has a No-No going?

Good job with the Jinx!
did you know that he still has a shutout going??
From your keyboard

to the baseball gods’ ears ;-)

Mid 8 in Milwaukee, 4-2

Due up: Braun, Fielder, Hart

Prince Fielder

He is neither

1-2-3 would be nice, then finish the game at the bottom of the order
Ben Sheets left the game with an injury?

What happened to him?

If You're Pitching To Corey Hart

and you held up a mirror, would that frighten him into striking out?

I know what Sue what for her b-day Geo Soto....

HR.

What were you thinking?

Just watching him

is present enough for me. ;-)

There goes the no-no
meh..just appeal...get it overturned

have someone call it an error on the pitcher for throwing the ball in the wrong spot.

Soto Singles!

A double, triple, and HR away from the cycle!

Geo grand slam

hasnt had one of those yet

go go soto! lover your... um... base hits! yeah....your base hits.
something tells me the ball isn't all you want him to hit today?
Geo singles

Taps his heart, points west twoards Iowa…

Fielders Choice

Theriot with that blinding speed to force a bad throw!

Geo blew up that DP
But he sucks and he should be DFAed along long Marquis and DLee
Braun dobles

Off the TOP of the wall

If I Had Huge Alien Eyes Like Braun

I’d be seeing the ball pretty good too.

Can the Cubs hit anything

but singles these days?

How many have they had in a row? 24? 25?

your right it's @ 24 per Pat Hughes
It's such a relief to watch a game without 9284779245462879849170 mound visits
Geo is to Sue

as Edyta Sliwinska is to CaliCub. :-)

You like the

way she dances right?

Why, Of Course

There’s absolutely nothing else that would interest me about her! LOL

Here comes a soriano bomb
I'll take a Sori single though
whats in that shot?
you have to close your eyes and guess when you drink it
stupid guess hack shotglasses
or hop while your drinking it
i'm not sure

but you’ll want to take your sweet time getting to it

two base runners

two mound meetings for the Stros

Seems Like Sori Is Dropping The Bat Too Low

Hitting under lots of pitches lately.

Guess hack selfish hitter that he is :-)
that girl is going to get a wicked sun burn

with that water fan

Might be a few of us that would volunteer to rub some lotion on her to fix the issue.
Fielder fans, one away

Second pitching change in as many batters coming up

Fielder Ks

One out in the btm of the 8th, and Manuel brings in the righty to face Waldo.

Kingdom's for everyone!

For the Cubs to score this inning!

(Kingdoms consist of your choice of alcohol – doubled!)

OK, so I had bad timing thanks to mlb.tv on that

Offer is good next inning

Mmmmm....Scotchhhhh
beer me!
Cubs have to uphold their part, first...
jiminy... Tejada triple
oh comon sori.
Miggy Hitting The Juice Again?
WHAT THE HELL

Soriano are you taking your dog for a walk or what??

bad bounce triple...

if he’d seen Sori gaffe that pick-up, he would have made it inside-the-park

Should The Riot Have Come Out To Help?
it was an odd play all around.
Sure Seemed Like the SS or #B Should've Gotten Over There Too
I've never seen a ball bounce that far back...
agree... it was an odd trajectory
It looked to me like Sori was not really keen on getting that ball...

maybe my imagination….but where was everyone else?

he was chasing it.
Riot showed up after it rolled over the BP mound

Don’t think anyone anticipated it to keep rolling though

That ball bounced off the wall pretty hard

He couldn’t catch up to it til it hit the bullpen mound

BB

Sets up the DP

but would get an RBI in the process
no RBI on a DP awarded
ill take a flyout and sori guns tejada at home
Cameron fans, 8th inning over in Milwaukee
Off Line Throw From EdMo
Pretty bad throw from Jedmonds
-1
you disagree?
Yes.

How was it bad? 3 feet up the line?

It wasn't a good throw...
He didn't get the guy out

It was behind the runner. He was in shallow center and should’ve been able to get it to Soto without a bounce and on the line.

It was a bad throw on a medium deep fly
I don't like this inning
Lance Berkman steals third

goodness

yea but he does have surprising speed for his size, he does steal bases here and there
Doesn't Make Sense

why steal 3rd in the 4th?

it makes great sense.... it worked
Too Risky IMO

Different if it’s later in the game. Here you have Pence the Cub Killer coming up.

Another sac fly scores him now
Stolen on Geo
Looked to me like Rami gave up on the play

when the throw wasn’t right on the dot.

Geo's trying to hard for Sue..:)
DAMNIT

another run

Watching Cubs games on this giganto TV is pretty sick
almost like being at the park ;-)
close enough

It has the sound like your at the ballpark

You should get a HD

then it’d be pretty close to perfect

ok

it’s bad Jason.

to be fair

the astros are playing pretty aggressively and we’re getting some bad defensive plays

I Hate These Guys

Like Pence and Werth that only show up against the Cubs. If you’re going to be good, at least have the balls to do it against everyone else!

they did in August they also won 20 games
I Meant Werth/Pence

when I said “if you’re going to be good…”. It wasn’t a dig at the Cubs.

Houston also won 20

That’s what she meant.

Or, I suppose, TWSM

I think Madison is talking about the Astros

Third hotest team in the league right now or something like that.

right right

my bad Maddie!

thank you both.... :)

That is exactly what I mean. To win 20 games, they must have been good against other teams especially w/ Carlos Lee out

I'd feel much worse if Gag-Me didn't blow the save in Milwaukee....

BTW, anyone here how bad Sheets injured himself today?

Groin tightness

My guess is he doesn’t miss a start

Pence

20 HR, 70 RBI

They ain’t all against teh Cubs

.306 OBP

He’s overrated.

Moving the goalposts?

You said he only performed against the Cubs. Clearly untrue.

I never said he was a star.

whats his OBP against the cubs?

probably around .306

"Goalposts"

Kinda harsh, no?

Sorry
You kinda did, though

His OBP agains the Cubs us .271, btw

Sorry, I'm Aggravated

It’s more losing to an inferior team than being upset with your comment.

+1

I’ve been there!

Worst 7th inning singer?

gotta be Ozzzy.

when did houston trade for castillo?
I believe the Giants designated him earlier this year.

Someone on the Astros went down with an injury (Marsui?) and they traded for him.

Dear WGN Sports

Please do NOT replay the three entrants for Worst Conductor Ever

Thank you,

the general public

Worst guest would be that ditzy chick that wanted to know if they had milk.

Can’t remember her name off hand.

Kelly Pickler?
Yeah, I think that cowsarecool was thinking about Kelly Pickler.
"Alright Cubs Fans, Let Me Hear YAAAAAA"

Putrid.

Yep, that's her.

I suspect it was an act though. NOBODY that dumb can be so successful!

Friend of mine saw her on Are you smarter than a 5th grader......

his comment was she as dumb as she’s hot

wow where was that blue?

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