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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Astros at Milwaukee, Monday 9/15, 1:05 CT

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Lilly time!

Catchers everywhere should be afraid

Humberto Quintero

is today’s sacrificial catcher.

The death pool begins in 5 minutes
time for Theodore Roosevelt Lilly to lower the magic number.
The President will issue a W!
I believe

that’s how the Rough Riders roll, so to speak…

They should play "Hail to the Chief" when he takes the mound.
First

to say first ;).

Let’s get the two game sweep today

Ahhh...I see what you did there.
Now I get to listen to the Astro announcers whine about not being at home for 3 hours

I will debate spending extra money to get the CSN feed.

Tell us how it is for you.
TWS(and her friend)S
I think we are at about 10 cheap shots at the Cubs and their fans

Plus one mention of the Lee Elia rant. Im shelling out the extra money

woo hoo! I'm here for the full game!

life doesn’t get better than this

Yes

it’s on comcast! Last night near killed me just listening until they finally cut in with the last inning on ESPN

I couldn't even listen

spent my time watching the bottom line on ESPN.

Bring 'em out! Bring 'em out! Bring 'em out!
The Astros will come out to the field -- it is their home game, remember?
I was just mocking the song.
yay for day baseball!!

:-)

I'll second that

especially since my shift moved to 6pm-2am. I am stuck listening to a lot of games at work now.

Being in England....

I definitely concur. It’s just 7pm!

Not quite the same crowd today

Fairly obvious it would happen like that.

They probably could have played this game at the local American Legion park.
Maybe this will

make it more nuetral and all better for the disgruntled Astros?

Let's do this Cubs!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi, sue!
Hi HBCG!!!

Sorry about your flooding. :-(

we're fine

tired, but our damage is minor (irritating though) everything can be washed or replaced.

sorry about the flooding

but relieved to hear all are OK

Well that's good.

Still is a mess to go through.

we've actually gotten lucky

only a couple trees are down out here… its a good thing we haven’t needed to go into town b/c listening to the radio, the roads sound ugly.

Does Houston have power again?
Oh. I'm in NW Indiana

we only got the reminants of Ike up here, but we’re on the natural wetlands and w/ all the new houses going in we have no natural drainage left so its just pooling. and flooding basements.

Same here hbcg..

basement got hammered yesterday but not as bad as many others got it. Went out on my bike today and saw lots of roads flooded and closed.

oops

must’ve missed this. glad to see you guys came through okay.

There goes the Astro No-No!
Moehler will NOT respond in kind.
Sori...single to right!
How is this catcher at throwing out base stealers?
i guess the radar gun was correct last night
CUBS OFFENSE

TEAR IT UP!

No no no....keep it intact.
OT: To show you how much an affect getting C C was to MILW

in the last 13 games played by the Brewers, they are 3-10, haveing scored a miniscule 37 runs while giving up 69. Their starters tanking and the bullpen being, well, the Brewer bull pen, along with their big boppers becoming little boppers, did them in.

Fielder has gotten smaller?
I hope they don't find their stroke against us!
not be a downer, but..........

when the cubs were slumping we all said they’ll come out of it. the brew crew has to come out of it at some point right?

They're running out of time.
Yes...next April.
I'll be more magnanimous

how about March? hahahahahahahaha

Don't know if the Brewers have the mental resolve the Cubs have shown.

This is the second straight September they’ve pulled a big fade.

Poseurs, plain and simple lol
Their problem is Yost.

If they didn’t have him, they’d be real contenders.

and Leon is getting larger!
alright... here we go!
Who's all here?!

I’m leavin for class. Enjoy the game.

This game brought to you by…The first no-hitter at a “neutral” site in MLB history (according to Elias).

I'm right here.

No, no…over here. To your left! To your other left!

Hear.

is that...

Lou?

that's how he and Hendry communicate

in the off-season.

here but no TV so you all will have to pbp as much as possible
live from the office in Indy
Her Majesties Kingdom

Checking In!

Buenos Diaz, mis AMIGOZ!
Hear! Exclaimed Horton.
Absent
thank goodness

i can’t stand that guy

Present.....I will be in and out though...
Here

No longer promised to drag my dismal attendance up, as life seems to interfere…

here for now...

Off to a meeting but it shouldn’t take long.

hello!

have a good time at class, learn stuff, won’t ya?

Late but here.

And, ESPNs graphic last night said first neutral site no-hitter since 1900 (but didn’t give any other info than that).

Here between classes
Here from sunny Tucson
Howdy everyone...

Go Cubs!

There goes the Astros no hitter

muhahahahahhahahaha

Uh, Soriano already broke that up....
Lee

singles the other way! BATS BATS BATS BATS BATS!

Lee going the other way.

Good to see.

dlee singles...man on first and third with one out
line drive the other way

beautiful

I feel a good day for Ramirez.....
Another dunk to rf by DLee....

wow….

That's what he needs to do.
He is finally listening to us!
1-0 Cubs!

Rami with a LONG sac fly.

aram sacrifices in soriano....1-0
DLee going with the pitch, I like it
MIZ!
ZOU!

Fake field goals, running up the score, its a new Gary Pinkel!

Haha...

What a game…I actually got it in Chicago, which was AWESOME!

I'm just gonna go ahead and say it

We have the best offense in college football right now. Chase has thrown more TDs than incompletions the past two games combined.

Okay, calm down

It was only Nevada. Y’all still have to get through the rest of the Big XII…

Nevada was a bowl team last year...
So was bowling green.
I'm not saying Mizzou isn't good

I vote in the BlogPoll, and I’ve got them No. 2…

I’m just saying the “best offense in college football” debate is still to be answered. Last week, Oklahoma demolished a team that was a good bowl team last year. So, they might be able to keep up.

I'll stick by what I said

BEST OFFENSE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL

I'm gonna have to side with MU on this one
We even got the kU fans agreeing with us

VICTORY!!

I just think "could be" is the operative phrase

That said, I’m a South Carolina fan, so you know we’re not going to challenge you guys this year ;)

I'm just being an arrogant ass about it because Missouri sucks at life

We choke more than the Cubs.

Then again...

…USC just put up 35 straight on a Ohio State team that is gonna have anywhere from 8-12 NFL players drafted next year. I’d say USC is a close 2nd.

I'd say USC has to be #1

Until proven otherwise. They have history and they have proof (demolishing tOSU)

Um...

Sorry, Ohio State is just bad this year.

They barely beat Ohio and just got their defense got their ass handed to them by an offense that was supposed to be the weak part of the Trojans.

I don’t see USC being able to put up 50+ ppg this year. I think Mizzou could.

I don't think a team that's been to the championship the last two years

is gonna be “bad” this year. When I think of “bad”, I think of Baylor, Minnesota, or Nebraska last year. I don’t think of Ohio State. USC is fucking great. That’s the situation.

Okay, maybe "bad" was a poor choice of words

But I’ll put it this way: I don’t see Ohio State being a “great” team this year. I have been thoroughly unimpressed with anything Ohio State has done this year. Last year happened last year. Show me something this year.

USC starts a freakin NFL D and has what 5 RB's that look great

They have an awesome team. most complete team in the country. OU is second in that category.

i was very impressed by USC's defense

they flew around. unbelievably fast.

Don't disagree with you on most complete

But best offense? No

USC D vs. Mizzou O

That will be a treat in January.

Don't you have to beat OU first?
No we hope that somebody (Texas Tech)

bails us out and beats them. If we have to play OU we lose. Plain and simple.

At least you admit it

I just wonder how the best offense in NCAAF can lose to anyone?

Bc we are Mizzou and they are Oklahoma

We can’t beat them, I don’t know why. It happens in every sport recently.

Eh, I'm not sure you would lose this year

But I think Texas Tech should beat the Sooners, rendering the point moot

That would be the ideal situation for me

Arrowhead (a home game for us) against Texas Tech, the one team Gary Pinkel has always beaten.

"Only team Gary Pinkel has always beaten"

Aren’t you risking reversion to the mean? ;)

Yeah knowing Mizzou and Pinkel

We would lose to Tech. I don’t even want to think about it.

If USC doesn't pull one of its patented brain farts

Then it’s Georgia vs. Mizzou, which is the game I want to see.

But if SC’s defense keeps going, yeah, it’s going to be Trojans and Tigers.

you think georgia really survives the SEC?

b/c its going to be tough.

Agree in principle

Except:
—Tennessee sucks this year
—Florida is overrated
—Auburn has an offense that finds a way to gain 300 yards and score three points
—LSU has no QB

So it’s doable.

I hate Georgia

I just think they can run the table this year.

Florida is still really young

but I think they’re very good.

I haven’t seen LSU yet. Waiting for conference play to start. I cant get into college FB until then.

I think Florida's good

But they’re not NC ready.

Even Matthew Stafford should be able to throw for 250-300 yards against that secondary.

oh, i don't thik they'll challenge for the title

but running the table in the SEC is hard.

We’ll see though. should be a good season to watch. (I’ve completely given up on the Big 10 ever being fun and athletic like the rest of college FB)

Now, now

Y’all have Juice Williams. (He might not be able to pass, but he can run.)

And plenty of other athletic players, like…

Juice Williams.

And Beanie Wells, if they ever find his foot…

i'd laugh

if that weren’t so true.

Wasn't everybody?
Haha yeah dude...

…Just put that on my sig :) Incredible to watch, and it is good to see Patton and Gabbert get in and get some reps…

whoa, that IS silly
he read our posts the other night.........who needs gerald perry when you got BCB
There goes the Astros shutout!
Tie goes to the Daver.
But only b/c

he has “cubfan” in his name ;)

It's my secret weapon.
There goes Moehler's shutout.
Ok well thats all the offense Ted needs today

since he is tossing a perfect game

That's all Ted is going to need.
That and a catcher in need of a good ass kicking.
how many catchers do the Astros have?
Hm, I'd guess at least two.

Ted goes through ’em like popcorn.

3

Quintero is today’s scheduled victim, though Ausmus and Towles are on the Lilly Hit List.

This is more

like the Cubs team we are used to watching!

No signs of a hangover...I like it!
i'm more afraid of sustainability

the cubs tend to score a few runs early and stop hitting toward the end of the game allowing the other team to start coming back. hopefully this isn’t the case today

even if a hangover existed,

I bet the adrenaline and momentum made it disappear

Except for Z...

I am sure he still has a nice hangover :)

He deserves it

Plus the every fifth day thing…

We don’t need him today.

I'd've been fine

if Z stayed in the hotel bed today.

“Mas tequila…no es bueno.”

read somewhere

they dumped 3 1/2 cases of beer over Z’s head and that the MIL clubhouse will forever reek of beer… lol!

You mean the Brewers clubhouse didn't already reek of beer?

Surprising.

Nope.

The mascot slides into nothing now.

The slide is at Lakefront Brewery now...

they have a good tour.

I love the Lakefront tour!

I go every time I am in Milwaukee

Pretty easy to get tanked on that tour too.

Beer is constantly flowing.

My cup was half full....

on he told me to go refill it before the tour would start. Gret tour.

true dat
Pardon?
well, I'd have thought their clubhouse would already reek

but since it’s a fairly new park and given their season…

I was just makin' a joke because you said "dat."
think it was

Bud Light? bwahahahahahaha…

Is Bud Light considered beer? lol
Only in certain unenlightened corners of the world

Such as frathouses and the state of Missouri

Thanks for clearing that up for me ;)
Or when the sole goal is getting drunk.
Frathouses?

Try Keystone Lite my friend.

24 can case for about 3 bucks.

My brother in law drinks that

I asked him, you DO have a job, right? Buy some real beer and not water with a beer taste!

Red Dog has more alcohol...

not as cheap as Keystone tho..

Then how about Keystone Ice?

The black death…more alcohol then Keystone, just as cheap…And just as delicious.

I went through an Icehouse phase in college.
I had a Natural Light phase somewhere in there.

and of course, some of ‘The Beast’

Natty light

I am currently in that phase. tho only when we turn drinking into a sport of some sort.

well, that's what it's good for.

it’s well-documented that natty light was created for beer pong, flip-cup and funneling.

had some nasty hangovers from icehouse...

cheap too.

Yeah, I remember ordering...

…huge plastic cups of it at bars in college. I don’t remember much after that.

Where's the spilt High Life pic?
Here
The 1,000-ounce beer shower left a pair of victims in its sudsy wake. First, the poor carpet at Miller Park, which for the foreseeable future will reek of eau de frat house. And then the intended target, Carlos Zambrano, who soaked in the 3½ cases lavished on him by his Chicago Cubs teammates following the most improbable, incredible night of his life.


Here’s the link

3 1/2 cases to cover Z in beer?

Theres a “big & tall” joke in there somewhere…

You can see me from that far away? You'r e good!
Well, that was still a pretty good AB by Hoffpauir.
(Middle 1, 1-0 Cubs)
It would be nice to see him have a big game today
I'll take any T Lilly, except for the nibbling t Lilly (he is trouble)
Work it Ted, work it
TWSS
why yes, it is :-)
hey bump,

how did you guys come through storms? everyone out by you okay?

look up..

minor basement flooding is all….really got lucky…i think you guys got the most rain in the region.

glad to hear it!

:-)

Ted Lilly has a no-hitter through 0.1 innings

What, too early?

The team with the "circumstance"

NEVER NEVER NEVER mentions it…

I was joking

But perhaps you are right. Best not to say anything.

edmonds back in lineup, think he will start hitting again?

big Z threw a no hitter last night.........yes it will happen
Hope so. We could use some left-handed power.
what, isn't that

our all-star AAAA first baseman, Micah Hoffpauer?

The idea that he’s in right field while Felix Pie sits on the bench makes me want to drink heavily.

no kidding
Maybe Lou will retire if the Cubs win it all this year

and Felix will be playing next year.

Ted, Barry Zito called, he wants his stuff back!
But he said you can keep the dish towels....but he wants all the bedding.
Ha!

There was great article about Barry in this Sunday New York Times

was about how dreamy him and harden and mulder were ?
Scully was sweet, Mulder, not so much
Nice start for Ted!
Hello from work!
Hi, work!
You're a four-letter word.
Lilly to attempt to break Wood's K record today
UH OH! it might really be the return

Just finished reading about the whole saga of the Astros feeling cheated by the relocation to Miller Park...

And here’s what I have to say. What are they angry about?

Zambrano was going to mow them down any place, any time, with the stuff he had. 12 days off obviously helped as the radar gun would indicate. You can’t tell me they honestly think they were going to beat him at their own park.

Are they just angry because of the humiliation of being no-hit (that’s almost as bad as suffering 20 K’s, hee-hee)? If that’s the real issue, then they should have been drag-bunting in the 9th just to make their point. They could have just claimed the game was being played on unfair terms and they wanted to break up the no-no because it wasn’t legitimate. Since the manager left his starters in and they were all playing honorably, I think there’s no issue. They just got dominated, period.

Some people aren't giving Zambrano credit

They’re saying thigns like “The Astros were tired from having to travel and evacuate their families” and “This wouldn’t have happened at the juice box”

I guess that’s the difference between a 1-hitter and a no-hitter. Tired opponents.

this is pissing me off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a no hitter is the hardest thing to do under the best conditions possible. People are idiots.

Don't even worry about what people think about it

Bitter Sox, Cardinal, Brewers, and Astros fans can kiss our collective ass

Screw 'em and feed 'em cheese!
And might I add that...

…our collective ass looks fantastic.

Even with all that collective sand?
The sand keeps it in shape.
That team from Houston is now officially on my list of teams whose names I shall never say..

along with those teams from:
New York
San Diego
St. Louis

You all know why.

The St. Louis Voldemorts
How about Florida?
Yes I forgot about that team from Florida

certainly on the list

I agree

If the Astros just simply lost a regular 6 hit game, they would have room to complain but when a profesional ball club doesnt get a single hit off a pitcher, you cant complain about anything

Geo still looks like he is in the "cant figure out moehler club"

lets not have other members today

That was nearly a HR

darn

Not fair! That would have been a HR at the Juice Box
This is so unfair! Damn the MLB! Damn them all to hell!
Well, sounds like Jimbo still has some power.
Edmonds juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust missed a homer
It's because he was tired and worried about his family
ahh. snark at 1:30 in the afternoon

love it! :-)

It's really bad to snark between meals

or so my mother once told me…

Good thing...

… I just had dinner then.

Or before swimming.
i swam for 15 years

that is bunk.

It never did hold much weight with me.
wow

you must be exhausted

nah. but my shoulder is a mess

:-P

consecutively?
11 1/2 months, 6 days a week
you didn't have any commitment

Just 6 days a week?

lol
I swam for 15 years as well

and I never had to wait a half hour after eating

Lilly complete game

there would be nothing better for the confidence of the cubs than for lilly to go a complete game shutout, smooth sailing after that to the world series!

I don't know...

The bullpen hasn’t been used in like 5 days.

thats a good thing

look what a big rest did for zambrano and harden

I'm more worried about Kerry Wood

He seems to suck when he hasn’t been used in a few days.

sun times (or was it the trib? damn)

said that Rothschild had guys throwing sim games over the weekedn to keep them fresh.

smooth sailing?

god. i wish.

BB knows alot about broken bats and trademarks...
Girl in cubs shirt holding up houston sign....

Hmmm……. Damn blondes. Gotta love ’em though :)

Are they hot?
Blonde girl wearing cubs shirt at game

And shown on television….

What do you think!?!?

It depends

Is she wearing knee socks?

fan cam?

she’s gotta either be pretty. drunk. or have… a great shirt on.

Plaid skirt?
Did she come from Catholic school?

ok so smooth sailing was a bad phrase, smoother sailiung than the last two three weeks

"smoother sailiung" is a worse phrase.

:D

Y is that?
he's being a smartass about your spelling, dear

it happens.

(btw: welcome!)

I would resent that remark if it weren't true.
the point is what matters
we know

but being a smartass is the way of survival around here. or when that fails be sarcastic, post a funny cat picture or… well, that usually will works.

:-)

It was just ironic

that you were talking about a bad phrase, and then misspelled the next phrase. That’s all.

Punter Hence pops out.
Ha ha

Berkman picked off!

Ted Lilly: LIGHTNING FAST!
So the perfect game is over

Big deal, no hitter still around

Inning? Score?
1-0 bottom 2 2 out none on 0-2 count
mid 2nd

cubs lead 1-0 on Rami’s sac fly

one nothing

cubs in top of three

EASY OUT!!!!

CS 1-3-6

Anyone know

how difficult it is to catch a bus after a game at Wrigley? I have a tight connection at O’Hare Saturday since they moved the game back so I’m wondering about the 152 westbound. Thanks

you'll want to get in line as soon as the game lets out...takes about ~15 min to load up each bus
Do they run more busses on game days?
oh yeah, there will be a big line of them down addison
ok thanks

I’ll just look for a 152 and be on my merry way.

Berkman should be glad

that Lilly threw that ball, instead of just charging him.

i love ted

he’s such a badass.

KKK!
your kind is err, welcome here :)
Racist!!
Do they have a baseball team, too?
Actually, their team invented uniform numbers

since it was hard to tell who is who under those hoods

Lipstick on a pig!
"WE DON'T TAKE KINDLY TO PEOPLE BEING INTOLERANT OF

RACIAL BACKGROUND ’ROUND HERR"

Brilliant.

That was so genius.

No Astros hits in 11 innings.

definitely MLB’s fault.

I'm starting to wonder?

JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Asterisk!

They would have gotten a hit already in Texas.

About 4 HR's courtesy of the crawboxes
especially with their 2 fly-ball outs in those 11 innings.

both to right field.

the short porch is in left...
i know.

i forgot the sarcasm sign.

No sir

They would have 17 hits in Houston!!!

It’s all Bud Selig’s fault. So is Houston being a sub-.500 team before the break

I think in protest

they shouldn’t get any hits all game!

Help me out people:

Can you bring cameras into Wrigley? I would assume so…

Goin to Wrigley this weekend for the first time in 3+ years, and my dad in 6+. Sittin with Al one day. Borrowed a digital SLR to take into the game…that’s alright, correct?

Dan

I always take my camera, never a problem
Yeah it's fine

As long as you don’t reproduce any of the pictures and sell them without express written consent of the MLB.

What about implied oral consent?
Only works for Her
We're still talking about pictures, right?
Is that like suggestive oral consent?
And see that boat over there?

They’re rebroadcasting Major League Baseball with implied oral consent, not express written consent – or so the legend goes.
-Homer Simpson

this totally popped into my head too
great episode
they're covering the Doob!
be careful the desemination!
Ain't that the truth.
Wear that raincoat!
What if you have implied oral consent?
Damnit!

I have written consent, just not that elusive express consent….

K thanks.

And your name always reminds me of Deviant Art.

That's funny becuase

deviant art always reminds me of my name.

yep cameras AOK... I brought my SLR and gear
Okay thanks.

They will probably search my bag, but it’ll be fine, it sounds like. Thanks.

What is the Stros uni/dugout sitch this game?
red shirts

gray pants

whaaaaaa

So they thought:

“Hey, we sure got no hit last night…let’s wear the same damn thing!”

Might be all they brought.

Some still may have dirt on their pants from last night. Bourne would probably be the only one though as he was the only one to slide.

I believe they're in the visitors dugout/clubhouse....

…because they’re more comfortable there.

And also to show protest to playing in Wrigley.
yes b/c cub fans NEVER show up at any ballpark besides wrigley
never.

they’re only the second (or third) biggest road draw in Major League Baseball.

but its obviously just anti-houstonism

its an epidemic!

that anti-housonism bug is quite infectious
Or because they're "silently" protesting

as the ESPN nitwits like to put it.

Are their bats part of the silent protest, too?
you are awesomer than normal today

:-)

I think you all bring out the best in me.
i'm sure the cubs winning doesn't hurt
Easier to be funny

when the wind out on the ledge isn’t whipping through my hair.

have i mentioned how much ESPN grates on my nerves

are we really that obsessed with the NFL? Maybe I’m lost, but when did this occur

It's true

They’re also obsessed with the Red Sox.

This morning on Mike and Mike they spent 2 minutes talking about Zambrano, and then cut to the Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay series.

ugh
WOW THIS BOARD IS HOPPING TODAY

Back to class.

Didn't Kansas lose this weekend?

I bet it was hell on Earth over there.

I doubt it...

No matter how hard they try, kansas won’t be a ‘football’ school… a loss won’t bother ’em.

Ouch

I’m not sure if that was meant as a burn, but it was, and it was a good one.

I didn't mean it as a burn at all

Kansas is a basketball school, plain and simple. Football can provide a good distraction, but it’s all about basketball.

Its a shame that I admit this but

They have a bball championship to fall back on right now.

Excuse me while I go throw up.

How's the crowd look today? How many people there ya think?
My guess

About 8,000 or so, official number around 10.

Somebody here said

one of the Cardinals/Pirates game was announced as having a crowd of 14000, which the Cardinal announcers said was closer to 1400. Quite the difference.

One of the Marlins games had something like 600..
Each fan had their own beer and cotton candy vendor
I said that

and if there were 1400 people there, they were being kind.

they said they had 20K last night

and today’s crowd looks like half that

The 20k game wasn't NOT last night!
Easy to get them confused!
Both against our pet team the astros :)
I'm talking people, silly, not strikes
Not as many

as last night but I haven’t heard a count yet.

10,438 my guess

what do I win?

Binny's Beverage Depot gift certificate?
sold!

and I can buy 10,438 cases of wine?

With that correct guess you get to make a donation to a charity of your choice
A date with Blue Mike?

I keed, I keed..:)

that's a low blow there, Bumpster :P
I thought the Constitution prohibited cruel and unusual punishment...
Moehler at 47 pitches through 3
Lilly 23 (16 strikes[!!!!], 4 K's) through 2.1

That is not bad.

Game update anyone?
1-0 Cubs bottom of the 3rd
Still

1-0 Cubs bottom of the 3rd

1-0 Cubs - 3rd Inning - 2 Outs - Lilly 5Ks
wow lilly has brought the K machine today
Did anyone see the ESPN chat about last night?

Ridiculously one-sided anti-Cub, in my view. Plus, Amy Nelson seemed to bring absolutely no new information as to how Miller Park got the games — the chatters knew more about the situation than she did.

Most hilarious was the Sox fan who felt the need to chime in with his conspiracy theory that the Cubs purposefully scheduled the game at the same time as the White Sox-Tigers game to draw viewership away. Conspiracy theory, anyone?

Finally, I am starting to hope that the Astros rebound, get the wildcard, and that the Cubs wind up seeing them in the post-season. I have never really disliked them, but all the whining about a situation that was caused (or at least made worse) by their own management is leaving a really bad taste in my mouth.

Gotta love the fact this would piss ANY White Sux fans off...

…when THEIR team was sweeping a double-header and getting a 1.5 game lead on first place. How sad is that?

One of my roommates had a perfect sports day

Sox win, Bucs win. Then the Big Z no-hitter comes through and his day was ruined. Its just a sad and awesome thing to see.

Meh.

Let everyone else vent their frustrations, I don’t care. It won’t change the fact that Z threw a no-hitter. :)

Former President Theodore Roosevelt

…Lilly is pitching a good game

Moehler hitting .024.

LOOK OUT!!!

As Brenly once said

Moehler’s in secret agent territory.

3 no-hit innings for Lilly

Back to back no hitters are on the way

SHUT THE F*** UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can we mention that Houston has gone

12.2 innings without a hit stretching back to Sept. 11?

haha

now thats a fun stat.

That's a little harsh.
Wow...

have you no frame of reference?

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
please we got one yesterday

We can joke about one today.

That would be... NO
Well since I spent all of the game yesterday saying no-hitter

and nothing happened, except a no-hitter. I no longer believe in that jinx.

Please try and

respect the rest of us any way.

alright i won't mention it anymore
But he won't mention it any less, either
Remember that time........

a guy on the other team actually GOT A HIT OFF US???? Seems like at least a week ago!!!

And we head to the 4th inning...
This is the last thing the cubs offense needs...............

to believe that the other team isn’t going to score.

thats not going to be a problem..

we will be just fine offensively

Maybe Chase Daniel can pinch hit ;)
Jeremy Maclin would be better

bunt doubles every time

Some Crooked #s

Please….

Astros are hacking mad

do the Astros think their plane is leaving at 3:30?

From the box score, it looks like Lilly is Koufax today. Is he that filthy, or are the Stros still sleepy?

i thought your username was milf for a second

and was about to congratulate you on the good name

I did too, but I wasn't going to say anything
confusion reigns

I used to just use the initials MF, put people also tended to take that the wrong way.

ha, ha. that's funny.

do ppl think your last name is “Hunter” as in Pence? :-)

Sleepy, worried about their families, or still protesting
Sleepy, dopey, sneezy...
Don't forget grumpy.
Trying to make up for last night, perhaps

Their hitting coach needs to remind them that they can’t get two hits with one swing.

I can so beat you in wiffle ball by the way
Um, 1 out in the top of the 4th and already NINE strikeouts for both teams combined.

Damn.

Well, the Astros are still tired from their 37.5 hour flight to Milwaukee

I don’t know what the Cubs’ excuse is…

did it really take them that long...
well, they did empty cases of beer last night...
Wow just got home...

Lilly seems to be dominating

yep he's pitching really well :D

we need more runs though

Ok, can we not make Moehler look like Arroyo!
NED YOST FIRED
BREAKING NEWS ON FSN BROADCAST CONFIRMED
shut up!
that would be unprecedented at this point in the season
just like a no-hitter in a neutral ballpark...
is that a joke?
Nope

No joke; it’s on the Brewers Web site.

But I’m laughing.

Oh Crap...the Brewers are going to have a real manager now.
No!!!!!

Who is available right now?

No way!

They shitcanned him in September?!

You broke my heart

Now Ben Sheets won’t throw a CG one day before the playoffs…(tear)

Cue Van Halen again.

go ahead and jump!

sheesh... it won't load
Ned Yost fired!
really? source?

LOLZZ

Here's the announcement...

brewers.com

Will this fire up the Brewers

Or will they get lost?

wow

that really could go either way…may loosen them up. they’ve probably been gripping so tight they’re about to burst

WOW. It's real. From the Brewers own website:

The Milwaukee Brewers today announced that Ned Yost has been dismissed from his position as manager of the Club. The announcement was made by Brewers Executive Vice President and General Manager, Doug Melvin.

“This was a very difficult move to make, and we appreciate all of the work that Ned has done to develop this team into a contender,” Melvin said. “In the end, this was a collaborative decision made to put our Club in the best position for the final two weeks of the season.”

Dale Sveum, the Brewers third base coach, will take over in an interim role as manager for the remainder of the season. Bench Coach Ted Simmons has been reassigned to an advisory role. Any other coaching changes will be announced later.

From what i’ve noticed the Brewers haven’t had much of a manager so it’s hard to imagine it would get worse for them. I mean who fires a manager in the middle of a wild card chase?

a team

that mutinies on the manager in the middle of a meltdown?

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