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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Brewers, Tuesday 9/16, 7:05 CT

"Gee, Paul, if I'd a-known you was gonna throw a no-hitter, I'd a-thrown one too!" -- Dizzy Dean, after throwing a three-hitter in the first game of a DH where his brother Paul threw a no-hitter in game two

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First!

Let’s Go Cubs!

second

in my first ever attempt

well done. :)
i woulda challengd you for first

but i was looking for the thread in the recommended fanposts section and it wasnt there. lol

lets give C.C.

his first loss.

that would make my night.
all this talk about Sabathia being 9-0

no mention of his 1 ND where the Cubbies pummeled him.

I think of that every time.
how about a 2 hitter?

for Demp? That would be amazing.

now thats some finely tuned irony
HI!!!!

I’ve missed you!!!

hey!

how’s boston??

It's really great

especially now that they only mention brady for 2 minutes every night on the news! :P

I’m digging the Geo thing, btw. :D

Howdy everyone!

Let’s kick some Brew Crew butt!!!!

Carlos Zambrano Day

El Toro rocks

Z is such a ham!
i love how grinny he was

during his post no-no talk w/ L&B.

the “i’m tired, man” was really cute.

tired from teammate pummling ... :D
Is this game on TV?
CSN
not in Vegas
One of the magicians in the shows

made it disappear!

Please...

let’s eliminate any chance of C.C. winning the Cy Young.

Here for a nanosecond but loving it
:)

we’re enjoying you here. :)

Hope you bring

them luck Em.

Ahhhhhhh

the sweet sound of Pat & Ron

I love it so much.
Makes me

want to run out to Vinnie’s Beverage Depot—even though I live in upstate NY

I grew up in Waddington and Watertown

anywhere thereabouts?

Been to Cooperstown Em?

Maybe my best vacation ever.

no, but it's on my list
It's Binny's

Beverage Depot, actually. FYI

Gameday is currently unavailable for this game.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

It was broken earlier today.
it's working for me
Let's see what Safari does for me
I'm using Firefox
me too

its working for me

Whew

Back to FF, and it worked this time.

My Flashblock plugin sometimes breaks Gameday for no good reason
Notice how dark it is at 7:00 PM CT,

Fall is coming and that means PLAYOFFS!!!!!

Can’t wait to see the Ivy turn colors!

noticed that too

it always makes me sad

After last Winter,

I wish we could go right from Fall to Spring!

I think we got enough snow for 2 winters!

yeah

lots of snow.

the farmers almanac is calling fr us to have a bitterly cold winter this yr w/ very little snow.

not looking forward to that.

yucky Chicago weather.

:(

My toasty down coat gets me through Chicago's winters.
Full count on Braun
not a good start, demp
Ugh!

Walked him in front of Prince.

Damn Ryan.....
where's your world class spirit???
spoken to Ryan, not Sue
Just got home

from a middle school football game so I’m trying to get back into baseball mode. :-)

Damn Ryan.....
Ha!

Oswalt’s stinking it up against the Marlins!

HA HA HA!

5-0 fish … what’s your excuse now…astros?

it's not fair

I think I heard the Astro’s crying some MORE

At least they have a hit...

broke up the no-hitter in the 3rd today with an Oswalt single, so they’ve got that going for them.

Fielder double

2nd/3rd

not a good start
in play, no out

i don’t like this

Deep breath....
he's halfway to 2 hits

then it’s SHUTDOWN TIME!

New third base coach,

big decision on his first play of the game.

almost messed up braun's hammy
demp at 20 already
Hopefully he'll

settle in in the next inning.

That's what I'm hoping.
And the no-no...

is lost.

I'll take a shut-out!
Hardy K's

inning OVER

K!!!!
The gang all here?

Photobucket

i'm here for a bit

dunno how long i’ll stay though

basement all cleaned up?

two bridges in town here still out.

Here (raises hand)
Vegas here!

but I’m getting hungry. too bad we don’t have White Castle’s out here :(

mmmmmmmmmm

just look at it

you have In-n-Out Burger

I’ll trade you

DEAL!

how we gonna move a franchise building?

gonna need a plan

cause I love the In-n-Out.

must....be....a....way....
Did you hear about Gordon @ the Sun Times

being goaded into eating a bag of burgers by Chris DeLuca after Z’s no hitter?

Howdy!

It’s been 2 whole days since it’s rained!

barely for the roll call alas
I love you, Bump

I just got home from class, and KNEW that you would have me taken care of!!

Awww..

love you too man….glad you made it!

whew
exactly my thought
does anyone know where i can get a live feed for the game my CSN is blacked out for some reason
FSN WI do you have that?
smooth sailing from here
lets go fonzie!
no man, I live in Indianapolis
please remember to use the reply button

it’ll keep everyone off your back. :-)

i forgot sorry
no problem

i just wanted to remind you… especially if you’re trying to ask a question. it helps everyone remember what you were talking about.

write a paper, or follow the cubs on gameday..that is the question...
No Hammer?

No one to tell the Cubs:

SABATHIA

LIGHT HIM UP!!!

Get his pitch count up
Sori with a double
that away to start it off
Got to...

score him.

Scrappy RBIs our specialty
as the only proponent of sac bunts

on the entire list

bunt him to third

let the criticism begin

sac bunts are fine...

as long as its not done by your cleanup hitter.

thats asinine.

i'm not bunting

lee to third

that was for theriot

no, but you wanted Lou to have

Rami practice bunting.

Theriot groundout - advances Sori
Come on D-Lee!!!!

Get him in!

LEE DOUBLE

CUBS 1 SUDS 0

Why is he still batting third?!?

Oh, yeah…

D-Lee is BACK!
and what a time to finally get him back!!
Those martians sure had him for a long time!
YAY!!!

Sabathia: Welcome to Wrigley. :)

Derrek Lee is ssssssssssssss HOT!!!!!
ahhhh this sucks i cant watch it I hate gameday
Someone mentioned a web site that had the game yesterday...

forgot what it was though….maybe someone else remembers.

DLee needed two days off apparently
I think seeing his family in California inspired him.
I think so too.
i bet it helped

plus he’s played a million games this year.

Look at Derrek!

hitting the ball in the air! you go, buddy!!

sorry but gameday is throwin me for a loop...

was that one almost gone?

off cameron's glove

by the wall.

deep center off camerons glove on a leaping grab
8/28/08

Last time ARAM homered. Hard to believe

His quad is bothering him again.

As soon as they clinch, he’ll get some rest.

RAMI groundout - Lee to 3rd
So now Geo doubles, right?
I would take it.
i could handle that pattern
lets go geo 2 out RBI!!
order of updates:

This board
Gameday Mini 20 seconds or so
Pat & Ron additional 20 seconds or so

yeah i am

watching the game on FSN and listening to Pat and Ron and its a big delay

gameday mini and the board are about even for me

gameday audio is a bit behind, but thats okay.

Soto GO 5-3

END 1ST

And the Brewers are thinking.....

Here we go again!

Let them think it

HA HA HA HA

poor twins are fading slowly
Lets Go Demps!

shut down inning!

Milt Pappas talking to Pat and Ron
he always sounds like a grumpy old man
+1

talk about holding a grudge…

Griping about Bruce Froemming...

After 36 years… probably time to let it go.

The concept of "Let it go" is lost on Pappas.
Where is "Not Bruce Froemming" nowadays?

Aren’t there enough complainers here anymore?

Hasn't been much

to complain about for a few games.

thats 3 already for Demp?
Dep is breaking Kerry's 20 K performance...

We’ve been spoiled recently.

yeah

but it seems like we only do the great pitching performances against the stros

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Night
Remember

Does anybody recall last year when Big Z had the no hitter on 6/16 and Bob said if Z pitched one, he’ shave his head?

i dont

BUT it’d definitely be worth an email to the booth to find out…guarantee they’d mention it

Doesn't he have a bit of mullet action goin on?
I'm leaving the office and won't be around till after the game is over...

but a long time ago someone gave me this idea…I updated it a little…and I think you guys are going to like our chances in the post-season with our Fantastic Four!

Cool to see Zambrano as the Thing...

But Dempster as the Invisible Girl? Shudder…now I’ll never be able to look at Jessica Alba the same again… :(

I don't like it, SWL.

Where’s Marquis, our marqueeeee pitcher?

Frickin' Counsell

10 pitch at bat. but at least he’s out

I'm not liking Dempsters pitch count.... about 40 pitches or so when this inning is over...
i hate these extended ab's
yeah but our bullpen

has been spoiled the last two days they could always use an extra inning later tonight

Sadly,

Have to step away, back later

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Night
3 pitch inning for dempster next inning...

You heard it here first, folks.`

I wish Gaudin was back...

Anyone know if he’s back from his workouts in AZ? I havent really looked around on the net about it.

I've not heard anything.
Interviewer: Chad, when'd you start experiencing back trouble?

Chad: Oh, about a week back.

Sorry. Three Stooges joke.

This the lastest I could find:

-Righty Chad Gaudin isn’t a sure thing to return in the regular season. Gaudin hasn’t pitched since Aug. 29 because of lower back soreness, but pitching coach Larry Rothschild said Gaudin is making progress at the team’s Arizona facility. Rothschild said Gaudin played long-toss Sunday and that he’ll pitch a side session Monday.

Courtesy: Scout.com

A couple more scoreless innnings

and the Brew Crew will start taking frustration hacks a first pitches

anybody watching on MLB.TV?
You get to hear,

“Hi, I’m Victor Martinez” every other inning.

ewww .. that's why I haven't subbed up til now

but if we win the next two games, I’m throwing caution to the winds and I"m a SUBBIN!

How hard would it be...

just to run an out of town scoreboard or something. The MLB.tv ads (when you’re already watching it) are awful.

I don't get why they advertise the product,

You’re already watching.

I've been complaining about this for months now.

Agreed. Completely

Don't watch the Big 10 Network, then.

Every commercial is for the BTN.

basehit for Reed
Reed's bat died a hero!
My goodness that bat exploded
Cedeno flies out...

…at least they’re getting contact on Sabathia.

That was very well hit

just happened to be slicing back to the Caveman.

lets go Sori!!!!!
Apparently Gaudin was injured falling off a loading dock.

Interesting? Haha

Didn’t hear that before.

I believe that goes onto the "strange injury" list.
6-4 inning over
Soriano out on a grounder before I could type "C'mon, Soriano!"
I know I'm not the first person to say this

but I’m glad I can come here to BCB since money is tight and I can’t afford MLB.tv
(doesn’t help that I have to work tonight too…)

with so few games on national WGN

I had to give in and get MLB for the last month

IS there a way I can lie about where I live?

Ive wanted to get mlb.tv but I heard about all the blackouts.

(I’m in DeKalb and APPARENTLY the university can’t afford Sportsnet)

No you're not

but you will find unanimous agreement. BCB has been a godsend, particularly at work.

K I'm here. Everyone relax.

Gimme a quick recap, GameDay says we got first blood.

sori had

leadoff double in first then lee had a RBI double

Cubs are making some good contact against Sabathia.
but whats the pitch count looking like
55, 2.2 INN
if this continues he may only be able to go 5 or 6
It looks like a....

….5

and a…

….5

53 for Dempster...

26 for Sabathia.

luv that cv bucknor

‘montana sized’ strike zone

when we score first

Demp strikes out the side.
Can someone please shutup Milt Pappas?
Aw, give the guy a break...

…I’ve heard far worse.

No kidding...

stop living in 1972, and stop making hay off of Zambrano

Jesus, Demp has been effective, in a way, but he's sure laboring.

60+ pitches thru 3 IP

Whatever.

Not like our bullpen has gotten much work lately. Let ‘em go 5 or 6, keep dealin’, and throw a few relief guys in. Gotta keep the arms lively.

Dan

Yeah, what's wrong with that dude?

signed, Dusty.

If Milt Pappas brings up Bruce Froemmimg one more time

little kittens will start dying.

Did I hear that correctly: is the poor guy still working?

heh .. now that's funny
did you hear him on ESPN Sunday night?

i bet half the feline population in the U. S. perished ..

but our cats are hardy .. they survived while we went bezerk watching the replays

gonna be hard to last past 6
Thankfully we have a good pen.
We need a single digit pitch count for one of these next half innings.
If Dempster stays effective I wonder how long Lou will stick with him...

110 ptches? 120?

Plenty of time to rest the earlier we clinch (cross fingers, knock on wood)

I'd assume 105-110 max
why though we have the division nearly locked up
the work ain't done ..

.. and Lou’s going to probably let him go as far he can go. Remember, he got a complete game this year.

go demp

go demp 21ks year of miracles

You guys can keep track of Ks

Demp has induced 2 groundouts through 3IP

Theriot

making CC work a bit.

What is CC's pitch count?
We need to chase him as soon as we can....
CC's pitch count doesn't matter

The Brewers have made it clear they do not give two shits about his long-term health. He will go 138 if it means they win.

i’m still numb fromthe nono thank you mlb.tv(evil evil glare for wgn)

base hit after long at bat!!
i'd call it the riot
bh DLee
nice to D Lee slapping whatever he can get
Let's get his pitch count to 55 by the end of this inning
lets get him out in this inning
Dlee supposedly wasnt tired

yet 2 days off and the man is on a tear. hmmmmm….

D-Lee is soooo back!

Come on Aramis!

nice to see derrek starting to go with the pitch
So great to have DLEE back
I'm so glad Derrek has been warming up...two weeks before the playoffs.

Shuts up the D.Lee naysayers, and gets our leader back on track.

A-Ram

drives in 2 with a double!!

A RAM

drives in 2.

3-Nil

RAMI!!!!!

OMG, I love this team!

hooray! I wish I could watch this!

mlb.com is blacking me out and I can’t get thru on the phone. these folks are gonna drive me to drinking!!

BTW...I should clarify. I am in a hotel in Toronto.
glorrrrry!

keep clogging and unclogging them bases!

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