Bleed Cubbie Blue

They played a great game tonight...

threw everything they had at the Cubs (who were fortunate to hang on). The Brewers have nothing to be ashamed of.

hokie316 - September 16, 2008 reply

YES WE CAN!!!

Fraggin Judge - September 16, 2008 reply

Sorry, but he's a Sox fan.

Diminished Cubs fans a couple of weeks ago on ESPN. Besides, no politics, please. :-)

He's holding 4 fingers up. That's why I put it on here

I approve, Nit.

me too

I didnt think he was being political either

Fraggin Judge - September 17, 2008 reply

Relax. I was just kidding

Notice the happy face on the post above.

Not real sure a picture of a politican is "politics".

I remember a few pictures of other politicians in today’s pre-game.

Fraggin Judge - September 17, 2008 reply

Relax. I was just kidding. See other post above.

Four Season, Las Vegas

red x

I'll take the occasional swing and a miss.

I’ve been away from here for a while. I’m a little rusty.

I don't even

know how to post pictures so you’re ahead of me.

Its not too hard

Find the direct url to the picture itself, not the whole page, just the picture. Then click on the little green tree that you see whenever you type a comment. Insert the link to the pic and you are good to go.

“Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”

4th commandment.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 16, 2008 reply

Just for fun

Put up an NSFW at least

I’m in the library, man.

You work at the library?

Nope, only live here.

Well then

He shoulda put up a NSFL, shouldn’t have he?

Hahahahaha

Fellow Big 10er

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 16, 2008 reply

Sorry dude...I made sure there was not Nudity

Isn't that eight?

Cubfansince1957 - September 16, 2008 reply

2nd from left looks like Gail Fisher...:)

ya'll can have 4... this is my favorite

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 16, 2008 reply

Its conceptual:

DrGalazkiewicz - September 16, 2008 reply

where is the spilled beer?

daeviant - September 16, 2008 reply

A little different than the usual

Says more, I think

Clutch16 - September 16, 2008 reply

Yeah that one actually looks like puke

daeviant - September 16, 2008 reply

And the 'O'

Clutch16 - September 16, 2008 reply

Here you go!

This one?

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 16, 2008 reply

I actually found that one on google

daeviant - September 16, 2008 reply

I just spent the last 10 seconds looking for Milton sticking out somewhere in that picture.

jdb-44 - September 16, 2008 reply

I was just thinking...

… that this would be a perfect image with all the MK Finish Him images. Well played.

McCarron - September 16, 2008 reply

Good night all.

Good luck getting the magic # down to 2 tomorrow.

LAcarl519 - September 16, 2008 reply

Night Carl

expect an awesome email from me tonight....

was having a prob w/ my email account

ohhhh, can't wait......thanks

Hey Maddy!

Have fun yesterday?

Yep I had a blast

Awsome...

:jealous:

I got to see Geo hit a homer :)

4th Amendment

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Cubfansince1957 - September 16, 2008 reply

Tonight's Cubs win officially eliminates the Cardinals from division title contention

Only the Cubs, Brewers (Elim # 4) and Astros (Elim # 2) remain alive for the NL Central title

va cubsfan - September 16, 2008 reply

Good night all.

Looking forward to tomorrow night.

night

How about some love for Hank tonight?

HILARIOUS!!!!!

VegasCubFan - September 16, 2008 reply

very funny

If We Win Tomorrow

I might have to come down with a sudden case of “mogo on the ga-go-go” and stay home from work on Thursday.

CaliCub - September 16, 2008 reply

until tomorrow

VegasCubFan - September 16, 2008 reply

Later, dudes...

jdb-44 - September 16, 2008 reply

they just showed the final K from Woody

that last pitch was filthy. Marmol-esque, even.

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 16, 2008 reply

absolutely filthy

better than anything marmol could throw actually.

Or Different. Marmol’s action is more lateral.

different is a good word

what a great pitch.

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 16, 2008 reply

amen!

hey you think it was a slurve maybe?

i have no idea

all i know is i would probably cry if someone threw that one to me.

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 16, 2008 reply

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 16, 2008 reply

LOL

haha

EJThunder - September 16, 2008 reply

night all

great time to be a Cub fan.

night sue

night!

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 16, 2008 reply

What's the chance

that we actually do get 100 wins?

cubsfaninatl - September 16, 2008 reply

I think we'd have to go 9-4 the rest of the way.

drewishdrewid - September 16, 2008 reply

totally doable.

true

i just wanna go in healthy and playing well… everything else regular season is gravy.

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 16, 2008 reply

TWHS

is "totally doable"

the new “i’d hit that”?

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 16, 2008 reply

Alternately one could choose the Seinfeld reference

“definitely doable”

aldimond - September 16, 2008 reply

13 Games Remain...

… but they’ll probably only play 12 of them

… one of them they’ll be mostly hung over after celebrating the division

… about 5 of them will be mostly non-starters

So, not so good, I would say.

Don't want...

I think someone mentioned that the last 4 100 win teams failed in the playoffs…..just sayin..

Ned Yost Takes Sentimental Look Back on the 2008 Season

hehe

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 16, 2008 reply

Is that you?

kinda looks photoshopped..

Nope... don't have that talent

drewishdrewid - September 16, 2008 reply

all f@ckin' RIGHT!

our passion is strong!
our drive is persistent!
OUR TIME IS NOW!

Surprised I didn't think of this first:

Fab!

ChipSet - September 16, 2008 reply

Nice!

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 16, 2008 reply

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-_m2_wolek

Cool Hand - September 16, 2008 reply

Brewers are now in Second place for the wild card

.5 game back of the Metz

I have a feeling they went all in tonight...

they may prove me wrong tomorrow, but I think they might be done.

hokie316 - September 16, 2008 reply

Race to the Bottom

I was at the Mets-Nats game tonight, and they’re not looking much better -

08Cubs - September 16, 2008 reply

Nobody's linked Chicago IV yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XVvA8_fe9o

Hmm. Don't know what the deal is there.

So, I’ll give you some others.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv_VW4GWs_U

Cool Hand - September 16, 2008 reply

Wood painted the four on the K Zone.

Fraggin Judge - September 16, 2008 reply

ah well

I tried

This one?

thanking you!

No prob...

Did any of their albums have titles? Oh, the first one…CTA. The best one IMO.

possibly some of the later ones

I quit listening after 8. and yes, I’d agree that CTA was probably the best….
thanks again….here’s hoping you can post Chicago tomorrow night.

that would be Chicago II

After that last Cardinal game and tonight...

I might need a new heart soon.

He is only gonna be closing out most of our playoff games

So hopefully you have a spare heart ready.

nji232 - September 16, 2008 reply

I'll work on that...

That and a lot of whiskey.

if this is mid september baseball

imagine mid october

Might need you to hold my hand Maddy...:)

ok but that is a long trip for that LOL

We'll have to have a BCB get together....

either during or after the WS.

nervousCUBlover - September 16, 2008 reply

AWWWW

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 16, 2008 reply

Blanco came up HUGE!!

Thanks, Hank!!

Itchy - September 16, 2008 reply

Video of Woody's game winning Slurve

Sit Down Prince!

Awsome!

I hope someone puts that up with Pat Hughe’s call.

Fraggin Judge - September 16, 2008 reply

And the new magic number is:

Four!

Stomachs

are flying all over, returning to thier rightful owners.

sweetswinger - September 16, 2008 reply

OK, perhaps now ve can begin?

What happened? I just got here and it seems like everyone is happy about something.

Big W

Kerry with another Mitch Williams retro save.

sweetswinger - September 16, 2008 reply

Mitch and Lee Smith rule...and Kerry too

I posted this in the wrong thread...

Does anyone think that if the Cubs clinch before the Mets series that they call off the big dogs giving the Mets a little extra edge in knocking the Brewers out?

How did you know you posted this in the wrong thread before you hit the "post" button

and if you did why did you post it here then?
Not being snarky, I just don’t understand this.

I posted it in the pregame by mistake first

n/t

OK, that makes sense.

Like your tag line. Did Ty Cobb say that?

Jim Bouton

n/t

I was just looking for a copy of Ball Four on Amazon the other day.

Had a desire to reread it and can’t find my old copy. Jim rules.

Never read it.

Hear all about it. I should read it. I’m in the middle of “The Book” and “The Book on the Book”. You know what is actually decent reading and is really quick: The MLB rule book. A lot of situations that you never think/hear of.

Does it have a chapter on hurricanes?

Rule 1908 (b)

“All Hurricane effected games must be played at the closest stadium to the visiting team. IF the "Home” team bitches constantly like 8 year olds, they shall not be awarded any hits."

Thats the word according to Carlos Zambrano

nji232 - September 16, 2008 reply

ROFL

golden

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 16, 2008 reply

What are you doing up this late?

Playing around on the internet mostly

but i’m not gonna be here much longer. Why?

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 16, 2008 reply

It just seems by this time of night all the real Cubs fans are long gone to bed

Got bad case of insomnia myself and haven’t looked for the Zolpidem yet. I know they are around here somewhere.

Great book.

I meant to say "I like your tag line."

I don't think there's that much politics in it.

If we clinch everything – playoffs, home field, etc. – then we can rest up some starters, but we do not want pitchers to get off-days, we need them to be set in their rotation. This means we allow guys like Z or Demp to still throw – but it’s only 4 or 5 innings.

I think there is politics...

at least they let the starters throw a bit. However I think its a great idea that they let the main position players sit a bit. If they clinch before that series, the W’s don’t mean anything, and you’re going to rest guys at some point, and I think I’m with most people here… I’d much rather face the Mets than the Brewers.

That's not politics. Your question was about benching our starters to help the Mets beat the Brewers.

Two points:

1 – I don’t think we can/will bench the starting rotation. That would be atypical. Shorten ’em up, yeah, but not bench. And we only have so many McGehees (gag me) to throw out there in the field.

2 – I can understanding Lou wanting to face Team X over Team Y…but that is (1) mostly out of his control and (2) requires too much of a conspiracy theory to probably work. I just can’t see Lou sitting there thinking, “Let’s have Dome hit 4 today, and let’s put Howry out there for 3 innings, hoping that the Brewers lose, the Mets win, and then we both make the playoffs, both win the first round, THEN face each other in the NLCS!” Don’t see it.

You worry about what you can worry about – your rotation, your arms, health of the team, mental preparation, and scouting your opponent in the first round.

Dan

It has nothing to do

with worrying. It has everything to do with the fact that you’re going to rest guys at some point, so why not against the Brewers probable biggest threat. It doesn’t take any significant maneuvering. I’m not saying let Marmol play short and hit lead off. I’m saying, let Ward, Cedeno, Fontenot, Dome, Hoff play majority of the games while letting your starters get some innings, along with the ‘pen regulars. It has nothing to do with serious plotting or screwing someone. You’re going to rest guys anyhow, why not against the Mets? And I bet Lou could give a damn about answering questions about it, and he has the perfect out “We clinched, I’m resting some starters.”

So it really

isn’t as complex as “the Brewers lose, the Mets win, and then we both make the playoffs, both win the first round, THEN face each other in the NLCS”. If you ask me, its more “I’m going to rest my POSITION players anyhow, why not against the team that can potentially knock out our biggest competitor.” Its really not that strategical.

Gimme a minute. This is a good discussion. Gonna find some figures.

Do that...

it is pretty interesting. I have no idea what figures will show. Its just a worthwhile discussion.

I'm trying to find some significant differences

between the Phils/Brew/Mets, but I’m having a hard time. They are all three very similar. I’m gonna keep looking for a bit more.

I don't think the numbers will show any significant difference

as you say they are very similar teams and I don’t think it will matter much who faces who. If the Cubs are on their game, they will beat anyone, LAAA included.