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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Brewers, Thursday 9/18, 1:20 CT

"I don't think I can play any other way but all out. I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it." -- George Brett

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First!

Let’s win this!

Time to win a series.
Time for another Harden win!
Lets go cubbies! Win by 2!
Everyone, it's time for a

Drinking Heineken, Watching AFN/CSN, and celebrating being 24/Old!

WTF you posted my shit, and ON MY BIRTHDAY!
No, ON MY BIRTHDAY!

:)

Nuh-Na Nuh-Na Nuh-Na Na Na....You say it's your birthday!
Listen to your elder. My Roll Call, and Bump is the backup, damnit.
Snarky, are we?To avoid upsetting you further

You can have the Sori pic today if we win. Happy Bday by the way

I'll be on a plane shortly.

TO WRIGLEY!!

are you bailing out

with a parachute at high altitudes?

Meigs is closed . . .
Have a safe and

fun weekend with your dad Dan.

Enjoy the birthday

and the new jersey. Not to be confused with New Jersey, which would stink.

And Happy Birthday to you
let's kick some Brewer buttocks today

So speaketh Las Vegas

Here,

and hopefully I will be here for the entire game, for a change.

I'm sorta here

And sorta at work

Get your priorities straight!
He listed the most important first...

Cut him some slack!

Hooray for multiple windows

Game in one, you weirdos in another, actual work in a third.

Tab browsing is much more efficient.
Efficiency isn't a priority

Information overload during the game, OTOH

here for a Cubs win
Daver's up in this bizznitch!
Present and half conscious
Sounds like a certain candidates voting record

Ok, no politics! :)

present and accounted for in Minnesota
me
Not her?
sometimes but not today ;-)
Good! I like me better than her.

Her just strikes me the wrong way ;)

Live from the office in Indy
Guiltily Here

there’s work I’m supposed to be doing…

PRIORITIES, Emilie!!!

1) Cubs Baseball
2) Making me brownies
3) Cubs Baseball
4) Work

hee... too true
Here...but going home soon.
happy birthday
Danke!
today is also Ryne Sandberg's birthday

why do I know this, you ask? because it’s 5 weeks before mine…

I share a good birthday!
yes, and you were born

the year Ryno became a star

happy birthday!
thanks, but you're 5 weeks early
hit reply in the wrong place.....

It was suppose to be to santo…….blah

As-salamu Alaykum from Egypt
Ahalan! Kif halak?
I'm good! And you?

(here learning arabic, haven’t gotten too far yet, but knew the question, just not how to answer)

I'm fine, too!

Have you eaten some Fool yet? It’s pretty good.

No Fool yet, I've heard mixed things

no Pigeon yet either but lots of Hummus and flat bread.

it an endless meeting

but I’m here.

Soulja Boy up in this hoe
Just got here...lunch time
Objective

Win today, move magic number down to 2.

you mean down to Mike Tyson?

Well that's the awesomest thing I've seen in a long time.
check out the President Chester Arthur

facial hair! Awesome!

Let's score about 10 in the first.
Let's win this one!!!!!
And not that other one?
Forecast at Wrigley: PERFECT

I wish I was there :(

no first inning runs...........i hate when we give up first inning runs

it is like that feeling of waking up from a cool dream and you realize now it is just time to get up and go to work

Get it together Rich!
Finally, a strike!
Harden v. Bush in...

…the rubber game.

We need to score early.
That's a matchup I want to see in person!
I'm not sure I can help you there...

…but I do have some videos.

Lead off walk

Every pitchers worst enemy

Wow that didn't look like it was gonna go foul at first
Has Weeks officially been benched by Sveum?
Why do I want to pronounce his name "sperm"?
For days, if not...
months? years? i don't get it
Some control issues early for Rich
Back to back walks to start the game
Two walks

No outs

He's just setting up the triple play.
dangit... STOP WALKING
Setting up the old fashion triple play
I'd settle for a new-fangled one
My kingdom

For a 1-2-3 inning, still……

good grief Rich....

get it together now!!

Nothing like a free ride!
The mountain is high, the valley is looooooooow....
This is a Marquis-like start

Time to get Braun

I love the walk the guys who can't hit ..........to get to the guys that will kill you
you always want to challenge

the best.

your perpetual optimism ran into a flaw right there
Wind blowing in today
one out.... let's make that two...
over - under on first inning pitches by Harden...

….40.5!!

Under

DP ball coming

Under

Prince will hit into a 4-6-3

Phew I thought Braun got that one

Rich is playing with fire

Nice try Braun...

Add a Brewers cap and that's his Gameday pic.
Haha it sounds like Fielder is being booed pretty loudly...
Harden takin the rubber

before Bush enters the scene.

Nice circle change grip on the MLB.com homepage...
Come ON!

gotta make that play

And once again, it's time to play every Cubs fan's faaaavorite game...

HOW THE HELL DO WE GET THIS GUY OUT?!?

Starring… Priiiinnnnce Fiiiielderrrr!

That was kinda dumb, Mark.
WTF was DeRo thinking?

Stupid baseball

Well, given Fielder's last few ABs...

…I guess that’s progress.

DeRo not my Hero
DeRo still my Hero

but looks like a guy who hasn’t played 2B in a while…

Hm, good point.
Did the thow hit Braun? Or did Theriot just pretend to try and catch it?
hit Braun squarly on the buttocks
In the buttocks

yup. Jumped up and bit him
His throw hit Braun.
Braun is in the dugout
Over Under on how many runs score this inning

3

bad choice.....

take the out

Foul off Geo's mask

this is rough

Rich should take that ghetto metal off his neck and get down to bidniss!
the hallmark of cool...........harden, zito, mulder
Rich walks the bases loaded
Rich's pitch count is gonna be big after this inning...
*&^*)^%$ pull him!
Emelie...calm down...

and focus your energy on this. I promise it will help.

ROFL... oooh, yeah
harden not comfortable out there
Things I hate

Rich Harden having high pitch counts after one inning
First inning runs
Walks

Dear Rich,

Please make this your last shitty inning in this game.

Thank you,

Sue

LANGUAGE...

..LANGUAGE

who cares?

who cares?

Dear Rich,

Please make this your last shitty inning THIS SEASON.

Thank you,

Michael

even better
No...even better would be...

Dear Rich,

Please make this the your finest 1 run complete game victory of the year.

Thank you,

Everyone

This is why I'm

proud you are my running mate. :D

Bases loaded for Sunglass at Night
Sunglasses* i fail
C'mon Jason...err...Rich!
K

wow...........gutsy to throw strikes when you don't trust your unhittable stuff
Well at least he can get Hart out
He surrendered

.

just got in here....

and it appears Rich has some issues today, eh?

he thought he was Rich Hill for a second there
Yes, Playboy mostly.

Reads ’em for the articles.

jeebus...what, did they put yesterday's game in as a rerun?
People are standing up already
But, remember, no one is there to watch baseball.
what is up w/ that bling Harden has on? looks like a bike chain
Counsell is such a POS

He is trying to get hit

I hate him. Too damn scrappy.
POS? Porcuipine on Stilts?
He's like a poor man's Craig Biggio
Pitch count: 38
fire up the el camino!
lucky us

we may get to see shitty Kevin Hart again today.

Thank god.
Or should I say, Thank Lilly.
Always Thank Lilly

Then maybe he will spare you

Suck it Counsell

Don’t ever do that again Rich

Hmmm.....

Maybe I should leave the prediction business?

A little too early in the game for nail-biting

z

38 pitches , 1 run, no hits
Thank God

the no hitter is still intact :/

Sorry im late...

Was just informed by my wonderful girlfriend of 3 years that she doesnt want to be with me anymore….

So I guess The Cubs are onces again my only true love.

They always come back home.
Damn, dude, sorry to hear it.
ouch. sorry, Galvan
Thanks guys

I thank you so much for the kind words.

Wow, sorry to hear that, man.

Hey Cubbies, win one for Galvan today!

Dude.

There’s always more women in this world.

Ouch

Thats a bummer man….

So sorry Galvan.

We’re glad your here with us.

Plenty of fish left in the barrel, my friend ;-)
Baseball is great distraction when one has a broken heart. :)
Just go out tonight, get drunk and find a nice "slump buster".
Well, that was... stressful.

Very un-Harden-like.

Dave Bush is pitchin

We’ve got this game in the bag.

That's what I thought

last night when Sheets left the game.

Let's go, boys

this is Dave Bush now, not Cy Young….

Let’s score a dozen!

yeah,

Cy Young was their bullpen yesterday.

Close call

Lucky to get out of there down one

so...

what’s the sitch?

Harden not on good terms with the "strike zone."
OK I just want to clarify a few things

I felt I was getting negative, but I asked for two things today. No first inning runs and for the Cubs to not make this whole clinching thing too exciting. So clearly I got frustrated and I’m sorry. I will get mad though if Rich complains about his arm after looking like crap in that first inning.

38 pitch first inning not very good
that would be a 342-pitch complete game
Dusty Baker would like to hear more
I'm sure Walter Johnson or Cy Young could do it!
I think he could do it fi he tried really hard
304 assuming we win
oops, typed before thinking...you're right
Ned Yost would be saying "I can still get 9 out of him".
I heard that we get to bat in this half inning...

so there’s that.

Fancam update: That woman in the red blouse really looked good

See, Galvin, they’re all around.

A pretty girl at Wrigley Field? Couldn't be. ;)
Theriot growing a rather large goatee
Just found 3 tix on Craigslist

for tom’s game for $40 each. I win.

I owuldn't buy tixs from graiglist unless you meet in person
I wouldn't buy tix from graiglist either
you only win once you actually have them in hand
and gotten through the barcode scanner
I'm meeting him soon

I’ve bought and sold plenty of tix via Craigslist so I’m pretty confident. That being said, I prob just jinxed myself.

Dave Bush lives in Maine.

Come on…

This is stupid but...

in a game featuring Dave Bush vs. Rich Harden, my Gamecast is telling me the game is sponsored by Grape Nuts….

i just laughed.

It's the matchup that keeps on giving.
on to the 2nd...
Quick inning for us
crickets....................................................................................thats quiet
I'm getting the strangest sense

of deja vu today, after one inning….

Well thats what Harden was supposed to do in the first inning
At least we star this next inning with the 8 and 9 batters
We would never walk the 8 and 9 batters.
Early prediction

Dome goes 2-3 with one walk today

great! can't wait to see it :D
Hangover Hangover... go a- way! K's another!

you ever notice

how it seems the Cubs have a lot of 1-2-3 innings but their opponents seem to have long innings?

Don't the Cubs lead the league in runs scored?
That makes it even more puzzling.
I only notice

How we score 800ish runs while they only score 600ish.

we used to be really good at taking pitches and drawing walks, didn't we?

What happened?

That was back in the good ol' days

when we had a RF playing RF and a 2B playing 2B….

BB is feeling some deja vu too
Thank goodness the Brewers are swinging at those pitches.
720 AM Friday night @ 9pm is rebroasting Z no hitter
I don't remember it being broasted to begin with

I thought it was breaded

Mmmm...broasted chicken.
rebroadcasted*****

Tv will be @ 10pm but radio is also doing it after sportscentral on 720 am

Got an email form WGN america about Z no no It will be broadcast nationwide.

As our website states, Friday at 10:00 p.m. Central.
Thanks for writing.
George

 

I checked ahead on my Dish Network listings...it's there
Also on DirecTV
BB/K ratio now down to 1.00
Alright another K

Now he is settling in

The Ks are nice...

…but I’d like to see a few quick, weak tappers to DeRo to shore up his pitch count a bit.

Chance to redeem himself with the top of the order
Hopefully Rich has figured out Mr. Strike Zone today....
I would say his velocity is fine today

just hit 95

I like how Harden had learned to pitch to contact????????????????
Nice job Rich

time to score

Keep it goign Rich at least ten K's today would be nice
54 pitches through 2
that might be a little high.

it would be nice to have a quick inning next inning

Glad Gameday Audio isn't laggin so I can keep up with yall!
MLB.tv is a little behind, Don't post so fast please JK
Now coming into the game, pitching for Rich Harden...

Rich Harden.

See, Lou can handle the bullpen!
wish he could of found the strike zone earlier..that pitch count is high
still took 16 pitches that inning
Yeah, ground balls needed...badly.
Phew... just catching up!

I see he’s hit 95 and 96 today… GOOD.

Let us hope this isn't another episode of..............

incredible amazing vanishing offense

Idea just popped in my head

Lets Score Some Runs!!!

you're a genius!
My cats breath smells like cat food....
Nothing but strikeouts, walks, and bad plays in the field

Reminds me of a Little League game.

OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jimmy Edmonds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Hey

Jimmy Ballgame!!1

Cheers to

Lou In Blue for the great idea!

JIMBO HOLLYWOOD BALLGAME EDMONDS!!!

z

"Edmonds continues to wear out [Dave] Bush!!!! -Pat Hughes
I did a double take when I heard that.
Hughes also loves saying

“High, hard one” when Harden is pitching…I love it….I just sit at my desk giggling….

It's tough to act like a professional

with all the double entendre out there.

Petition to call this the “That’s What She Said” Game.

So, does Hendy get Excecutive of the Year?

I think so.

Who else would even come close??
There goes Milwaukee's no hitter AND shutout. Tsk.
Love the hop at the end
Ok, Can I Say Something

Let Jimmy Ball game do his Sept/Oct thing. He is a stud this time of year

This home run was brought to you

by the St. Louis Cardinal payroll

I'll drink

( an Old Style ) to that!

what a great pickup we got

Padres’ are still going, didn’t we trade for him???

Waivers
FROM the Pads, yes

But they did trade for him from St. Louis

yeah Jimmy "the Cub" Baseball
Alright Jim!!

“I always knew you were a good pick up,” DTJchris says lyingly.

Jimmy!

I dunno about you all, but I kind of hope he wants to come back next year.

Gotta help defend a championship!
I'm not sure he's got much left

I always fear the “Gaetti Effect”

This is weird

Brewers getting runs on timely hits and walks the last two games, and we’re blasting the long ball.

(cues Twilight Zone music)

We are now 2 HRs away from having 6 - 20 dinger guys...
There is a joke in that somewhere....
For those candidates who have juvenile minds...

Sori 29
Ramy 25
Geo 22
DeRo 20
DLee 19
Edmonds 19

One more from Edmonds and one more from DLee will give the Cubs six guys who have hit 20 HRs.

too...many...jokes...
took me a sec to decode that...
I wasnt aware until watching the Brewer feed of the game... that De Ro hasnt made any outfield erros
That's nice of the Brewers' announcers to say, but it would be incorrect.

According to B-R, he has committed one error in LF, and no errors in RF.

(IIRC, the error came on a line drive in Tampa — the game in which Z hurt his shoulder — that he lost in the lights and went off his glove.)

thats what I get for actually listening to their announcers

sorry

20 dingers!

Dinger

is the Rockies mascot

durhan, Brauny and Prince up this inning.

Hold on, Rich. Mow ’em down!

Seems like we hit

more solo homers than with men on. Does anyone have the percentage of solo shots?

I'll bet most homers are solo homers
I go to the computer lab for 10 seconds and we score

Maybe I should go there every time we bat

Yes! Two more outs just like that.
thanks, theriot. keep that up.
Love the one pitch outs

Thanks Braun!

Wow. Two pitches, two outs?
Two pitches two outs

Nice

Just walk Fielder...
+1

I’m tired of watching him cream the ball

twss quite disappointly
I'd rather hit him in the knee...

but that wouldn’t be nice.

OR, you could just ignore my advice and strike him out...

which, of course, is BETTER.

Can Theriot EVER throw the ball without "double clutching"??
I've yet to see him do it.
no, because then he would throw guys like Hunter Pence out

We wouldn’t want that

I saw him

throw it once with out double clutching

because he "triple clutched".
Not scrappy enough.
that's right, baby!

K!!! SWEEP THE LEG, JOHNNY!

Lunch Box Goes Down Swinging
OT: My fall project

the perfect tuna salad. off to a good start.

if you find it, you should email Pat Hughes I am sure he would love to know that

considering how much he Loves Tuna sandwiches

I should open a deli lol
Just stick with a pouch of Herb & Garlic Tuna

Yum!

hmm... you are inspiring me

I kept eying the garlic bulb… next time I’ll use it. Thanks

Muffin Man strikes OUT
All you losers need to check out my fanpost....

Don’t let the name Doug Glanville scare you away from it.

Suck it prince

6K

suck what? such hostility?
Harden pitch count update?
64
Argh, he'll still be lucky to go five.

Thanks.

"And it's Fat Ass, by a nose!"
Fat Strikes Out by Prince "Don't call me Cecil" Fielder
10 pitch inning, up to 64
that's huge.

a good inning.

K is for

Karrot Kake!!!!

mmmmmmm! Karrot Kake
It's the greatest cake
I love that!!!!
Karrot Kake or Baileys?

You only get one!

why? overindulgence is good.
Because I said so

And I make the rules. And I want to see Sue suffer ;-)

Now the matchup everyone's been waiting for:

Fuku vs. Bush

(Sorry)

Dome vs. Bush :P
Sorry, I think the marqee matchup is

Harden facing Bush…. :)

Dome has mastered the weak flyout
His play is deflating...

That’s the only way I can describe it…

it's sad

there’s always next year. You can be sure he’ll be working hard during the off season

I think so too.
so did I while playing college ball........

it is actually pretty hard to master

anyone recall when the last line-drive came off his bat?
May? Possibly a random time in June
in batting practice....

…..in June.

that says it all

when was his last line drive……………….Geez!

coupla weeks ago. a road trip in the south-east, no?
At least Harden's making contact

…okay, I wish I hadn’t said that

Yeah, he seems to have found his groove.

What?

a walk! hooray!
How bout a gapper, Ryan??
or maybe hit it to Hart and watch him

misplay it into a triple?

Alfonso never swung that AB

Makes me thing they figured something out

Is that what you call a "baserunner"?
How does that sort of thing work, exactly?
I think he tries to "advance" from one base to another.

Don’t quote me on that, though.

dammit.

Sori out by a large margin.

Come on offense! I coulda' sworn we would be seeing this by now...

A satanic bonsai tree?
Focus Danielson!
"The play not close." - Pat Hughes
Why didn't Kendall do that last year?
Cue Van Halen

and Jump!

May the next thread give us something to cheer about.
Lots of ground balls swung on the first pitch by the Brewers. I can feel it now.

how far was edmonds homer, i’m stuck in torts class

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