Bleed Cubbie Blue

25 to go....

How did the Hawks do today

vs the fearless Pitt team?

:-(

I'm sowwy!!!!!!!11

If the Cubs clinch today

that will help with some of the pain. That and some Baileys later. :D

This was supposed to also say....

… that I fixed you a steaming mug of coffee and baileys

mmmmm, yummy :-)

pathetic performance..

but its all on the coaching staff. But this is about the Cubbies today!!! Its the one thing that will keep a smile on my face

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

A bit unnerving to hear the pbp before I see it play out..

but I figure it beats having to listen to the FOX announcers anyway

I love the way Ted leans over and lets his left arm swing before he pitches

I'm kind of concerned about the way Riot has been throwing lately.

lately?

DLee saves our infield....especially Scrappy SS

He did fine

with the two catches in the 9th in Z’s no-no on Sunday. He didn’t even double pump them.

He had to or he might have gotten a Big Z uppercut

A Benny Hill reference? Seriously

How out of touch can these guys be?

well, it is Tim McCarver...

Yeah I know LOL

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

He was quoting Larry Rothschild

I thought it was weird when Larry made the reference the other day.

JohnM - September 20, 2008 reply

Lopez batting 4th?

TLR must be playing on his computer again

Here comes Piniero -

LIGHT HIM UP!!!

STEE-RIKE 3

The best part was he thought he BB'ed....

silly cardinal!

Nice K

STRIKE 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

24 outs & 1 run needed for a clinching party.

Party at my house!!!!

Free booze to any who show up!

well shit...

Are you providing the party plane?

Small Print:

Transportation not provided.

And more speed...

I want this game to finish before the Brewers game so that we can “legitimately” clinch.

Lets get some runs early and often..

and let the party begin early!!

+1000

Lily looked good

now for some runs

the minnow reading line up

The Shark

beats out the wwe slut.

well, if we're talking about looks, not sure if I can agree on that one...

Yes he certainly does.

Shark... one word.... Toastmasters

uh Jeff, uh you might want to take some uh speaking lessons so you uh don’t uh have to say uh at the start uh of every phrase.

And quit grooving fastballs.

Ross - September 20, 2008 reply

Uh, He's a baseball player not a public speaker

plus he went to Notre Dame LOL

Craig in South Bend - September 20, 2008 reply

Uh, I know...

It has less to do with being an athlete and more to just being a young person who isn’t comfortable with speaking.

Ross - September 20, 2008 reply

What's wrong with ND?

well, it's the second-best catholic football school in the country, for starters.

Well he did go to Notre Dumb

LOL

Many young people

talk like that. Not a big deal tome.

if we're gonna have a party

might as well have a pinata…. err… piniero

scraptacular theriot

I'm having trouble adjusting to the Fox ribbon

i'm having trouble

adjusting to mccarver

I block him out as much as humanly possible

usually fox has been

giving us announcers/commentators

that don’t hate the franchise

Nice to see some power, DLee.

DLee double!!!

YAY Derrek!!!!!

Nice hit DLee

Bring him home ARam ! ! !

Derrek

is turning it around lately

Hopefully taht carries into the post-season

indeed

One down...

2. DLee will have at least one XBH.

CubbieintheSouth - September 20, 2008 reply

Today is the day. We're gonna win.

more 1908 subtleties

thatnks astardbays

nice pig latin

Ted's bringing it

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

Ha ha.!

Lily is looking good

TRL is dealing

VillanuevaExperience - September 20, 2008 reply

Teddy Ballgame

Only if Molina was back in the lineup

LOL... that was an awesome play

He's too scared to get back into the lineup against TR...

CC Sabathia + 3 days rest =

No Cy Young

= Brewers loss

+1

who is??

CubbieintheSouth - September 20, 2008 reply

That's what they get for starting Sabathia

on short rest.

Can someone/anyone do play-by-play?

I can’t get Fox, MLB.tv is blacked out, can’t get gameday, only way for me to follow game is by a nice BCB’er doing play-by-play.

DTJchris - September 20, 2008 reply

Can someone tell me when Jerry Hairston learned how to hit???

Every dog has its day.

cwyers - September 20, 2008 reply

He looked like a guy that even Rudy Jaramillo couldn't fix...

Reds on the board

Ross - September 20, 2008 reply

Fly out to Edmonds. TRL looking good

I keep misreading TRL

as TLR. Would love to see Mr. Total Request Live keep it going – so far so good!

ChipSet - September 20, 2008 reply

Just poured myself a pint of...

Charles Wells Banana Bread Beer… cooled just for 15 minutes in the fridge. And in a Cubs/Old Style pint glass.

VillanuevaExperience - September 20, 2008 reply

watching the calories today, huh?

I should be...

But oh well. I’ll have to work out in the morning.

and here i am

enjoying a Sam Adams in my Cubs/Old Stly pint.

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

Westmalle tripel here

Weighing at just the 9.5%. Mmm nectar.

simonuk - September 20, 2008 reply

Mmmm lekker

’n heel fijn belgische biertje.

(How many carbs in a 33cl bottle of Trippel? Just curious.)

ChipSet - September 20, 2008 reply

Fly out ends the inning

StLou 0 2 0
Cubs 0 1 0

Edmonds with a oppo double

Edmonds!

Double….Almost homer

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

Edmonds doubles high off the vines in the LF well!

JED is HOT

Sweet revenge

a dish served cold

Jimbo is my hero. :-)

C'mon Geo let's get on the board

he did

score wise :D

I need to read better huh?

Nice to see Soto back today

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

Geo walks on four pitches... 1st & 2nd

Thanks DMRS

DTJchris - September 20, 2008 reply

Soto walks

BB to Soto

Good patience.

Let's clog those bases

Why am I not surprised they aren't pitching to Soto

Cause Soto is the Man

DTJchris - September 20, 2008 reply

Lets go DeRo

DeRosa

1-0 outside

2-0 inside

thanks to rosenthal (?)

for floating soto as mvp

he should be in the top 3

Ball 6 from Pineiro.

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

DeRo hits into a FC at 2nd

Phew...safe at first

Soto out at second

1st and 3rd

SAFE 1st & 3rd!!

Good hustle there.

C'mon Dome here's your postseason chance!

perfect time for a slump buster...

KC in OK - September 20, 2008 reply

C'mon Fukudome .... get those runners in

Pineiro is having trouble finding the strike zone

Need to make him pay early

I think if Dome hits for the cycle today...

he may get one foot out of Lou’s dog house.

Dome BB

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

Dome walks on four pitches to load them for TRL

Sorry...

“clog them”.

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

wilt Lily coming up they weren't going to give Fukudome anything to swing at

Vintage Dome

Nice walk

BB Dome, bases loaded for TRL

Their bases are

clogged with Cubs!!!

Our bases are clogged :D

All your base are clogged with cubs!

Ted Lilly with another chance to have his revenge on St. Louis

Bud sign wasnt tarped for 2 months, was it?

no... a week maybe?

1 day I believe

that's what I thought.... McCarver is a dolt

i like the word choice. dolt is underused

soft floater

over the shortstop

lils

Empty CBOE seats??? WTF?

Yea no shit!

TRL hanging in there

Lilly takin' some hacks

Lilly Ks

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

Lilly goes down swinging

As the shadows are closing in on home plate…

C'mon Soriano, little hit here is all we need

damn...up to soriano to bring 'em in

So you wouldnt want one of your best hitters at the plate?

be our hero Sori

piniero, prove you're a man

inner half thigh high

you are a man

and barton has great dreds

but a horrible glove

YES!!!!

SoSo

singles
3 score

ALRIGHT>>>3 - 0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

Soriano!!!

3 runs hit and an error!!!

Nice job Sori !!!

I figured i might as well catch

a game thread for a change. I wanna be here when we clinch.

good to have you here :-)

thank you

We don't like your kind around these parts

Leave!

That's not too cool

I'm not very nice :)

noted

YES ! !

Soriano single

Barton misplays it left – 3-0 Cubs!

A triple for Soriano 3-0

Single and an error.

cwyers - September 20, 2008 reply

yeah I caught that

after I posted….my bad

Is that Braun out there in left???

didn't they say during the game

against the crew the other day that braun hadn’t made an error in left all year? how is that possible? the dude is awful in left

Because errors aren't a good measure of fielding ability.

cwyers - September 20, 2008 reply

generous scorekeeping

the ball Ramirez hit the other day could have been a single and an error, but they gave him a double.

can't bobble

whatcha can’t get to

I think it's b/c he doesn't even get close enough to the ball

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oops

Snoop Dog booted it

that hair is ridiculous

Craig in South Bend - September 20, 2008 reply

Fo shizzle

evert time that guy comes to the plate I think it is Snoop Dog...

they should trade him to the Yankees. that look would last 5 seconds

barton being manny

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

I thought Manny was supposed to cut his hair

I guess when you produce you get to keep the treads

flachimesa - September 20, 2008 reply

* dreads

flachimesa - September 20, 2008 reply

Or when they know you will ruin the clubhouse

if you don’t get your way?

he's an aerospace engineering major, who knew?

LOL

thanks for the error Barton

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

Barton does his best Ryan Braun impression

Riot flies out to end the inning

StLou 0 2 1
Cubs 3 3 0

21 OUTS TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peerless Leader - September 20, 2008 reply

Love Ron's Reaction

It’s like I’m sitting here watching the game with my dad.

Theriot

Flyout

Maybe Boeing is still hiring????

He misjudged the altitudinal trajectory

I dunno, is that Aeronomics?

kodypuckett23 - September 20, 2008 reply

Barton is an aeronautical engineer

Guess that means he can’t field ground balls.

sweetswinger - September 20, 2008 reply

Catching the ball and throwing it back...

It’s not rocket science

simonuk - September 20, 2008 reply

Yeaaaahhh Sori!!!!

Jimsil - September 20, 2008 reply

so iowa lost by one thanks to that bonehead christensen, AND

to make it worse, i’m having to watch the twins/rays….not too happy and i’ve already dipped into the bottle of soho…gonna be a long long long night for me

they didn't lose b/c christensen..

they left b/c the coaching staff continues to play him.. You can’t fault him for the coaching staff not having a clue on the better QB.. now back to your regular scheduled Cubs thread!!

agreed

agree, but...

…i’m not so sure Stanzi is that much better. i just hope the cubs win today, or Iowa City will be one sad town when i go out tonight

mkacer - September 20, 2008 reply

you're right..

he may not be, but we don’t know yet b/c Ferentz refuses to give him the chance. And he was playing much better today than Jake was.

i wish ferentz would just give up on jake

and see what stanzi can do given an entire game to prove himself. then we will know if he has potential or if we’re just stuck with two forgettable QBs. christensen isn’t the future of this team anyway, so why do we keep giving him chances?

mkacer - September 20, 2008 reply

NOW I'm feeling the Win-it-all vibe

Barkeep…Drinks on the house ! ! !

jager bombs around!!!

toss one out here to LA, please

2 Heinekens broski

hell anything with alcohol sounds great about now!!

GO CUBS GO!!

on that note, I'd better grab a beer

and start putting the covers on the couch for the celebration.

thanks!

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

LaRue pops out to DLee

Piniero needs to man up, and stop whining about his team's fielding...

Was that him moping in the dugout after his hissy-fit on the mound at that missed DP?

sure was.

maybe that’s why he’s bounced around from team to team

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - September 20, 2008 reply

Shadows should take effect for hitters in about 10 min...

bloody announcers naming all the curses.... YAWN

listening to McCarver is like having

knitting needles shoved in your eyes throughout the game. Just awful.

I know I'm the only one on this board,

but I like Tim McCarver. And Josh Lewin is far better than Joe Buck or Dick Stockton.

Josh Lewin

sounds like the robot weather voice

mlern - September 20, 2008 reply

well, just in the interest of fairness

Josh Lewin did say Wrigley Field is affectionately called “America’s Peter Pan Ballpark” and I can’t stand it when announcers make stuff up like that.

But given the choices of Buck, Stockton or Lewin, I’d take cyanide.