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Overflow Thread 3: Cubs vs. Mets, Monday 9/22, 6:10 CT

"This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings." -- Bill Veeck

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Win this sucker!!!!
As Sue has written

So shall it be done. -sue369 3:16

thanks for the trail crumbs, sue

I always need leading :D

you're welcome
Hey...how are you doing?
doing fine and you?
Marquis - 5, Mets - 4 through 7 1/2
Soto

All i care about is that he is okay!!!

Me too
they would have said something.
Soto is like Lilly's partner in crime

He is tough.

partner in crime?

Soto is the Syndicate!

He is and if he

needs a couple of days off now is the time to let it get healed. I have great faith in Hank.

Yes Hank is a great guy to have in a game

if Soto can’t or shouldn’t be in there.

that is the most important thing

we can’t lose our MVP

Fourth!
Nope

LMAO!!!

There is so much wrong with this picture.

eww eww very eww shades of Borat
Because he had a halloweenie!
SHARK IN THE WATER!

let's hope he has some teeth

and doesn’t turn into the minnow

The Minnow?

The weather started getting rough.
And to answer the ages-old question:

Mary Ann. Any day of the week.

I've dated one of each

And, yeah – Mary Ann in landslide

According to NPR

(quiz show) pollsters asked the public which Gillgans Island character the various presidential wannabes most resemble. Senator Clinton, surely to her dismay, was neither Ginger nor Mary Ann.

or, you know.

every day. of the week.

All-Chicago Team Update

OF- Billy Williams,Sosa, Joe Jackson

Isn't Joe disqualified?

there’s an echo in ’ere

tell me everyone is wrong... i just got home from work did marquis go yard or not?
Yes. Yes he did.
He not only went yard

The bases were clogged with Cubs when he did it

He did

bags juiced too. Una salami grande.

Let's go Jeff!!!
G'day

Where are we at..8-4 bottom of the 8th?

Yep.

Marquis hit a grand slam too

What!!

Marquis hit a Grand Slam?!
Wow…im believing anything can happen with the side now….

you and me both, Aussie
He had 5 rbi's
outscoring

the Mets.

Honesty compels me to admit

that Dome didn’t look as good in that AB as the previous occupant of the #9 spot.

rofl no freaking way
95mph from the Shark
Marmol warming
"America's Top Scientists Warn of the Effects of Marmol Warming"
Imagine what they'd have to say about Howy Warming!
Howy Cunningham?
Howry = tepid puke
Ernie is All Chicago MVP!
Got to be: he is the embodiment of Chicago sports and all that's right with America and could be again.
D-Backs are leading the Cards

2-1
middle of the 5th

How about a DP here?
Whats another one for them tonight? Sounds good to me!
F8
Yes, truly, it is fate

Wait, you meant fly out to center, didn’t you

(hides in the corner)

F-8

can you smell

what the Shark is having for dinner?

it smells

fishy

OH! thats not good
Have you ever smelled a fishing dock in a little village in Brazil where the local fisherman bring their day's catch

and lay it out on the dock to sell to the locals. It’s 100 F with a 90% humidity and the fish have been laying there in the sun since 5:30 AM and the hangers on are trying to wait until they can get their fish for the cheapest price at the end of the day. Anyone? Anyone? If you had you wouldn’t ever forget that 5 sense imagery overload. But she looks like smells pretty nice-Channel or something.

I have a pic of me with Jaws almost exactly like this one.

Oh, except my ass cheeks wouldnt be hanging out of my shorts in it

nice inning for the shark.
The PA is really loud there

It would be one thing if it was really loud in Shea tonight, but I think the Cubs took the wind out fo their sails at virtually the start of the game

We're downright giddy!
I'm getting sleepy :-(
Just like the Met fans.

They’ve been sitting on their hands from the beginning of the game.

just as they should be... Cubobamination
You're on a roll tonight!
They remind me of a bunch of teletubbies
I'm fine with Fall coming,

but PLEASE stop Winter!!!!!!

theendlessinterminablemiserablecoldshiveringwinterthatneverends
And it's supposed to be

REALLY cold this winter!

Not if the Cubs win 11 in October, it won't be
but it would be

damn cold in hell

That would be lovely,

but I still have to wait for the bus in January!

I don't think I

can take anothe winter like last years. It was so awful.

-1 from the desert judge

winter is what keeps me going through this 100-degree hell

Let all the leaves fall

let it be 40-50s for a couple weeks and then almost magically, it heats up and new leaves start forming and Tulips appear. Whic also means less time to wait for baseball to return!

I wish I had a magic wand......
Where's Dan?

Pottergasm!

I so dread the end of this season

I will be bereft. Don’t follow anything but glorious baseball

Same here/

I have self-diagnosed Seasonal Affective Disorder and even though I am ecstatic about post season ball making summer last longer, I know this means the end of baseball season is ever closer. It makes me sad.

NFL and NBA are

those innecessary interruptions between baseball seasons

last winter we got 101 inches of snow

the previous record was 77. Average is like 50. I’ll settle for average this year

What was the quote Al had up all winter?

“Winter is when I look out the window and hope for spring to come soon, so I can play baseball again” – Rogers Hornsby

peopel ask em what I do all winter. I look outside and wait for summer

I think a combo of the two might be right

That sounds about right...

Have to look that one up..

yeah, but

there will be Cubs Con to go to, and then Spring Training starts in February.

It is my goal for the hubby and I

to be Mesa AZ snowbirds when/if we retire. Head there for spring training every year. I just love to dream about it

I'd love

to go to Spring Training. Unfortunately, my Marlin-fan wife wants to go to FLORIDA spring training…

I could still see a pleasant weather compromise there

a week or 2 in FL a week or 2 in AZ

hah!

that would be nice. I can’t imagine retiring, however.

I reccomend XM,

They have a whole channel devoted to baseball and cover the hot stove better than anyone. They also replay all of the playoff games on Turkey-Day weekend.

All year round, they play classic games at night and on the weekends.

Don’t forget, MLB will be launching their TV channel this winter (January?).

I have Sirius

and I’m hoping that the merger brings MLB to Sirius damn soon.

I'm still waiting for my lower cost,

that they promised to get the merger approved.

I have a feeling I’ll be waiting for a LONG time!

it's not that expensive already.
When it's time to renew...

call and tell them you want to cancel. They’ll give it to you for around $7 a month.

Come down here

If you hate winter, summers on its way

Do you have baseball down under?
Didn't the Cubs have a pitcher from Australia

a few years back?

Didn't know that we had a Cubs pitcher

Pete Moylan was from Melbourne who is on the braves staff.
I saw Lloyd and Nilsson play at Milwaukee when I was there all those yeas ago.

Only on a very small time basis

Just bush league type stuff

how'd you get into the Cubs then?
Went to Wrigley

In 1996 and it was the best sporting experience as a spectator Ive had.
Ive been hooked since.
I lived in Daytona Beach and have been to Joe Robbie to see us play too

cool! you caught the bug :D
In a big way

Im obsessed…I have jerseys hats tshirts bobbleheads stickers you name it.

I have a new girlfriend who’s from Hartford and ive converted her from the Yankees to Cubbiedom.

now that is an impressive conversion!
I was even going to settle

for her to have us as her NL side, but aimed high and got the full conversion :0)

If I ever saw snow again it would be too soon.

I would like to retire somewhere where I can go visit snow if I ever feel the need.

This....is....a....very....long....game!
follow the watch... back and forth... forth and back.... slowly ... you will... fall... asleep
and it's working...zzzzzzzz
(psst...make her cluck like a chicken)
I'm switching between the game and Heroes
The riot isn't too quiet tonight! Yay!
surprisingly!
as much as I don't like him

As a team player, I’m glad he’s figuring out whatever ails him.

fair 'nuff and just in time :D
don't like him?

why?

I think he's a grand bench player.

But he’s not a good shorstop, and his hitting leaves much to be desired. I think Cedeno has a much bigger upside.

I need to go

to bed. I might be a little late to the game thread tomorrow night. Night everyone.

GO CUBS!!!

Sweet dreams; we'll hold down the fort for 3 more outs.
How will we find the next thread???
night sweetie!
We definitely need to have Marquis on the playoff roster.

We need someone who can PH for Dome…

STILL no email from the Cubs!
Emails went out to the winners about 25 minutes ago

Rejection notices are due out a bit later, I guess.

bah

didn’t get one either

Didn't get one either :-(

I imagine there are a lot more “rejection” notices than there are “winner” notices. Don’t they only have a few thousand tickets for sale per game?

My buddy got the email at 8:50

Lucky bastard.

filthy nasty white castle

1 out

new thread up
Really? Where?

This is overflow #3, just posted

I had the window open for the last thread still and it didnt update

confused me too

huh?

this IS the third thread.

I respect the Mets fans who are braving this one out
linkie????
sorry

too busy eating my jello pudding pop to pay attention. yes, they still make them and they are still delish!

what the heck just happened?
sigh.

Ronny Cedeno just cannot catch a break.

Just back from the game.

Left after 5 innings.
Man, was it fun!

Why would you leave after 5 innings?
+1?
Had to get home quick.

Wife wasn’t happy I was there.

I finally get to see a Cubs victory and I can't enjoy it...

SIGH.

thats

rough

And I had GREAT seats, too!

Lots of Cubs fans. Mets fans were down in the dumps, chanting “Let’s go Marlins,” and “1908.” Lame.

I'd call it dissappointing...

Didn’t your mom ever give you the “starving kids in China” line…..well there are starving Cub fans in Texas. Now, eat your vegetables.

Yeah, but this is my WIFE, not my mom.

I should be wearing the pants.

Marmol falling behind
It's not Howry. I'm happy.
2-2 count

Finish him!

SWEEP THE LEG, JOHNNY!
You have a problem with

that, Mr. Lawrenc?

C'mon Marmol, throw strikes
Slow roller, out, run scores
I'll take that trade
9-5, runner on 3rd

2 outs

Keep the tying run in the dugout
This is still a closer game than it should have been
you think?

four run lead.

Ya just never know

Marmol with a walk was not a good thing

Gah! Stupid work! At least I saw the Granny.
Allow me to channel Ron Santo, from his house.

AW, GEEZ! GOSH! COME ON!

Scintillating color commentary, Ronnie! As usual.
ah, oh... my.. gawd. ya gotta get that out. gotta get that out
What are they DOING?
Marmol not having his best showing

Just my typing impersonation of Ron

walked 'em CARLOS GET IT DONE
come on Marmol. let's end this.
Lou bringing in Wood
Put another nail in the Mets coffin
Kerry Wood

coming in.

Save situation
I thought it was 3 or less that makes it a save?
Tying run on deck
Tying run in the on-deck circle i think.
Also, the tying run's on deck
it's not so much "save" as it is "get it done"
Luis Castillo due up

When with the Marlins, isn’t he the guy who hit the Bartman ball?

The what?
The Alex Gonzalez ball
I have no recollection of these things.
Believe me

You don’t want to know

strike one

runner advances to 2nd

Kerry is here for some more 9th inning heroics!
ESPN just said on BBTN that it was a save situation

so it must be so

How about Wood to finish this bad boy off them
Forget about the curve ball, Kerry...

bring him the HEAT!

Woo-Hoo!!!!

Now that's a beautiful sight
Awsome

Home field is ours!

this was the sign i was going to create had

the Cubs clinched before the game on Friday.

Such a nice prettiful quilt
STRIKE THREE - 95 WINS
Last minute hack, but hey...

Hey Chicago Whadya Say!?
3-pitch save... nice.

Cubs win!

and I could've been there....

love that one
Where'd you go?
miss me?

phone rang had to answer it.

thought maybe

you went for a Nitty Gritty burger…

oink oink
No, that's pork

The cow says, “moo”
MBDNIU says, “Pitching is king”

your a pig
You don't like the Nitty Gritty?

Marsh Shapiro will be disappointed to learn that.

it's ok. cool bday tradition

but Im more of a state st brats gal if I had to choose one of them downtown

State St Brats

Used to have a cool BudLight mirror w/Wrigly Field bleachers on it

I got a funny brats story for you sometime
+1
Hey, Moe!

Sorry I missed your note last week — I didn’t go to the Monday game. Did you have good seats?

No es problema

Monday seats were pretty good, but Sunday nite was incredible. All my life I’ve wanted to see a no hitter, and I still can’t believe I was there.

Oh, cool -- I was there, too
lol, didn't you think

there’s NO WAY we would witness two no-no’s? The crowd on Monday was sooooo quiet, either retirees so old they needed to be propped up, or young parents with infants, or idiots who didn’t really care about baseball.

thought for a while that I should’ve blown off my meeting to go to the game…

I have to admit that I enjoy the families that sit near us

They really got into the game. No drunk idiots either. I had great seats and a lot of fun.

I'm Kerry Wood

I close doors on 3 pitches.

we're singing now go cubs go
I love the 1-2 bullpen punch because you can hear them thinking...

“Oh, good, they’re taking Marmol out, and…ohhhhh, $#it, it’s Wood.”

Good afternoon, good evening and good night from Wood.
All that is left is the walk of shame
walk of shame

brings back memories

Even the games we don't really need/try to win we do!
'sa beautiful thing
Geez this is an enjoyable season

Now i’m impatient for the play-offs to begin

Not much funnier this week

than Brewers fans cheering for the Cubs (this coming from a southeast Wisconsin mom with die-hard Cubs sons with Brew-Crew friends)

I know isnt it funny

friend popped on line for a few to tell me that he was happy about the game. Although he admitted to feeling a bit dirty about cheering for the Cubs

this ump had the strike zone the size of a thimble (for both teams)

but I am glad this one is over with. Great win!!

Home field is ours. Thanks Cantu for the WS, but let’s hope that is something we have to worry about!!

3-2 Snakes, end of 7
Grr...

DNS is still biting my domain, apparently. If it didn’t show up top, this was the last-minute hack I threw together.

I am OUT!

great game, now we only need 5 for 100 regular season wins!

5-1 will do it.

Very doable.

4 pitchers in our starting rotation with 10 or more wins

The pticher with the 5th most wins? BP Howry, with 6.

There is still one piece of unfinished business...

We need to pray that the ‘Stros stay in the tank so we don’t have to go to Whineland.

I want to see a loser letter from the Cubs

before I will believe I didn’t get picked!

Call it the ever optimistic Cubs fan in me!
Nice to lock up home field, hopefully lou starts the regulars against santana tomorrow

to give them a good look just incase we face them in the playoffs

Happy for Marquis......

time for me to myspace a bit then bedtime. :)

burgers
Soto
you've got a better shot at the burger
true but wheres tha challange in that ?
ah, challenge talk again
yep Im bored
chicken
lemme guess scotch or long islands?
water
I can act up w/o being drunk
Me too
I think we knew that already....
And one more thing before I leave that I'll be telling you

We’ll keep ’em flying high for Cubbie blue!

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Per Marquis Grand Slam

A Brewer fan sitting behind me at the game on Thursday said the power laden Brewers had yet to hit this entire season! Amazing.

CUBS WIN!!!!!

Since I went to bed early and didn’t get to post that last night.

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