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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Mets, Wednesday 9/24, 6:10 CT

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -- Casey Stengel

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YAY!!!

I’m not blacked out.

Let’s do this Cubs!!!!

whoo...WCIU HD

Game on baby

Z ROCKS we hope
we all hope

He needs some momentum before going into the playoffs

yeah the only reason we lost yesterday because Al forgot the Geo photo

duh!

for realz DUH!
that and the Mets scored more runs than we did...
Pfft..

Semantics

Semantics....yes...I am always up for some antics.
testosterone clouds his view
so glad to have L&B
I am not so lucky :(
no WCIU?
Not here in Decatur
are you blacked out too?
I just don't get WCIU
me either

but I do have ESPN tonight.

I know

I was wondering if you got blacked out by ESPN.

Oh!!!

Nope! I can watch the game at least :)

Could be worse then
Fraiser, King of Queens, George Lopez

What’s not to get?

;-)

Sut is on ESPN, though, so that's not too bad
I can't imagine my life without L&B

I’m going to be bereft I tell you

i know

not ready for all national telecasts.

I can't even remember

Who usually calls the TBS games?

I bet Chip gets at least one

Otherwise, I’m not sure.

One thing about Z

you can usually tell pretty quick whether he’s “on” or not

Good thing this game doesn't really matter all that much for us...

I have to design a scrapbook…and it’s a pain in the ass

For those of you watching on ESPN

Make sure to keep us updated on when Dave O’Brien mentions the following:

a) 100 years
b) Bartman
c) Goat
d) Black Cat
e) Leon Durham

Sounds like the grounds for a good drinking game.
Not if they're all in the same inning
Sutcliffe might kick his ass if he mentions Durham
YUCK!!!!!

A Sux commercial….ewwwwww.

Murry's looking healthier than usual
Will Erin Andrews be seen tonight?
nope

she’s on college football now.

damn...

oh well, might have to switch over heh

I don't get Soto you don't get Erin
hardly seems fair.........
but it is fair ;-)
THANK GOODNESS FOR ESPN

….CANT BELIEVE I JUST SAID THAT.. Im here in Philly and Im watching CUB BASEBALL.

boring city, that... are you in your hotel or at a bar?
26 miles from Philly

….in the hotel. Pain in the ass business type hotel too. Im in the room away from the suits.

yuck. as long as you're avoiding the suits you're ahead
i do what i can...

….how many sitcoms can a guy watch?

Glad for baseball.

tell me about it. Hotels suck.
sori singles good start
Soriano singles
Better lucky than good
story of my life :D
That looked like a double in the gap

 off the bat. Whatever ill take it

I hate blackouts....if you wanna watch the game...go here...

It’s the met’s broadcast…but it works…enjoy

http://rookyclub.4-all.org/

The mentioning of Shea closing was kind of a sad one

Very dry and alot of Buckner

I liked Shea more than Yankee when I went in July..
Disappointing

No show of the Z/Fontenot pre-game routine.

Damn you ESPN.

she was a cutie.......

ok….maybe we don’t need Erin.

Bill Murray will

be on ESPN later in the game.

he looked remarkably healthy... maybe a new film?
Hmmm, I don't know....could be.
GhostBusters 3 is the rumor.
don't need to be healthy for that... and sounds like a rent party
Ghostbusters 3

is basically a game for the PS3 and 360. No movie adaptation. He did just finish up City of Ember and another Jim Jarmusch flick.

Jim Jarmusch is god
He and Wes Anderson

really bring out the greatness of Bill Murray. And yeah, they’re both ridiculously awesome.

is wciu's color off for anyone else?
Anywhere other then there

and its not a DP

wow..first time this team hit into a DP and I don't care..
Idk about you

but I really like that cut dlee just took

Is Ron Jeremy in the crowd?
I may perfer sitcoms to Steve Phillips...
btw....Wolf should have rung out Lee
do love these don't care games :D
good at bat from derrek
yippee 2 on base
2?
oops
okay

i was confused

what? It's only one man on first base
forgive my enthusiasm ;-)
I am really glad that Lee is finally playing well
I can't get gameday

anybody have it on?

Working for me

Kinda – Lee is still stuck on pitch 5 there

i found this...it's the mets streaming broadcast

http://rookyclub.4-all.org/

Lenny Dykstra jersey..

….nice. Mouth cancer anyone?

Investment advice?
ha....

……I take back that Ha. Ill change it to WOW.

thank you, thank you.

i’ll be here all night.

Gotta admit....it made me think.

But that was good stuff.

Ramirez acting like Mark Grace there.
Bad prediction for Z...

….Ill keep it to myself.

Hope he is pumped up in a good way tonight.

he's got something to prove... let's hope it's channeled correctly
strike one

thats a good start!

haha

i literally was posting that and saw you did, so i didn’t

the game thread is a mind meld
strike 1 go Z!
Steve Phillips is not good at anything......

except haircuts and beard shaving everday.

the part in his hair is always perfectly straight

and …. thats about the only positive thing i’ve got

my girflriend cant stand him

….she calls him the most groomed man in the world.

anal
TWSS

I think HBCG just called Em a whore.
did not

the hypothetical she.

metaphorically
Where would you like it, dear?
Maybe it's good that ESPN is blacked out in Chicago.
true....but its all I got.
So far so good

Looks like Z is locating his pitches

Good evening everyone!

Let’s go Z!

hiya cows :}
Howdy!

I can’t wait to see the Cubs in person on Saturday!

excellent! you're going to have a great time regardless
i'm jealous

have a great time

strikeout number one for Z
20 to go!

Gotta always hope for that, even though I highly doubt we’ll get to that point.

ESPN talking about what Lee's defense does for the Cubs (and Theriot)
Lee does cover up a lot of stink on our IF defense
Most definitely,

First base defense isn’t admired enough in baseball, in my opinion.

best first baseman defensively in my mind....Pujols gets the hitting first basemen title
Pujols defense has improved a lot over the last few years

I wish he weren’t a cardinal.

good to hear that the players acknowledge it.
Itd be cooler if David Wright argued

and didnt look like a 10 year.

BTW…..you know Phillips is going to work the whole Z vs Perez acting like they been there before on the mound. Honestly, I love Z, but has Phillips ever watched Z pitch? He is all emotions out there. What a f$%knut.

poor hammer

when do you come home?

travel sucks. hotels suck.
Ha.....Friday.

Going to the game on Sunday in MIL. Gonna fly the Cubs flag out the car window the whole night.

?

Steve Phillips isn’t in the booth

Has anyone bought the Trib book on the 2008 Cubs season yet?

I’m wondering if it’s worth buying.

I'd wait until the 2008 season was over...

might be a great final chapter.

DeRo with a 1st pitch HR!
DEROSA!
DeRo hits a line drive homer
DERO!!

Man, what a man!

DeRo you ROCK!
Ha...

…..“flaired down the left field line” and its a homerun. You suck ESPN.

Dave O'Brien is used to looking at the Green Monster on a daily basis

he’s not used to these ‘short’ walls

True....

he said that off the bat it sounded weak. Off the bat it sounded pounded to me.

it sounded solid to me

but i didn’t think it was gonna carry.

I was happy with a double...

….ill take a bomb…….

looked gone to me.

I wish ESPN had consistent announcers instead of pulling them from teams. Just pick 2-3 guys and have them call all of the games.

Just got here

just in time for a Dero HR!

thanks for bringing the mojo!
LT?

He brings more than the mojo……

aight I am out, homework is a bitch
but important... you've got your priorities straight :D
haha if this was a playoff game I would be like

screw homework!

which I WILL most likely have to do
of course... there are priorities and then there are PRIORITIES
If the Cubs win the WS..

…Ill do your homework for a month. In July though.

I didn't mind homework that much,

it was the stress of studying and taking tests that drove me nuts.

what subject is the homework in?
Marky Mark with the HR!!!

I dont think the broadcasters knew that was going out

Brett Myers appears to be struggling again; Braves up 2-0

leaving Philadelphia with 1 competent starter and a 43-year old who throws no faster than 85 (but seems to be effective against the Cubs)

effective means Owns right?

because he owned us.

I fully expect him to rear

his ex-Cub head in the playoffs

I noticed that. Hopefully, he's gassed. It's a long season.
I think you can tell what Lou said on that check swing by Reed Johnson...

“God damn it COME ON!”

I love Lou's emotion in a game that really doesn't matter
sad to hear him say he won't be around next year

according to the trib (too lazy to look up link)

that wasn't what he said

there was speculation that if they won, he’d retire

he said he's tired and doesn't know how long he'll hang around
if he won retire... if they didn't... who knows? sounded tired to me.
yeah

i think the man just needs a few days off. its been a long grind.

Here's the story

link

It's okay...we can bring back Good Ol' Dusty
who's this Dusty guy I hear so much about?
who's the good dusty everyones talking about?
to me....that could still mean after his 3rd year....

……TRIB spinning it. I would too.

Wow, Onedec got screwed on that one
C'mon, ump... that was low.
Bullshit strike three call on Cedeno
Come on Blue...

…..call it consistent.

I agree its a strike…but it has to be called in the 1st inning too.

bullshit strike call
Umpire must have dinner plans tonight!
Just a very, very inconsistant strike zone. Really frustrating.
Guess there won't be many walks tonight.
This HP Ump was the one they showed on Sports Center a few weeks ago

just missing calls at first left and right and driving Ozzie insane.

in all fairness....

Ozzie was already insane.

very true.

and I usually like it when umpires tweak him, but Jim Wolf was brutal that night (and appears to be so again tonight).

I can't stand that low rent piece of trash
how do you really feel?
he feels like a math problem..

…Cabrini Green plus Allied Waste.

He's also the mind-reader

That ejected Ted Lilly last year.

And his brother shut us out not too long ago.
then was the losing pitcher in Zambrano's no-hitter
and got hit hard too......
Soto's hand bugging him again

I have no problem with him not playing tonight

Plus, it's good to get Hank White some at bats.
The President of the Cubs fan club is there I see

Mr. Bill Murray

For those of you watching ESPN

Has Orosco’s glove come down yet?

WCIU's looks funny

are the colors off or is it just me?

well, the thing is . . .

you’re half blind….

i asked if it was just me

but its like day games when the sun shifts and goes behind clouds, but… its 6:40pm that shouldn’t be an issue now.

you must be tired, too

to not realize I was being a smartass and respond in kind

i wore out all my humor on the ography post.

:-P

That was some good stuff, wasn't it
it was a good time
For whatever reason,

the picture on WCIU is always crappy.

i think it might be you....are you watching the hd feed?
no, just channel 26

HD does nothing for me. Theres no difference.

really? the hd feed for wciu is like 10 times better than it's sd counterpart
it may be

but i see no difference between standard and hd. they look exactly thes ame to me.

funny looking like this?

that one was WAY up there

major league pop out

Man

…..when Z stays on top his is nasty.

TWSS
VN.......

usually I like to set myself up.

Z is looking good tonight (so far)
he's got something to prove
Glad to see he's up to the challenge (so far)
Is it certain now that he will be pitching the 3rd game -- and not the first?
I like him at game 2.

Demps, Z, Harden.

can you imagine the hopelessness of the other team maybe facing a must win with Rich on the mound?

mwuuuuu ha ha ha ha ha

wring hands together and grin evilly

well I could def hope......
I likes Demps, harden, and then Z. Z has already said he can pitch game three
I likes Demps, harden, and then Z. Z has already said he can pitch game three
starting a chant?
my post thingamajig froze
I heard you the first time.
True

but… what a problem to have, huh?

Matt Millon

31-84 LMFAO

As a Packers fan....

I will miss Mr. Millon!

+1
Youre a Packers fan?
sure

I’ve mentioned that before. In my profile, too

just curious....

….I always hated the Pack, but love Farve. No I hate them both. No Offense.

none taken -- from you

HBCG, however…

yes.

he’s part of the evil.

no more being nice to you

enjoy your QB “controversy”

its a ''disaster''

…..and funny. Dont know why I like watching them suck.

Its force of habit

we’re conditioned.

I stuck with the Cubs in the 1990's...
lol

i said evil in the nicest possible way.

time to make some red meat dinner

GO CUBS! Night all :-)

Room Service....

…….SO MANY CHOICES

On the boss' dime?

Get the lobster.

OF COURSE......

……Filet Mignon sounds good.

Make sure you order dessert if your work is paying!
6 up and 6 down
how many pitchers have had no hitters twice in one season in the modern era?
Bill Murray now in the booth on ESPN

If anyone is interested.

What is he saying?

For those of us who are blacked out.

Him and Sutcliffe are drunk talking back and forth....

….OK Im sorry.

“Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac… It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole!”

I too was gonna say beautiful.

……or that Mully and Hanley overplay that scene.

Shea is horrible

He has a movie coming out. Cracking a couple of decent jokes about the old SNL cast.

First Cubs Game

Was a Cubs/Brooklyn Dodgers game. Said his brother covered his eyes the first time he walked out to the field, then uncovered them so he could take it all in at once.

Kind of a cool story. Then he almost caught a foul ball.

Wood Story

Said someone at Wrigley convinced him a few years ago that he was Kerry Wood’s brother. 9 innings later he found out it was just some guy.

To Sutcliff:

“You’re at ESPN, you can’t even like sports.”

Thus ends my Bill Murray transcribing

But he did end with this gem to Sut and Ryan:

“I’ve got peanuts and I’ve got popcorn, if you guys get bored up here.”

I hate when Z strikes out....

He just looks so pissed and I get afraid that it’ll carry over to when he comes up to pitch

Fonzie's OBP is .347

is that good?

be careful......
Tied for 76th...

he’s ahead of Rollins, Tori Hunter, Michael Young, Melvin Mora, Howard, Braun….

50 pitches for Perez already.
I love Murray's story it is so true

Walking up the stairs and seeing the field for the first time. Magical

He's talking about Wrigley for those blacked out
Murray: "You're with ESPN, you can't even like sports"
First and second with only one out.
you're behind

corners 2 out

yeah...by the time I wrote that things had changed.
its okay
C'mon Rami

bring fonzie home!

Is Dempster

Preparing to audition to be the ND leprechaun in the off-season?

yes

They don't pay him well enough to just be a ball player?
Murray says

Z ate too much chocolate while he was in Venz. That’s why he pitched bad.

Looks like we're going to see LOTS of the Met bullpen.

He’s already over 60 pitches.

Room Service Order Alert

Chicken Aubearge

Temder breast of chicken stuffed with procuitto, spinach, mushroom and aged provolone and finished with a rich marsala sauce.

(Dear Noel (my boss) THANKS)

What does it come with?
I took au gratin..

……bread and soup.

Sounds yummy!

What’s for dessert?

mini bar candy
Now I am hungry

Going home to no internet. Thanks a lot.

Really?

Steak>Chicken
Lobster>Chicken

I know....but I dont like steak so much.

I know kill me, Im a Cub fan.

It's all good

I just like to stick it to my employer when I travel. You’re a better man than me.

ha....after my first trip (duck, shrimp, oysters)

….we had an interesting talk. Something about better decisions. Just wish I worked for IMB like my buddy when you get like $75 cash a day and if you spend 20 a day you profit.

Loaded 2 out

0-1 on DeRosa

HEYOOOOO!!!!!!

GREETINGS, CHICAGO NATIONAL LEAGUE BALL CLUB FANS!

hi drew!
HBCG!

howyadoin!

i'm good.

how you doin?

just found out

we’re going to get to rent the house we want. Things are going pretty well!

congrats!
Hi Drew!!!!
yo, Sue!

whazzzzzaaaaaaaaaaaap?

not much...

just watching the Cubs

First 100 reference
and it was Sutcliffe, surprisingly
Drink up...all of you playing along at home!
That shows restraint

Goats, Cats and Bartman to follow.

Leave 'em loaded

thats a crappy slogan for a baseball team.

So, how's Z doin?
well to very well

2 innings, 0 hits

he looks pretty good so far

good swing & miss stuff.

haven’t seen velocity though

90 - 94
thanks
1 pitch

1 out!

what inning are you watching?
Sounds like the Shea crowd is actually alive tonight.
And

attack of the pasta diver.

pastadiving Theriot!

whudathunkit?!?

Darn...no hitter is ruined...lol...damn we're spoiled this year
on the bright side

Perez needs to run the bases now.

got the lead runner!

good job, Z!

think Z'll get gold glove consideration this year?
How many times did that ball bounce before Theriot missed it?

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