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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Brewers, Friday 9/26, 7:05 CT

"He fakes a bluff." -- Ron Fairly, announcer

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First!
wrong...i beat you
wrong

08Cubs was first

my bad...my update thingy delayed

It said I posted first and then his…but when i refreshed the page…he was in front

Boo...the game isn't in hd in chicago....damn cltv
I Thought This Game Was in Houston
Sure it is channel 174 (MOJO HD) on Comcast
yay...i didn't know what mojohd was lol...but yeah it is...thanks
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE!

LETS GO CUBS!

Is Dale Sveum announcing this game?
IM BLACKED OUT OF THIS GAME!?!?!

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SHOW?!?! ARE YOU F*$#$*# KIDDING ME!!!

where you located at?....no cltv?
Bloomington, IN
try espn360
channel?

Or the internet? Do I have to pay for it

internet, and no, I don't think so

look on the main page

i'll find a link for you if you'd like...it might be a brewers broadcast though
I don't know if this was mentioned in the Pre-game thread

But bob howry is on the postseason roster.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080926&content_id=3554007&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

halfway down

crap
How in heaven's sake that can be? What has he done to earn that?
Dammit

One time where I didn’t want to be right

Yeah, That'll Work
“I need Bob to pitch well,” Piniella said. “I had a nice little meeting and told him we need him to get nice and sharp and pitch well for us.”
Did Lou also tell Bob to grow wings?
and balls?
Holy schneikies

Em’s feisty tonight!

When was the meeting THIS MORNING ?

Forgot to tell him to " get nice and sharp and pitch well for us " IN APRIL. So Lou fans please EXPLAIN this INSANITY. Does Howry really have something on Lou or is he just blinded by stats from LAST year. How do you keep a guy who has pitched bad ALL YEAR on your post season roster. I know because he is a “vet” and Lou " trusts" him. This is the kind of thing that TERRIFIES me re post season but if it terrifies our starters enough they will all go 7 plus and keep Lou from making a SINGLE bullpen decision as he will just go on automatic to Marmol and Wood in the 8th and 9th.

Gotta agree with you on this one
Plus this makes yesterday's loss meaningless

If it had kept Howry OFF the roster my 3 hours in the rain would have been well worth it but I guess he has to fall in a dumpster
and injure himself to get off the roster.

I'm going to get my buddies Kramer and Newman

We’ll kidnap Howry and release him out into the country.

There he’ll be dancing and prancing……

heart attack city
Mets trail 2-0 after 3

They’ve gotten 7 baserunners already

What I'd like

In my selfish little world. We win and the Mets lose tonight. Mets win tomorrow, Sheets isn’t 100% and we win again. Brewers are desperate, use CC for 130 pitches or so to get the complete game on Sunday, but they win. Mets collapse again to tie the WC again forcing the tie breaker. Mets win that in an epic extra innings game. Then they can come here for their beat down.
But that’s just me

of the 3 mil...

how many were Cub fans?

Glad to be home after over 5 hrs on the runway at JFK...

Go Cubs…kick some butt!!

But it is a NICE runway.
it is never a nice runway when you spend 5+ hours on it
Which runway was it?
Welcome to Wrigley North!
sounds like lots of Cub fans there again!
and plenty of Brewer fans booing the Cubs just because they're Cubs
...and what else is new?
then they wonder why

Al refers to them as little brothers

it is their town.

where else are they (Brewer fans) going to park the RVs?

thanks

mind if I just look around a bit?

Sure, think of it as your home away from home :-)
it's growng on me already
is there a prison in Mequon?
The big one is in Waupaun

I doubt there is one in Mequon. One not too far from me in Racine.

Suppan not fooling anyone
Good

We could use some batting practice

Meaningless stat #1

Braun hasn’t made an error yet this year.

Also Blanco hasn’t been caught stealing

not quiiite the same, but

I get your point

Steve Phillips was making that point about Braun

he sure knows his baseball…

you know...

he was once a GM

::Shivers::

It's ok, now

reason rules the land, once again

Last thurs bottom of 9th should have been an E
Sh*t, Hoff scalded that one.
If they keep hitting them like that

They’ll score plenty

LightTowerHoffPower
Just fried my brand new laptop

spilled a glass of water on it. Now… no go. Crap. And what’s with that fabulous Brewers catch?

I blame your cat
lol! wish I could

he would have chewed it to death if that were the case

He could knock over a glass
Is anyone else getting the Brewers feed on MLB.TV's "away feed"?
I'm watching them on TV

No choice in Racine

didn't it give you the option to choose?
oh... I see

you did choose away

ah

and now I understand the question

HAHAHAHA

Brewer telecast just ran October commercial, featuring:

THE CHICAGO CUBS!

thats funny
Hiya chickie
hiya :)

thought you were going to the game

My buddy was bidding on ebay

When they went to face value, we said the hell with it

Len and Bob!!!!!!!

It only took them one inning to figure out the meaning of “away”!!!!!!!

I can’t work for MLB Advanced Media, because I’m too educated…

ok

now I am against the maple bats

2b play feed?
was ok

ball was hit too slowly to turn 2

iwas referring to the fact there was

2 outs when Phillips made that comment

ah. ESPN blacked out here
i noticed that too

this guy is just amazing.

I don't like this AB by Fielder
Fatso goes quietly
no need to start the name calling

he is a good ball player

he does make

 a great dartboard target…

he is a slob and he is the enemy

However, I will refrain from the term about weight if that offends you.

But, he will have a short career carrying that much weight long-term.

very true

i cant disagree with the slob or weight issues comments

Am I the only one

who selfishly wants to really win this game. By a lot?

no

thank you i was starting to really hate myself

no

I have friends that are Brewer fans and I want the Cubs to win

Nasty choice: Brewers TV announcers or Steve Phillips...
Is death an option?
They aren't the worst ever

They can be objective. Schroeder whines a bit and Anderson thinks every fly ball is a HR, though

I like Steve Phillips on BBTN.

He gives viewers an idea of what GMs have to do to make a trade, etc. Game analyst, not so much…

Ding!

Go Edmonds!

EDMONDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Six 20 HR guys!!!!
Hey CC

Step away from the snacks.

Edmonds!

who's house?

OUR HOUSE!!!

James Effin' Edmonds!!!

I wish Len and Bob would call home runs like that.

Edmonds, Nice tuneup for the playoffs
Need him to step it up

break out of his slump

Wow that was a really good attempt at a sell.
so when did Cub broadcasts finally get into the

modern era and start using a K-zone? I like.

Suppan getting hit hard

music to my ears

we have similar

tastes in music

19 sac bunts by demp

nice

site slow

foe anybody else?

No, just seems like no one is here
yeah, I'm only checking sporadically.

Seems quiet. Of course, it is Friday and the Cubs seeding is locked.

you do have that debate starting soon too
true. I might DVR that, actually

good reminder

debate?

McCain’s gonna show?

his body is going to be there anway

Yeah he is. He was just playing politcs all along.

that douche fag....
not a good idea

on more than one level

you beat me to it
TWSS
how is that twss?

btw your email got bounced back telling me bad email addy

You can't figure that one out?

Not sure what’s up w/the e-mail. Try resending

no... why would she say that? n/m

the question was answered on bcb today so the email not a big deal

"you beat me to it"

I would think EVERY woman would say that that was indeed what she said. Think about it . . .

Re: e-mail — just curious if you can get an email thru

K i'll try and send another one
sorry...i hate politics...it's all about who's gonna get the most votes by manipulating the people best
understandable

but the namecalling doesn’t go over well here, and this isn’t the place for the politics

no harm, no foul — but let’s not go down that road

your have a right to an opinion.... vulgur or not

but this is a baseball board.

I mean i was just thinking he was a politician, but i won’t deny you your right to your opinion.

it is a little laggy....but it's friday night and this game is of no consequence
lotta pitches for Soup's-On?

manny has been pretty nasty in LA

back to the game...

2 outs, Kendall up

Wow

Kendall with the rbi 2b, 1-1

tie game on a double to left field
With a little help from Soriano on both hits
He wouldn't had caught the Kendall hit

but I agree on the first one.

He wouldn't have caught it

But he took a long time to get to it and throw it

I will NEVER defend Soriano

never, ever, ever. But on this particular play, I’m not sure anybody else would’ve got to it faster. On the other hand, he missed the cutoff by about 4ft. But, moot point by now, I guess.

Maybe I'm piling on with the second one
anybody else psyched

about having Z or Harden go 3rd? who else can match up w/ us there?

Harden is 3rd

yes and lilly will be our 4....and yes i'm psyched
that's a win

Brewers, Dodgers, Phils, Mets…doesn’t matter!

What if Marquis thanked Lou for allowing him to be on a postseason roster by pitching his ass off. And Howry seeing that gets inspired and brings out the second pitch he’s been working on all season?

what if

we all had jet-packs?!!

What if my grandma had wheels?

She’d be a bike.

that would rock!!
and fly across the english channel
heard that Chunnel

 is pretty backed-up

That’d be awesome!! As long as you could avoid the evil pinching clouds.

What if I won Powerball

And a 25-year old blonde rocket scientist with a perfect body fell madly in love with me?

you'd have a new

BFF

there so many things wrong w/ that post. where do i even began to mock it?
oh, please

you know it was a good response pointing out the absurdity of the original. by saying what you did, you’re implying that I deserve everything that I said. . .

unless that's what you meant

In that case, Thanks!

No good post, just the mere chance you could get ANY of them.... so much for me to mock

You’d be me!! Just not with all that stuff you said.

good luck...I'm cheering for you!
thanks!

I’ll host a WS rooftop party for everyone in this thread if that happens!!

OT: I’m not excited my Cards haven’t scored on UConn.

Time for a Suppon beat down
hey look!

Schotz Brewery….doing it the Cubs way!

Playoff Roster

Is the full playoff roster out, or are we just going to build the team around Howry.

We all ready built the team around Howry. Everyone else is just now comfortable with their roles.

Aramis yard i demand thee

+250
still at 249 :-(

Obviously he isn’t one of the 5 on the board right now

lol
just sent email
already replied
idk then *shrug*

Strange. All i got was “How the heck did Howry make the roster? He better not be in my room.”

Exchanging cheese recipes?

I keed…hi maddy and badger!

Jason is telling Lee how he tricked Lou into putting him on the roster.

crud!

is this piece of meat settling in?

Lee and Rami's expanded zones didn't help

Neither did Sori’s in the 2nd

C'mon, Hoff!
NOT CLUTCH.
Maybe he burned out his clutch last night

TWSS?

Ok, but next time, say it with conviction!

It was my first time…………

TWSS!!!
winner

That’s how it’s done

I'd like to thank the Acadamy...
you'll notice, though

that I set another one up

TWSS overuse fou!

Ryan Braun: “I think I can, I think I can.”

I'm getting awfully tired

of Cubs pitchers walking people. I think Lou would be too, by now.

Never like the lead-off walk (unless it is FOR the Cubs)
Just what the doctor ordered 3-6-3
already?

we were having such a lively discussion here

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