Bleed Cubbie Blue

Where the hell is everyone?

I’m drinkin gin & tonics, grillin burgers on the deck, and about to listen to some Cubbie baseball! Bout 70 here in Kansas, which is about as damn good as it gets in early September!

Dan

dtpollitt - September 5, 2008 reply

NO!

My dog’s here, but he’s drinking Coronas tonight. And my neighbor is bringing more drink reinforcements.

dtpollitt - September 5, 2008 reply

Pour me one please.....heavy on the gin

JB 23 - September 5, 2008 reply

Rain delay

tarpaulin theatre time

what’s the prognosis, doc?

any idea how long?

haven’t turned on the set yet.

twss?

I didn't hear

an estimated time. Kaplan just said a rain delay.

Cory says 15 minutes

6:25ish.

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 5, 2008 reply

I'm here

but I have nothing interesting to contribute—nothing new there…

stupid rain

I NEED some Cubs baseball tonight!

lou had plenty of time to make it in time

radar

doesn’t look too bad

Cincy weather

6:25 start time

says Cory

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 5, 2008 reply

thanks. now to transfer ops to the couch

great..... thanks

Our supporters want to know what our campaign's plan is to fight/prevent pole burn...

we need a brainstorming session during this rain delay.

softer poles

Oil, of course

the answer to the nation’s problems

We must begin to think about alternatives to oil...

our nation cannot be held hostage by the suppliers and risk seeing the day when poles around the country stand empty and dancer-less.

We think creatively

we will use lard obtained from lipsuction… an endless supply that begs to be repurposed!

Yes...and perhaps with more stem cell research...

we can synthesize it in a lab environment! The massive liposuction demand could drive the cost of health care up.

It was pouring all day over here

What’s rain delay theatre showing today?

i'm watching titanic on tnt

its even worse than i remembered… commericals + 100 hr long movie = brutal.

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 5, 2008 reply

I went to see that movie

strictly because it was a cultural phenomenon. Once again, laughed in all the wrong places :D

i went w/ my girl scout troop

and STILL don’t understand why they all cried… i mean…. was it shocking that the boat sank? Really?

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 5, 2008 reply

did they not understand history

or physics?

prepubescent angst

I admire your fortitude, HBCG

Good story

I saw it as a first date with a youth pastor that was new in town. My mom set us up, gulp. I was worried about what to say or not say until the movie started. There were a couple of older ladies sitting behind us doing commentary on the opening scenes. They were scanning the wreckage and showing things like money, china, eye glasses, etc. They kept saying oh look, glasses! oh look, silverware! etc etc. Finally the pastor said oh look a sunken ship! It went all right and was sure interesting, but we didn’t go on another date.

Chicago Tribune Live

and they’re talking about some game called “football” or something.

That darn

football thing keeps coming up here too. However it is now Sept and I can no longer be annoyed about football talk. There is a good game going on tonight in my high school’s conference. If I didn’t need to watch my Cubs and I didn’t haveto work tonight, UI would go see it. Washington vs Metamora. A clash of the titans here in central IL.

1973 world series highlights

or the 1975 all star game

Phillies 1 Mets 0

mid 1st

PhillyCub - September 5, 2008 reply

boo, i mean, yay....

errrr….dunno

Welcome back...

to Cubs baseball!!!

Cubs are on!!!!

Len and Bob just broke in

looks like this is go.

woohoo!

Go Cubs!

has bob said

“yes, dear” yet?

Yay for baseball!

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Yay for good baseball and a Cubs Win!

triple yay!

clap clap clapclapclap

Pat says Cub's baseball is on the air!

i still love that line

“chicago cubs baseball is on the air”.

yay!

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 5, 2008 reply

lou and vince

even used that, iirc

yep.

it's funny how many times i use lines

that pbp or color commentators used,

but i can’t remember who

+1

Still gives me chills at times…

Has anyone here commented on the Marlins/Braves game in Miami the other day that drew a whopping 900 people?

900?

I heard it was more like 600.

600 it was....OUCH

Link

ROFL

900?

Jeebus! that is sad.

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 5, 2008 reply

I thought it was 600...

and looked more like 100 on tv…

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

MLB should just contract both flordia teams. The lose, no one watches

They win no one watches.

So screw it take away Florida’s Baseball privileges.

God….poor Marlins…..I was off by 33%

when Espn showed the late inning highlights it looked like only 50-100 were left..

Marlins

sad that they’re attendence sucks so bad…and they’ve won 2 WS in the last 10 years!

I wonder if bobby Cox looked around and thought about retirement? He manages a shitty team and nobody comes to see it.

and even when they were good

no one went to see them…

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 5, 2008 reply

When the Expos were good

Stad Olympique was packed

Is the game on CSN or CSN+

CSN+

Ch. 666 on DirecTV

666-1 in HD

It listed here in Chicago that its on MOJO (174 Comcast)

…but its not on yet?

Anyone?

JB 23 - September 5, 2008 reply

don't have comcast but it's on

http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/Illinois-Systems.asp

Any Comcast people out there?

A little embarrassed here, but I cannot find the game !

JB 23 - September 5, 2008 reply

See if you see it here

I tried some reverse karma for tonight...

I played “the song” this morning. After all, it does say “the Cubs are gonna win today”, not “the Cubs won today”.

Besides, I’d gone 5 games without hearing it … way too long.

If it works

I’ll take it! And will likely do the same tomorrow!

Where's the game?

It was supposed to start 15 minutes ago, but ESPN.com shows nothing…

No TV out here in California this time…

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

rain delay

first pitch momentarily.

halfblindcubbiegirl - September 5, 2008 reply

(Shakes head)

Sori Ks

Guess Hack Selfish Hitter -- 3 freakin' pitches.

back to back K's...

Six pitches

two outs

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

7 pitches

I thought on 7 pitches (not that it makes a difference)

My bad

now it’s 10 pitches, three outs

Is this our first time seeing a sweeping breaking ball

since moyer?

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

(Shakes head, again)

Theriot Ks

If we can't be Cincinnati we're in trouble

er beat

3 K's...

damn

Hold ’em Ted.

mighty gracious

strike zone on a couple of those.

Hope Ted gets that same stike zone..

perhaps the plate umpire

…has a previous appointment

Have we taken the lead yet!?

Yes

in walking back to the dugout :)

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

OH MY GOD!!!!

10 pitches three Ks.

Nice day off guys!

breathe deep.... relax... be in the moment

TWSS

nice

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

And just take:

In the moment i'm currently very disappointed.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

twss

i'll let judges rule

But, I’m not sure myself

nice and true!

You have to consider both sides of the coin, Sanantone

It's only a temporary offensive slump they tell me. Don't worry :-)

Doh!

base hit
Come on Ted!

The strike zone is big tonight

Keppinger Ks

Did you hear the roar of the fans after that last K?

Cubs fans are in the park!

Hopefully that will

be a shot in the arm for the Cubs.

Looks like the blue outnumbers the red tonight

Keppinger is out number 1

phew!

Goat Whisperer - September 5, 2008 reply

LOL

You didn’t think the Cubs would even get one out? They’re not in THAT much of a slump.

well

I will be happy for every out that comes easily for the time being.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

We need a gidp

almost

cripey

ouch

Gak

Votto HR

well

shit

Getting ugly already!

Dammit!

it's only 2-0

If we didn't have 3 K's in the first inning I'd be less pissed.

Me too

agreed

Long ball Lilly strikes again.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

WOW.

just wow.

8 of his 18 HR's are against the Cubs.

Stupid Votto.

chuck your scouting report larry

don't get me started on my rants about our wonderful pitching coach...

(he never learns)

He can't...

Strode has the clipboard…and he never let’s it out of his grasp during the games.

Votto=Jason Werth, Carlos Lee, etc....

Goat Whisperer - September 5, 2008 reply

UGH

2-0

Theriot couldn't turn the DP....and the next batter hits a 2 run bomb.

Even with DeRosa’s bobble…he should have been able to get the DP….if he could just throw harder than my 11 year old son.

you gotta point there

let’s hope next year Theriot is not our SS

Yeahbutt..

what about the rest of this year?

we've got no choice

yeah...now we don't....

3 months ago…we could have done something.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Please...enough.

Let argue about how many angels fit on the head of a needle while you’re at it

We could switch DeRo and Riot

DeRo is great on the pivot (would have turned that easily), and the pivot is Riot’s biggest weakness. Just sayin’…

The offseason would have been the best time.

Not that Hendry wasn’t able to find a CF solution midseason.

cwyers - September 5, 2008 reply

We do...

but I don’t want to start another love/hate Theriot argument again…

Wait

Is a good throwing arm a prerequisite for playing SS?

Well at least its early

I guess this is what Ted

does, likeit or not. He gives up homers. Just wish it was with no one on base.

Cubs still look lifeless

mgfabc - September 5, 2008 reply

and winless...

aw c'mon... it's the bloody 1st inning

it's getting bloodier.

and when your offense is swooning like ours has...

getting behind early and making errors isn’t the way to break out of it.

egad.

not looking good so far.

Another boot

Really ready to play?

LOL....did the gloves shrink in the humidity?

OJ at bat

in the field.

4 errors in 2 games for Aram

So much for the Gold Glove talk

Hopefully we get someof those close plays at

1st to go our way too. However we have to get some one to hit for that happen first. I hope they are just shaking off the off day

Dusty is getting angry...

clogging the bases.

It's starting to rain a little again....

Let's get some runs dammit!!!

Another 5 out inning

Tough for a pitcher to get through.

Theriot caught the ball!

Ok

lets see some good at bats, maybe a walk, or dare I say, a hit?

I just got the BIG SHAFT

I got switched to regular CSN. Again, no Cubs baseball for me.
What’s good on TV tonight?

i got the same thing

what the heck!?!?!?!

TWSS

csn +

I was watching on CSN+

Ch. 666-1 on Directv and all of a sudden, they switched it to regular CSN. I don’t have Extra Innings or nothing, just local TV.

Where are you located?

I have DirecTV and still have the game on channel 666.

I'm in Chicago

I get it in SD on Ch.666, but not in HD on 666-1 or 724-1.

Ch. 724-1 is also regular CSN.

On cable?

DishNET for me.

It was there until they went to commercial on HD, now it’s on, but only on the regular channel. Weird.

I guess it's

better than nothing

cowsarecool220 - September 5, 2008 reply

When bored, turn on GSN (Game Show Network)

Of course, there’s always LMN (Lifetime Movie Network) and the Hallmark Channel to entertain us ladies!

So glad I have Dish

I just have to flip through the first 5 or 6 sports alt channels and find the game when it’s not on WGN or Comcast. Cand o the same for other “area” teams. I cna find Cards, Sox, and Brewers games easily too.

Z's wife had minor surgery

Z's is married to an underage girl?

sigh

yeah

but don’t tell his wife

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

No she had miner surgery.

She’s got Black Lung

but it ultimately didn't sound like that's why he skipped ...

unless I didn’t hear the full story?

take that back

coordinating schedules… makes sense

If Arroyo shuts 'em down tonight...

then lineup shuffling is in the near future.

If Arroyo shuts em down tonight

I will again be pissed that he is on the bench on my fantasy team

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Yeah...NOT A K!

Aren't we Cubs fans easily satisfied? :-)

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Back to Back not K's

Sweet!

Another non-strike out!

one out left

how bout a homer

this is CINCINNATI dammit! C'mon CUBS

Hey hey

Jedmonds witha hit!

Hey - a baserunner!

Yuge # of Cubs fans in the stands :-)

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

HEY A HIT

jimmy hits it sixty five feet for a hit

gap one geo

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

LOL...an infield hit.

Sweet!

Next task for bonus points...

base hit out of the infield.

Hey - a 20 pitch inning.

Improvement is nice.

The Brewers would want Edmonds hit scored an error.

or a technical balk

only if it is our only hit.

let’s not go there.

Darn Soto

I hate to be angry with the ones I love

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Women have much less of a proble with that than men

true!

ok for me anyways

sometimes

not so much

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

hmmmmmm. K

Yeah, but only 1 that inning.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Good Point

my direct tv is messed up

I could of swore I saw this game before ?

.

cozmotaylor123 - September 5, 2008 reply

Sunday? Or Friday?

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Is the game still on CSN+, mines on a commercial right now?

nevermind

It's back on 666-1 and 724-1

DISHnet is acting very strange

Every other commercial break the CSN+ HD channel is switching from the game to what’s on CSN.

Same with Directv

so it’s probably an issue in NY at MLB switch.

Arroyo looks like he belongs on Cops

hiding under a bush

Has this been discussed already?

about Lou and Sinatro getting lost today?

yes

I didn't hear

Sorry

pre-thread, yeah

unfortunately, the bats are still lost

great story.... men!

I'll have to go back and read it...

I just heard a lil bit of it..

Nice throw!

Get an arm!

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

DFA THERIOT!

Really no point now that rosters have expanded.

cwyers - September 5, 2008 reply

Can anyone confirm?

Is this the first time this year that Dome has batted 8th against a RHP?

I’d rather have him bat 8th so he doesn’t mess up the lineup while playing great defense.

I'd rather have him play SS.

Theriot can't...um....you know....throw very hard.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

DFA THERIOT!

Alright gang...

In the interests of lowering the magic number, I’m logging off the game thread and going to bed. Sorry sue, emelie, hbcg… you can’t follow me. Well, maybe if you give me the puppy dog eyes.

I better wake up to the uniform saying “16” in the morning!

Stay safe

at 5 pm??????

oops thought you were SWL

where do you get 5pm?

It’s 1am my time!

See ya tomorrow.

Wow. Theriot is suddenly showcasing all his flaws.

I feel sorry for him.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

DFA THERIOT!

Suddenly? Have you been watching this team all year?

Basically, if you look at Theriot over the past two seasons...

…he has the one spectacular month of April to start this year, followed by mostly crap. But because it happened in April, nobody’s ready to believe it quite yet.

cwyers - September 5, 2008 reply

For the last time...

DeRo is a better SS than Theriot. That throw was my best evidence yet…

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

DFA THERIOT!

time for a...

GIDP.

HBP - 2 on, 1 out

This is getting funnier and funnier....

not

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

The funniest 6 game losing streak...EVER.

Holy Schnikies!

someone find me a pic of Chris Farley with his sticking up form runnign his hands through it

Poop

Lilly potentially starting a playoff game gives me nightmares

I guess I won't be seeing Milton for a long time....

I miss Milton

I’m sure he misses us too.

Nice job, Teddy!

3-0, 2nd & 3rd. Thanks, noodle arm.

Seriously guys

what’s good on TV tonight?

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Race for the Cure

is taking over all the networks tonight. So not much.

I would recommend a bar.

My wife will be beat when she gets home

so no bar. I guess I’ll fire up the Wii or something.

Your going to beat your wife?!! It's not that bad man..it just a game!

Double 3-0

2nd/3rd

so much for the GIDP.

3-0 Reds.

why?????

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Cause

That's Why

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

setting up the double play I guess

cubsonWGN4ever - September 5, 2008 reply

Here comes a granny

Yeah walk somebody to get to Votto

Great Idea

GateCity, VA Cubs Fan - September 5, 2008 reply

Intentional Walk for the Cub Killer.

WTF

A Jon Lieber sighting....

could it be????

Get Howry up.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Yup

How about Lou explode too.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I guess it is fair to say this is not a good start.

this team looks a tad flat (I am trying to be nice).

You're trying to be nice? Why? They don't seem to be trying to be good.

I'll leave the rage to others.

BeltwayCubsFan - September 5, 2008 reply

Every part of this team is falling apart

Hitting went first, fielding followed and now pitching. The team is cratering and this could be a very long losing streak and potentially one of the more monumental collapses in baseball history. This team is unrecognizable at this point.

Yup

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Theriot looks like he always has....sucky.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

DFA THERIOT!

It's only the second inning

Yep...second inning of suck so far.

Oh please...

Get a grip…

Just pour and call the game

So

I am guessing that the guys on the field are imposters. Dusty hired some muscle to gag and tie up the real team and hide them in lockers

good lord...walked in a run

Stupid walk, 4-0

Lilly blows tonight...

pull him early

what the hell is happening to this team?????

cubbie1029 - September 5, 2008 reply

bases loaded and Larry out...

not a good sign

Great day off....

glad to see we’ve come out of our funk.

Groove it

Stall!

The only thing we can hope for is a rainout.

I pray for heavy rain from now until tomorrow morning

In Cincinnati, of course

Here comes

8-0.

cowsarecool220 - September 5, 2008 reply

Who abducted our Cubbies and left these imposters?

6 straight balls

get it over the damn plate….

BeltwayCubsFan - September 5, 2008 reply

pitchers have bad starts

Lilly has been consistently good and this happens. But, as a playoff pitcher lilly is a concern because of how many HR he gives up. The offense is a train wreck at this point and even if we hold on AZ will slaughter us again in short order.

Is Rose betting on the Reds tonight? It that why this is happening?

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

2-0 on Encar...LOL

7 more home runs tonight?

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Only 4 more runs

Meh...

I’m gonna cook and stop paying attention. Hope they turn it around. I’ll read you all tomorrow.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

HEY a strike

what is WRONG with our Cubs?!!!

5-0

Sac Fly

Pull most of the starters

and send them a message to WAKE UP!!!!

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Two down

Len's with us... RAIN baby, RAIN

BeltwayCubsFan - September 5, 2008 reply

This is painful...

plz dont do this to us this year cubbies…..

Rudey - September 5, 2008 reply

Pinella's summer "rest the starters" strategy

is really paying off. These guys looked totally rested for the stretch run. Rested or Rest in Peace.

No leaders stepping up.

None. Total team suckfest.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

Three down

Hey...at least Dunn isn't in this lineup.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

2008 Cubs = 2007 Mets?

It’s starting to feel like that, huh?

This could be historic.

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - September 5, 2008 reply

In a very bad way

DFA History!

No...the 2007 Mets had a ML SS.

what is up with these guys, are they setting us all up again...damn!!!!

alabebo - September 5, 2008 reply

Hey, it's only 5-0

There is plenty of time to really get our asses kicked

lol

the pessimist in me enjoyed that :-D

boooooooooooooo

oh now

it’s kind of funny

Come on Emelie

Everything will be alright

like the despair.com posters

The one that says Despair, it’s always darkest right before it goes pitch black or the one that says Challenges, I expected times like this – but I never thought they’d be so bad, so long, and so frequent.

Maybe you two should be alone....

Pretty craptastic thus far

it is early though. Maybe The bullpen will be lights out and Jedmonds can be a homerun hitting fool and win this game for us. Never thought I would type such things, but here it is.

Hold on...Did we give up...

When the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Germans?

Forget it

he’s rolling…

Goodie1969 - September 5, 2008 reply

If they were bombing us for 100 years

we would have!

Rudey - September 5, 2008 reply

Japs

Rudey - September 5, 2008 reply

No

You’re supposed to say something like, “never mind, he’s on a roll.”

This team will come back! Just like the Salmon come back to Capistrano.

::chuckle::

Deja Vu 1969

I’m having bad flashbacks.

AlaskaFan - September 5, 2008 reply

Epic choke

for America’s lovable laughingstock. Beautiful.

Lilly coming out...

Hoffpauir in to pinch hit.

somehow I feel better already

cubsonWGN4ever - September 5, 2008 reply

Typical

Fukudome crushes one and it goes foul

REPLAY!!!!!!

GateCity, VA Cubs Fan - September 5, 2008 reply

Good AB for Kosuke

+1

I was about to say that.

cowsarecool220 - September 5, 2008 reply

Anybody else wonder if something is wrong with Teddy?

besides him sucking at pitching? not really.

I think you have a diagnosis

Suckitis

I'm not too upset...

This team looks just like they did on that Houston-Arizona road trip right after the ASB. They came out of it playing great.

The same is going to happen this time — just in time for the playoffs.

This looks worse actually

Mapmaker - September 5, 2008 reply

this team is going to be fine.....

one week ago they looked like world beaters….they’ve led the Majors in offense for 130 games. Everybody needs to take a deep breath…they will be OK. Be glad Milwaukee is stinking up the place as well.

MOCubsfan - September 5, 2008 reply

This is the time to use McGeehee...

Save Hoff for later in the game.

cubsonWGN4ever - September 5, 2008 reply

NICE!!!!

ball drops for a double

was it a double or an error?

GateCity, VA Cubs Fan - September 5, 2008 reply

double error!

finally...

the Cubs get a break!