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in here?

At least Cory still sucks
you know what is great about a losing streak this long.............

it eventually comes to an end, just like long winning streaks.

HELLO? HELLO?

BCB after a 6 game losing streak. so quiet so sad. How is this even possible, who is left on the REDS to score 10 runs anyway?

Cuckin Fubbies...

The offense has completely vaporized.

So you are here.

How’s it going?

At least Josh Geer, of the Pads, a rook --

(and I don’t think that name is entirely correct) has held the ’crew to 2 runs, entering the bottom of the 6th — still 2-1 Milwaukee.

Pads have a guy on third...

…and one out.

Votto crushed that ball off of Howry -- but it was foul.
Well, I'm done watching WWE Smackdown.

What I’d miss? ;-)

Howry
Triple H - Howry, Hart, and... ???
badger being silly and a really f'n ugly game
Cubs are getting smacked down
Hi everyone
Shit, you're late. It's your fault!!!
Dude I've been here this week and it didnt help.

Trust me if I thought it would help I won’t have had supper w/ Mark and stayed to watch part of this massacre

Mark?

Prior?
Grace?
-y Mark?

D) none of the above

a buddy of mine whose a Cubs fan.

hi madison!
Well, this seems like it's been a fun night
"Encouraging Outing by Howry"
we're at the moral victory stage of the skid?

aw, man.

well, if we're looking for moral victories from howry

i’d say the cubs have hit a low.

Wouln't it be something if Howry ended up being our best pitcher tonight
Real game on

ESPN

the NL west?

we’re calling that real game?

2

Major League teams playing, i shoulda said

Bard takes f'n stirke 3

Pads waste another chance

The 3-1 pitch

was a crap strike…

looked like both of the last two strikes were up in the zone
Reviewed strike 3

Was right down the middle

gotcha.

gameday seemed high.

Christ

2 Ks with a guy on third. Sound familiar?

Sabathia seems to get out of a lot of those

2-1 Brewers to the bottom of the 7th
padres suck

tying run on 3d and can’t get him home.

lame

Yet much like the current team we are rooting for.
heh.

dunno if we’re in any position to say anyone else sucks tonight.

i turned this mess off a while ago

:-P

It would be nice to have a tying run...

…somewhere in the ballpark.

As it stands right now the tying run for the Cubs only exists in the future. At least the Padres got him on base.

K. Hill should start tomorrow

As should Fonty

As should

Ward, Mcgehee, Cedeno, Hoff

The closest McGeehee and Hoffpauer

should come to starting is Iowa.

That's a horrible call...

…not that it matters. Ump has dinner plans, obviously.

Wow

Reed just got screwed on a checked swing….

It's the kind of call you get late in a blowout...players, coaches and umps want to go to dinner
I don't give a crap that it is a 10-2 game.

The ump can’t make idiot calls like that just to try to move things along.

chaces that lou goes nuts and completely shuffles the line up tomorrow?

i hope so.. just something different.

Even though this game sucks

I’m surprised you accuse me of being silly

nice find!

lol

or gets tossed

sometime this weekend.

Just what this teams needs , maybe humble some of these guys into playing better
maybe not humble

but it just seems like the whole lineup needs a kick in the ass.

Whenever Fonzie wants to start getting hot again....

..he should.

I'm totally watching this press conference
"you see the damn game"
what the hell do you think isn't working
I've told you it's not gonna be a cakewalk. This is the major leagues.
cant be any worse than the game
This sucks

I need Sarah Palin to come visit me and make it all better…

Ahh... the return of the beehive
She's the "naughty librarian"
spank her!
Soooo hot... want to touch the heinie
Whalin' on Palin?
The Schwing Vote
Babe-raham Lincoln bows to your Schwing Vote superiority
...and a book burner...
At least when I came home 30 minutes ago,

my dogs jumped up and licked my face like all was good in the world. They have no idea the Cubs are slumping. :-)

It's official

Bronson Arroyo is now member of the Cub Killer Hall of Fame.

Are Theriot and Federer related?
Theriot

being scrappy…trying to waste affedlt for tomorrow.

Patterson

maybe we should look into this guy?!

And the CUBS LOSE

I miss Milton

Nice Jump, CPat...

…when you’re 3 feet from the wall

Bright side:

Gagne in for Sabathia!

Gagne in, you're welcome to enjoy your 5 game lead for another day
go back home, troll
Hey, where ya been?

We both pretty much suck right now!

1st troll
flag up isn't a troll

he’s fine.

agreed

not really a troll.

I trust you judgement

Welcome!

Brewers fan while his game's close....yep
Patterson looks so proud of himself

Totally an impact player, that guy.

Gagne in - BALL OUT

TIE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ned Yost making a strong bid to become the Cubs' first back-to-back MVP since Mr. Cub
2-2 Giles HR
God is Yost stupid!
Hey aren't they paying that guy a lot?

Gotta get their money’s worth.

2-2 Pads Brews
Wow

You can almost predict Gagne is going to crap the bed when he comes out

Corey - just perfect
This has been one bad week topped off perfectly.
He wasn't wearing his sunglasses

was he?

Thought you were talking about Corey

Hart, not Patterson

Just getting home

Wow, 10-2. That’s absolutely brutal. It would be nice if this team remembered to play sometime in this month.

Another gem performance "tip your cap to the opposing pitcher"

Have they ever thought that maybe its just the cubs?!

Wolf, Arroyo…..not pitching gems we just blow

The Dave Stewart In Me Recoils Whenever I Read That
K

One out, runner at 2

See....The Cubs are not the only

team who can’t play situational baseball

1 and 2nd now
man, i've never even heard of 3/4 of the padres' lineup before

who are these guys?

they are who you thought they were
sigh

can we not talk bears football?

most of my friends are colts fans. i’m not answering my phone this week. i just know i won’t be able to.

your 2008 portland beavers

that’s who they are

Intentional BB

1st and 2nd, 1 out for Headley

2-0 count
3-1 count
Grounder 3-1

2nd and 3rd, 2 out

getting that runner over an out earlier would have been nice

Gagne's ERA 6.81

whoa.

He's worse than Howry....

…which is saying a lot….

Did you see

him almost fall offf the mound?

no

i’m following on gameday.

i was just astounded by the number… thats shocking for an 8th inning guy.

especially that yost keeps running him out there

We love Neddie!

But not as much as we love HBCG….

Hockey mom tip of the day to all pregnant female goaltenders

"Squeeze Pads, shutdown 5 hole.

Um, okay.

Random post of the night.

Adrian Gonzalez up with 2 on, 2 out in the 8th
whoops, that's not right
It's Ambres

1-1 count

they IBB'd him already

Ambres is up

Contrarian viewpoint on the Brewers

They’ve been sucking it up almost as bad as the Cubs. But lets be honest, the Brewers ARE going to make the NL playoffs. Certainly Ned Yost understands that. Maybe it is a case of him trying like hell to get Eric Gagne sorted out given the general lousiness of their bullpen. They need a semi-good Gagne in the playoffs. Might as well invest in getting him going now.

Sounds almost "Howry-like" in that philosophy
Yep, except....

Howry is done. Cubs have the bullpen depth to leave him off of the playoff roster. The Brewers on the other hand really need Eric Gagne to work out. Their bullpen isn’t going to get them far in the playoffs. Not unless they blow the opponent out or Sabathia, Sheets and Parra pitch complete games.

If Gagne's not showing "done", I'd check that meat thermometer.... it's broken.
Don't be too sure

If they lose, they’re only 3 ahead of the Phils, and the Cards are winning

Astros are red hot an only 6 back too

Nothing (other than the Angels winning the AL west) is a lock this early in sept.

Lets go Padres

clap clap clap clap clap

Ambres grounds one foul, 2-2
he has Rex Grossman's eyebrows in his gameday photo
thats a scary thought
Darn you Corey Hart
i really don't like that guy
If My Dog Looked Like Corey Hart

I’d shave her butt and teach her to walk backwards.

/borrowed from Grumpy Old Men

Gagne's ERA went down

ha. 6.69

how could it?

He gave up one run in 1 IP — that’s 9

It must have updated live

It did.
Oh my god...

That’s worse than Howry’s!

You might want to re-enroll in math class

1 ER in 1 IP = game ERA of 9.00.

The tone is uncalled for
Um

actually i didn’t do the math… and can you NOT sound like a jerk for 10 minutes? I’ve TRIED not to hate you, but really. Is that tone necessary?

Hart singles to start the home 8th
who do the Brewers play next?
Cincy

They’ll see Volquez

Just in case you've forgotten

Cubs game just ended.

Just?

About 2 hours ago!

ooooo!

The MLB application for the iPhone now has its own version of Gameday! YEY!

Andddddd twoo

A double play

Bill Hall ground out
Due up for the Padres:

Gonzalez, Hundley, Merideth (pinch hitter)

I love Bob Uecker
Only if it's really cold out...
Sorry

I was never a fan.

he has to be 80 by now
I enjoy listening to him also
Torres in for Brewers

Gonzales, Hundley, PH due up for Padres.

Randy Got Reinstated? :-)
Nick Hundley

whoever that is…

Is Nick Hundley

related?

I don't know, but he had a big game last night
Apparently

He isn’t.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Hundley
Then again it IS wikipedia.

Use that 'pen!

Just like Tuesday

Gonzalez grounds out

1 down

Hundley grounds out

2 away

Venable to PH

Last night, first MLB HR

Goin to extras?
We'll see - still hoping for a run in the top of the 9th
that might help

i love 2 out walks. what a killer for the pitcher.

It's the 10th now...
Yes, but I posted that 20 minutes ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Venable walks
Giles up

Homered his last time up . . .

Gagne Looks Like Seth Rogen

minus the bong.

The Wife on "Mr. Belvedere" Was Hot!
Cards bullpen blows another one

Jacobs HR ties it, 9th

Giles grounds one thru Princes legs

2 in scoring position

DLee would have gotten that one.
Fielder w/ an error
Manny Parra's gonna slap him around in the dugout.
Luis Rodriguez up

2 for 3 so far, 2-1 count

^*&#^*&

ground out

looked like a hit, had him positioned exactly right

ah, that brewer defense

…not that ours has been overwhelming of late.

damn

figures. the one brewer i actually like makes a good play. Darn you JJ!

Neddie Ballgame Will Pull Defeat From The Jaws of Victory!
Stupid Jeffrey Hardy

Who plays right behind the 2nd base bag? Loser!

no kidding

I started clapping when it was hit — that ball was a rocket

You have brewers on TV?

Hmm… Kinda wish I was in Wisconsin now..

Come on over, have a beer
nope I have it on the radio actually
I think she meant me
Uh huh

a lttle self important aren’t we?

Well, she replied to me

But yes

:-P
oh I thought it was a general question.... not specific

Sorry, I beg your pardon then.

Wow

Didn’t know I was this popular! Hehe

All the Badgers are vying for your attention!
that must be funny to see
I got a new Cubs flag

and didn’t want to jinx the team by putting it up but now that they are on the skids I may put it out tomorrow. Can’t hurt I guess.

Who's due up for the Brewers in bot 9?
Kendall to face Bell

Two ugly men

Followed by

Counsell and Durham

Kendall
Pitchers Spot
Durham

Kendall, Counsel, Durham
Kendall Walks

Way to nibble at the strike zone instead of challenging him, Bell.

Oh Heath Bell...

This is why you ride the bench on my fantasy team

He's on my strat-o-matic team, though

So the walk is doubly annoying

Little Yaz Is Up

Get a real batting stance!

does uecker have anyone in the booth with him?
Jim Powell
only part time, though

they usually are on the air alone

love the avatar, btw

That’s me actually :)

Excellent!

I’m partial because I’m 1/2 Italian and from WI

does he speak?
they take turns w PXP

and usually neither does color commentary

Yes.. does every other inning. Bob always does the 9th.

is gwynn, jr going to be any good?
Durham Fly To Right, Gwynn Goes To 3rd
Alright...

Come on Friars! Hold it together!

Jeffrey Hardy Up
Bell = Wuertz

Too nibble-happy to be effective.

TWSS
denied
Appeal

Judges?

It was funny

but it DID come from Badger… does that cancel out funny?

No more Superfriends for you!
i was asking madison her opinion

i offered NONE of my own.

You editorialized!
i am NOT a AP wire reporter
well that is up to the judges.to decide not me.

I’ve already stated my opinion :)

Ironically,

he’s normally pretty good. Last year was the holds leader I think…

for tonight, at least
BS Call, He Went Around!

Froemming must be working the game.

I thought so, until I saw the replay
Brian Runge is there
Hardy grounds out

Inning over

close after a bobble
Phew!

Close play at 1st but Jeffrey is out!

I am more stressed listening to the brewers than I was the Cubs
At least...

You’re not a Brewers fan. Watching the Cubs get shellacked by Cincy and then not being able to put away the Padres with your best starter out there?

Ouch.

ouch is right

i can’t imagine how frustring this is for the brewer fans… to see the cubs skidding and then seeing yourself lose ground.

If they don't win this game

They can blame yost for leaving CC in during the 130 pitch blow out….

That is the only reason that CC was pulled tonight at 105…

but the Cubs game got hopeless fairly quickly
Lilly Stinks Against The Reds

so I had a bad feeling about today’s game.

We go to extras...
good chance for Friars tomorrow...

…Peavy has been better than Sheets lately. How awesome would it be if they pull it out tonight, the Cubs turn it around tomorrow and end up with a 6 game lead.

Don't jinx it!
I don't think there's much jinx left in the bottle.
Well not for the Cubs maybe...

But you’re dealing with a whole nother bottle of Jinx for the Padres

quit drinking the jinx
Hardy bobbles

runner on, none out

Replay Shows Hardy Didn't Run All Out
That makes no sense

If a hit would have gotten the runner in and won the game, why NOT run all out?

I Remember Salomon Torres

in 1993 the Giants sent him out on the last day of the season, needing to beat LA to tie for the division. He got creamed and the Giants lost 12-1.

He's that old???
keep him pitching, Neddie

not available tomorrow soon

Gonzalez not bunting

Not that I disagree

Adrian Gonzalez has been their best hitter

thats like us having Rami bunt.

As I said, I didn't disagree
Sorry

I’m feeling feisty.

of course you are!
more than normal!

losing makes me angry.

don't make her angry

you wouldn’t like her when she’s angry

Gonzalez walks

2 on, 0 out

oh boy. it's fun seeing it on MLB-TV
Chase "Don't Call Me Glenn" Headley Up...
and lays down a horrible bunt

1st and 2nd 1 out

Looked like a Cedano bunt
Go ahead RISP

go fathers.

Crappy Sac Bunt

Runner out at 3rd

Also....

Dodgers up 4-0 vs. Arizona
Colorado up 5-1 vs Houston

Dodgers/Backs Score Should Make MDBNIU Happy
ridiculous call for a strike, 1-1
can they please get a run or two?
this is the Padres you asking this of
I know

I just need to go to bed. I’m really tired.

It's Brewers not Cubs

I’d opt for sleep personally

I'm headed that way.

See you tomorrow.

I'm headed that way.

See you tomorrow.

night, sue
Oh...

C. “I like hitting below the Mendoza line” Ambresi s up

He of the "Rex Grossman" eyebrows even
and flies to shallow LF

2 out

A good bunt before that

… deep enough for a runner to have theortically gotten home from 3B?

might not be a bad idea to carry this into the 20th inning

and then have the Brewers lose.

who are the Brewers next series against?
Reds

i think

Cincy. you asked this already...
umm I don't think I have
really? sorry.

Someone did. I’m old…

No one did on this thread

I had scrolled up to look. but no worries

last one, I guess

so tired…

Padres letting another chance slip away

Gonzalez up, runners @ 1 & 2, 2 out

How Did Edgar Miss That?

Strike 3 RIGHT OVER the heart of the plate!

So Solomon cut the plate in half?
ha

that was pretty good

well played sir
I HATE depending on the Padres to keep our lead

WTF can’t our team win???

Two Reasons

1) Ted Lilly doesn’t fare well against the Reds (at least since being a Cub)

2) Hitters are in an awful slump, maybe trying to do too much to pull out of it.

FALKENBOURG!

on to pitch for San Diego

Coming Up For Milwaukee

Wide Eyes Braun
The Clown Prince
Waldo The Dog Faced Hart

I prefer Bug-eyed Braun
they ARE big, no?
Did lou give a press conference after the game tonight?
yep

playing it now on ’GN. sounds pretty down

Can you fill me in on what hes sayin, not near a tv
basically, got to swing the bats better

was pretty brief

dang

i was hoping he’d go off… light a fire.

Theriot sucks
Lou Must've Praised Him?
No, just being random, actually
DFA Howry
Was that just

for the heck of it?

Yes, but don't you agree?
i would chip in the money to make it happen
Lots of Fat Slobs On Milwaukee

Fielder, Gagne, CC

We love our brats and beer up here...
Fat is one thing, but wear the uniform properly at least!
and keep your damn shirt tucked in
Go Crew! Love, your biggest fan

Falkenbourg Has NO command of the curve
FALKENBOURG!
scared pitching

looks very tentative out there, afraid to throw a strike

Two walks

2 on, none out

There's a reason he only pitches in extra innings
Hart looking to bunt
0-2 on Hart

Looked like he was trying to bunt for a hit

BS call

1-2 — looked like he swung

Whew.

Stayed away during that game. At least the Brewers are still playing.

yep

use those innings, anyway

winning RISP

sigh.

Fielding Culbreath Blows

He went around!!!

Quit Nibbling With The Curve!
you've got him 2 strikes

blow him away w/ a high fastball.

DP!
are we the only ones left?
its sure quiet...
just lurking....

hoping for a brewers loss

alrighty

figured there was no point in Cali and me giving each other PXP since we’re both watching…

I'm here...

….reduced to rooting for the Padres.

sorry, i'm working and following this
Can't Stand Pitchers That Try To Trick Batters

Get it over the plate and challenge the hitters!

Cameron IBB

Kapler to bat

Cardinals now down

4-1

That is one awful bullpen
cards could be scary next year though...
Maybe, If They Fix The Pitching

I would barf all winter long if they got CC.

i doubt they will

yanks’ll back the brinks truck up…

but CC might want to stay in NL for less money. He’s killlin the NL

He'll stay NL

He wants to bat

read in Si theres a chances the Giants might sign him

and then trade Cain for Fielder

Hope not

Don’t want Cain in the Central, unless he’s a Cub!

yeah.

but still an interesting idea…. the NL west is very winnable.

Oh, yeah -- the Giants could get better fast

They might be scared after Zito, tho

They won't pay that high of a price

But if Wain and Carp are healthy…that is good a 1, 2 as you are going to find

If they get a solid #3 to replace Lohse…they are going to be tough.

they would be THIS year if they had a 'pen

Can you imagine?

well guys time to pick our options

vs. vs.

Hancock Tower For Me
I dunno Aeon is more of a direct fall

Sears tower you could always land on one of those parts that juts out and all you have is a broken leg and massive doctor bills

and I can't wait for the Spire to be built

it would be fun to slide down that mother!

I'll take you flying in a Cessna 172 if you want more options
Ground Out!

Onto the 11th!

I had to step away - whats the deal
What are the odds...

of both teams getting 1st and 2nd with no outs and neither scoring.

3 walks and dont score.....

this could be a really long game.

Bedtime for me, hopefully I’ll fall asleep to the Padres winning

night!
Is it possible that...

The Brewers’ hitting is as inept as the Cubs’ right now?

both have scored 2 runs today...
yes I hope so
anything's possible

Actually, Brewers fans tell me clutch hitting for them has been a prob all year

they've had struggles with RISP

very streaky.

I just saw Tropic Thunder

Better and worse than I expected. Hard to explain.

Downey Jr. In Black Face

Did you find it offensive? How did they handle that part of it?

There is a character within a character called "Simple Jack"

which essentially is a guy with an intellectual disability, and a complete mockery of “retarded” people. As a special education teacher, I was both offended and could see their reason for making fun of the character – it was a mockery of Forrest Gump, I Am Sam, RainMan, etc. But my colleagues aren’t as understanding, it’s been a big ordeal down here at KU, the #1 ranked SPED program in the country.

And Downey was brilliant.

I personally thought Downing Jr. was amazing at his role
I DO NOT Like Corey Hart

“Coyote Ugly” if there ever was.

Sigh...

This brand of pumpkin squash ravioli is not as good as my normal brand…

This key lime pie yogurt is quite tasty

Even after 3 beers…

Ewww...

Beer and dairy bad.

It wasn't RIGHT after
Well...

At least my “all natural” garlic bread baguette is tasty…

That does sound good
...they have more than one brand of pumpkin squash ravioli?
1 on 1 out top 11
Base hit, Giles

1st and 3rd

Let's try the sac fly here...sounds like a good play call
Cardinals lose.

4-1.

NOW Giles Doubles!
But I see him on 1st base, right?
gameday says single

runners at corners

Seriously, why swing at anything Riske throws?

24 BB to 26 Ks on the season…. thats awful.

Well, nuts.

My nice evening has been sort of ruined by returning home to see tonight’s final score.

What the $%#@ is with Joey Votto against the Cubs!?

(Sigh.)

Go Padres…

Yep, 18HR for Votto, EIGHT agains the Cubs
he's trying to challenge Geo for ROY
Plunk Him, Start A Fight

Get a fire going!

OTOH, can you believe if the Pads pull this out, the magic number will decrease....
if there was ever a time to slide...

i guess now is alright..

Shouse, Shouse

Don’t get an out . . .

Shouse In The House
Shit

1-6-3 on the first freakin pitch

Was a hittable pitch, too

crapola

Jesus H TapDancing Christ....
Wooo...

Another inning please!

my bad. i jinxed it. i'm sorry. it's getting late for me.

shouldn’t mention the “M.N.”

no, you didn't

Pads have wasted all kinds of chances

Looks Like Darwin's Waiting Room

in the seats at Miller Park tonight.

gameday is frozen...

stupid thing.

cwyers, you a big Prospectus fan?
...yes and no.

There’s parts I like and parts that annoy the hell out of me.

K well check this out.

Nate Silver, creator of BP…has applied many of the same regression models and a lot of the baseball-like models to politics. My buddy just turned me on to it the other night, and I’ve been spending just about every waking hour reading it. It seems pretty apolitical to me, and gives a good vibe of the pulse of politics.

Just thought it was neat to see some baseball statistics philosophy applied to a different field. Not trying to start a political discussion.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

Dan

It's interesting, and I think a lot of it's solid.

At the same time, though, it’s really cutting into his work with BP, and they lost most of their other good analysts to teams (Woolner now works for the Indians, Fox for the Pirates). Part of the brain drain at BP.

I think I remember reading somewhere

that Nate didn’t want to close himself off to “only” baseball. I may be wrong.

but does he think Sarah Palin is hot?
Mike Rivera with a hit

WTF? He hits every time he plays. Why does Kendall play every day?

1 on, none out

don't question, yost.

its rude.

A Feather Is Sharper Than Ol' Ned
By the way, I just want to state for the record...

…that Casey McGehee sucks.

not a fan, huh?
theriot bad?
Maybe if Theriot tried batting one-handed.
don't insult Riot.

McGeehee is .013 Ecksteins. Not even close.

I don't like McGehee

but there isn’t a worse baseball player in the world than David Eckstein. I loathe him.

Eckstein's not a bad player...

…it’s just that his cult of personality is so damned annoying.

i guess theres supposed to be something endearing

(and gag worthy) of a little white guy who plays above his talent.

He's an organ replacement recipient too

Met him in person one night at Angels Stadium. Nice guy, I have to give him that.

You take that back

You can’t use the same adjective on him as Theriot….

And Theriot sucks!

I'm More Afraid

a Theriot blunder or a Soriano dropped fly ball will be this year’s Steve Bartman. Sure hope the rest of the team is so good they negate both possibilities.

And let me take this opportunity to ask.

Theriot, past three years: .291/.362/.373
Theriot, 2008: .311/.390/.365

And I think that predates tonight’s wonderous 0fer. Can we put to bed this idea that Theriot is any good at hitting baseballs?

his slugging is underwhelming

but really… if you don’t have a GREAT arm, can’t you at least be accurate?

i mean…. i can’t even imagine how bad he’d seem if Derrek weren’t a 1000 feet tall.

Our Generation's Ray Oyler

Awful hitting (sub .200) SS on the 1968 Tigers. Mickey Stanley was moved from CF to SS for the World Series, and Oyler came on late for defensive purposes. But if Detroit can win a championship with that kind of weak link in the lineup…

Counsell bad bunt

1 on 1 out

PR for your backup catcher?

Do they have another catcher?

Yeah, they've got 3 or 4

Expaaaaaanded rosters

True.

Forgot it was Sept.

keep us updated on counts - we have drama going on here and I can't listen
Durham singles, Counsell to 3rd

1-2 pitch on him…argh

check that, was 2-2

right down the freakin middle

FALKENBURG!

Milwaukee has burned the bullpen, tho.

how many pitches for Sabathia?

105....
that's not going to serve him well in the long run.

And they’ve gone through four pitchers from the pen. Tomorrow should be good.

105?
106 per ESPN.com
gameday agrees
Hardy is the Brewers' Derrek Lee

Leads the Brewers in GIDP.

expanded rosters

and you leave foulkenbourg in there?

they’re just ASKING to lose.

Tuck Your Shirts In, Bushers
win tomorrow. solves everything.

i feel like i’ve been saying that a lot lately.

Are we 3.5 up now?
4

with their loss yesterday, we were up to 5 up.

Which is really misleading...

…and makes it sound a lot more nervewracking than it is. The Brewers are eight games behind the Cubs.

I know. I've always hated this.
How so, el jefe?
The Brewers have to win eight more games than the Cubs in order to have an identical record.
Not To Be Dense, But

if Milwaukee wins eight more games, then wouldn’t they be four games better than the Cubs?

I've learned when someone says:

“Not to be ______, but…”

It usually means they are.

I hope you're not like this with your students!
The Cubs are 29 games above .500.

The Brewers are 21 games above .500.

Sorry, I worded that incorrectly. The Brewers have to make up eight games on the Cubs, either via Cubs loss or Brewers win.

If the Brewers win eight straight and the Cubs lose eight straight, yeah, then we’d be four back.

thx

Was imagining the last scenario (Brewers win 8 straight, Cubs lose eight straight).

4 i think
Okay, everybody, go ahead and put your shoelaces and razor blades in the collection bin over there.

You can get them back after the next Cubs win.

no announcement about high buildings seeming inviting?
well, the padres played them tough

and the next two nights, the matchups might favor them. 3 of 4 was my prediction, this one I figured the Brewers would get.

so many damn blown chances, tho

I've always wondered about ...

how in baseball, all the extra innings function like the 9th inning. It gives a huuuuuge advantage to the home team imo…

baseball is the one sport

where theres a real advantage to playing at home.

Well give the Padres credit

They played hard and kept CC from getting a win. Tomorrow is Peavy Vs Sheets so a pretty
good match up. The ultimate irony is that Cubs cast off Jody Gerut who was hitting up a storm is injured , might have made a difference if he could have started.

time to rest up...early Badger game, long drive

see y’all later

badger badger badger
MUSHROOM! MUSHROOM!
SNAKE! SNAKE!! SNAKKKKKKEE
night badger
Well. that was a crappy way to kill a Friday night...
IF the Cubs completely collapse...

Can I be the first to blame it on the curse of Phil Rogers?

Don’t worry, Cubs fans: Playoffs are secure

Good night everyone

stay off of ledges….

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