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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Cardinals, Tuesday 9/9, 7:15 CT

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Victory!
Let's get one!
drama?

is that you?

score! an entourage fan!
or should i say tarval (sp?)
Yay for Pie...

I’m glad he’s up here again. I like his enthusiasm and his D.

+1

his energy is infectious!

I hope he gets us back on the winning track.

I hope I've been wrong about him all this time

I really do. We’ll see.

A win here

would be heaven. It’s been a rough couple of weeks.

today is the day

dempster solidifies himself as the cubs cy young for 2008

If

If he has a strong rest of season he might just kick the tires on the award with Webb falling apart.

i'm just referring to the best starting pitcher for the cubs only

not the actual cy young

Let's do this!!!

Welcome back Felix!!!

WINNING RESUMES TONIGHT!!!

LETS GO CUBBIES!!

Good Evening everyone!

Its great to be home to watch my Cubs tonight!!!

None of that damn work stuff tonight!!

where's preacher been lately?

i don’t think i’ve seen him for a while on here

Not sure.

Haven’t seen him either.

I predict we see Milton tonight.

Go Cubs!

i miss milton

:-(

And I'm sure he misses you...

he told me Sat. night with you was heaven:)

Go Ryan Go Ryan

I’d love to see him before he pitches. A nice batting around would be sweet!

TWSS
I vote no...judges?
fail
uh huh

i think that 13-year old still managed to medal.

how, i don’t know.

b/c olympic gymnastic judges

are dumb.

well

No to the TWSS, yes to the orginial thought. it WOULD be sweet

Brewers/Reds

Seperate thread for their game or just discuss it concurrent to this one?

do you feel ignored?

I assume we discuss that game here as long as the Cubs are still playing

Both the Cubs and Sox

Both Cubs and Sox are similar in that not one individual star stands out. I had an idea for a song about this season in Chicago but can’t decide which 3 players to use to parody Willie Mickey and the Duke.

Good evening all let's go Cubs!
does chicago have jack in the box?
No

No but I think we did when I was a little kid.

Sadly no , I used to love a super taco and a long night of drinking at the Pumping Company on Broadway back in the 80's
It was that recent?

I thought it was more like when I was a little kid in the 70s that they went bye bye.

i love their tacos

i wish bk wouldn’t have got rid of their tacos

not that i've seen, but you can find it in a bottle

i’m sure.

There's one just down the street from me right now but I'm in Beaumont, Tx. this week
I'd pay good money

to have Jack in the Box or at least a Hardee’s here. But then again, I’d be 300lbs if I ate that stuff often.

we have them in Nashville

they have pretty good food for fast food.

I bet that's where I saw it.

great tacos!

Saw one attached to a Shell station somewhere in TN. last year...

Off of I-24.

Soriano goes

Soriano goes down on strikes.

how we doin guys
good
Thanks for the quote

Bark thanks for the quote on your sig. I was trying to find the exact wording (for the record I would save the baby’s life but would be thinking about how it affected the games outcome(

http://www.quotegarden.com/baseball.html
base hit Theriot
Way to go Riot
i thought theriot was sick??
Theriot

He healed himself.

sitting in the upper deck at Busch.

freezing my nuts off. Go Cubs!

how are you blogging?
iPhone using Safari.
Trying to visualize that.........
1 - 0 !!!

D LEE DOUBLE!!!!!

Hell yeah!

Way to go boys!

Keep it going...

2-0

Go Derrek Go Derrek
2- 0!!!

A-RAM!!!

doubles all around

and i’m not talking about shots!

howabout that??!!!
I thought Theriot was still sick?
If

If he’s still sick have him cough all over his teammates!

i guess he talked his way into the lineup
As BB said, that single was better relief than Pepto Bismol.
Aramis double well think the offense is back
that was weird

2-0!

rami’s FINALLY heatin’ up, maybe?

Off to a great start.
i bet demp is happy with a 2-0 lead
Fla 9 Phi 1

Top of 4

Nats and Mets are tied at 5

Lou must've kicked some arse on the off day...
cts100

may get her wish!!!

sort of mixed reaction

for ballgame…

so much for them being

“the greatest fans in the world”

they are only the greatest fans in the world when

things are going good….

everytime we play the cards i remember

how irritating the whole TLR “pause until everyone yawns” pitching approach is. Gah.

Lohse had to make 24 pitches in the first inning. That's not bad.
1 - 0 Milwaukee Bottom 1st
they're playing the Reds, right?
Reds starter is making his second career start tonight.
I don't worry about the Brewers score early

if you can get to their bullpen it’s gold Jerry, gold….

that was almost scary

looked like he lost it in the sky…

lets get really hot

and have the brewers get really cold so next friday when i’m at wrigley, i can see them clinch…..can someone arrange that?

i'd say the brewers have been trying to accomodate that...

hopefully, they’ll keep it up

Great start!

Keep it rolling, boys!!

Woohoo Demps!!
Cincy is in trouble

bases loaded with 1 out

Fla 9 Phi 4

bottom of 4th

Wash 6 NY 5

Wash 7 NY 5

bottom of 5th

has geo always had a bat wiggle?

or is that new?

I have no idea how to respond to this

Without setting up a TWSS.

lol
dempster, robbed
better he save his energy for the bump (at this point)

let’s hope Dempster will be busy pitching well and laying down sacrifices

Random Baseball Reference Page:

the immortal Chuck McElroy (and his glasses, of course).

i'm sure someone already posted this

but i’m sure you won’t mind reading it again

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3578659

Boy!

You must be chafed!

Nice D!
was a really nice pick from Aramis
Hey y'all ....lookin good !!
down goes 'Roid Rage
I think the Phils bullpen is

going to be worn out before the Brewers series.

Now 10-4 FLA, top of 5th

Where's DaBard?

After that fanpost I thought for sure he would be here :)

Molina is yapping
I think he wants his mommy to protect him from the ump.
Where ya'll from? NW IN. here...

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NW IN here

:-)

Indianapolis. Home of the 0-1 Colts, and lots of fried food.
Go Bears!

:-)

I've still got the Super Bowl to fall back on

: P

can we just forget that ever happened?
Representing Midtown Atlanta
Live from Beaumont, Tx. yeehaw
alaska
Go Sarah Palin!
Yummy

yummy indeed, she's got my vote
I think it is time to cut this out.

I remember when a picture of Obama was posted and it received a lot of “no politics,” comments. So why don’t we do the same now.

Obama... decidedly not yummy leaning against a bike...

But he DOES look a lot like Marmol… Wanted to see those two together when the Cubs were at the Cell

I think because she reminds guys of the "naughty librarian" look....

it’s not politics, it’s lust.

or the teacher from Varsity Blues, if you remember that movie...
Holy cow! She does.
You people are pathetic

You are voting for the leader of the free world not as a panelist on “ARE YOU HOT!”

AND we're halting THIS conversation

right here!

And everyone knows sue369 is the hottest VP anway!
...she's also the smartest VP which is why I'm voting for her.
+! Seriously
I was agreeing w/ Carl as well
Brentwood (LA) checking in...

we don’t miss OJ :-)

west "you can suck on" deez moines
Outside of Philadelphia PA

home of the E-A-G-L-E-S……….EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nashville TN
NEW YAWK
never would've guessed

:-P

well, maybe you.

Not everybody’s as astute.

C'mon demps

I hate 2 out walks.

settle him down Geo
Loud but it died

in mid CF.

yay.

2-0 end of 2?
correct
Awesome thanks

Let’s get some more runs

fannie may?

why are they making bobble heads?

but that’s a damn good looking bobble head

Z bobblehead

… shouldn’t it have the blue jersey?

off to feast

im off (okay im always off) but Im off to eat dinner and then give dogs baths and listen to game.

today is kids night out with daddy. we each take the kids every other tuesday night so they can have some time with one parent.

Theriot cycle?
Not with only one home run...but anything is possible
I *think* he was hoping for the season :P
funky corners

could get a inside the parker… :-P

Not unless he buys a Schwinn..
Theriot w/ a 3 bagger!

i think he’s feeling better!

TRIPLE!
think he's trying to get his slugging percentage above the BA?
Info please...
Fonzie popped out

Riot 3B’d and derrek’s got a 2-0 count.

2 zip by doubles from dlee and aramis
the riot

is running the bases well today

This is where the cubs have been struggling

as of late, lets cash in

IN GAME UPDATE

Milwaukee 1 – Reds 0 Heading into the Bottom of the 2nd

damn....good idea dlee
Squeeze attempt?
think he just tried to go back up the middle
Worked in Cinci

Oh well – someone else got the riot in.

damn Dlee can't get an RBI for shite
aside from the one he's already got today

was a pretty good snag by Lohse.

let will do it!! 3-0
yeah there's our RBI man!
All he had to do was hit a fly balll.....nevermind...go RAMI!!
2 outs
meant lee
lee tried to go up the middle

lohse made a good snag to get it.

Aramis heating up??

…we need him on this road trip!!

Ramirez picks up the slack for lee once again
whats with all the

DLee hate?

No hate...just fustration because hes not elevating the ball.
Probably the main reason Dlee's stats aren't getting the respect they should have
man at 3rd

with one out you have to get him in

wxactly
I love Dlee but he's been frustrating
I'm sure he more

frustrated than you are.

probably true:)
and the other team made a good snag

to keep him from doing it.

true

but he should have been trying for a fly ball there

a single up the middle is fine too

the pitcher has some say in where you can hit the ball too, ya know.

not living up to the high expectations he set for himself

sorry folks, chicks no longer dig the long ball

These guys disagree

Hes going to kill this team in the postseason
You mean like he's

killed this team so far? Sheesh!!!

His countless double play balls in crucial situations is alarming

pretty much cost us that houston game at home last week with the 8th inning double play. Just doesn’t provide enough power for a 3 hitter on a championship calibre team

I guess we disagree.
Vladimir Guerrero was leading the majors in DPs last I checked.

Doesn’t seem to be killing the Angels…

Depends, maybe most of his double plays dont kill rallies
I'm finally here.

Classes all day, was in the bar for the first inning, now I’m back.

how about these cubbies, b!tches!!!!!!

Derrek’s heating up, Aramis is heating up, I even got a little Riot love here for ya!!!!

thought Cedeno

was in the starting lineup?

he was orginally

but Riot started instead.

Theriot scrapped his way into the lineup instead
illness vs hurricane scrappy

who wins?

Why is there no 'Ditka' choice?
then it wouldnt be

much of a question.

LOL ...I almost typed Ditka as my response !!
that's what i was waiting for

trick question

I swear to god

Some of you people expect these guys to win every single game, and be perfect every friggon game.

What the hell is the matter with some of you people?

it's called fanaticism
bc we're ONLY winning by 3 runs in the 3rd
i just want out

of this disgusting losing streak

don't we all...

sigh.

1 Game?
got to start some where

and maybe one game where we dont still give up 9 runs

You do understand that this team

Has a 4.5 game lead in the division?

I just want to remind you of that.

we wouldnt if the brewers

were playing even worse then us right now

But they are so we're fine
But they are so

who cares.

with the remaining

schedule i just want us to be playing better then we have of late

You don't think the team

would like to be playing better too? They aren’t robots.

i know that

someone was just saying how we have a 4.5 game lead and thats fine. but we have to trake care of business take make sure that is fine.. thats all i am trying to say

and they know that.

They try. It doesn’t always work in their favor.

oh yeah i was just remarking to

someones post

The Cubs have a .601 winning %

thats pretty good no matter if the Brewers are playing bad….

actually

they played better than we did. Just not much.

That’s baseball, man. Worse for them that it was for us, I guarantee that.

DLee should bat 1.000 w/RISP

…or so it seems. the first inning double was quickly forgotten.

And Riot wasn't even ISP
so was the 4-for-6 and 3 rbi saturday night.
i'm the product

 of a broken home…

They look fresh... on a mission.
like the Blues Brothers?
its been awhile but they do look ready tonight
Wow, nice breaking stuff from Dumpster
Glaus looks done.

that right arm was hanging like a piece of meat

Mmmmm...

meat

I'm a meatatarian
Mmmmm...

meatatarians

Is Dome going to be benched indefinitely?
That's a good question.
read

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3578659

Thanks... maybe a little time off will straighten him out
Best line from that article

“he gets a tingling down in his buttocks when he throws the ball”

(in all seriousness…heal quick Gaudin)

i wanted to twss so bad
he is getting at least one start this series

according to lou

He was sooo good early in the season & now..

he just seems lost at the plate. But I love his D in RF . I hope he can get out of this funk somehow

Demp's at 36 pitches through 3

Not too shabby.

not too shabby? understatement!
Complete game = 108

Go ahead, Ryan

Either Dempster got better in the offseason

or i completely misjudged his “stuff”.

he’s got way better velocity/breaking stuff than i ever expected.

i think he cited Maddux as a big reason why he's pitched well this season

which is weird, considering their workout regimens are completely different, it appears.

maddux preaches strike 1

and trusting your stuff.

And there are definitely worse people to listen to than Maddux.

Very true.

I was thinking more along the lines of nutrition. Greg’s never looked like the kind of guy who would run up a mountain with tired strapped to his back.

+1

Like 95% of all pitchers in the league. Ever in the league.

sounds like Wrigley.
this is one of those nights

everyone gets nice bump on their average

why hasn't duncan gotten a managerial role?
dunno

he might not want one… i can’t imagine him not getting an offer at least.

Mobile MLB Multimedia

Just wondering if anyone out there knows of an application for iPhones that can support either streaming video or audio of MLB games or if there are other phones out there that are capable of that.

Theres a gameday thing for iPhone

I saw it in Baseball Prospectus… but didn’t save the article cuz I don’t have an iphone.

yes

it’s through mlb.tv, check it out

my phone, lg enV does not support it

i have a motorola q

it works on there but they want you to pay per month in addition to your regular online subscription.

my buddy has the iphone

 says it is not available. he is a certified computer geek

I have seen...

several programs that chart the pitches and the action similar to Gamecast from ESPN for the iPhone but not video or audio programs that are available for other phones such as the Blackberry and other Windows based cell phones..

here's the link

http://mlb.mlb.com/mobile/audio.jsp?c_id=mlb

Thanks, Wynn
I just can't imagine...

having to watch playoff series and beyond on a game tracker like that and not being able to hear or see the action…

get a slingbox
What is a slingbox?
In short its a device that lets you watch your home tv

from your laptop or phone. read more at slingmedia dot com

Unfortunately

I don’t think that it is compatible with iPhones… As I look more and more, it seems that only Windows based cellphones are going to work?

Tony LaRussa for HOF

just once

i’d like to have a series w/ the cards where we DON’T see this picture.

lookit dempster

working the count!

Look at Dempster get a hit.
Nice hit, Demp!

too bad Soto couldn’t get going again.

QUADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess they had to be cautious w/ Ankiel's arm
geo hit the brakes

and just couldn’t get going again.

right call per Bob
no, it was the right decision

if he hadn’t overrun the ball, Soto would have been out at home, almost certainly.

ALRIGHT!!!

COME ON SORI!!!!

lets go fonzie
Ankiels got a gun

I agree with the initial hold, and the second hold lol

true

but you never know when he’ll throw it to the backstop, and he was retreating to pick up the ball….lost his momentum completely.

Meh, it’s spilled milk, not gonna cry over it.

It's not Munson'd

It’s Quade’d. Do your job man. The original stop is fine, but at least be quick on the play.

+2
I think he still could've scored but oh well
this one isn't on quade!

geo hit the brakes and just couldn’t get going again…

70 pitches for Lohse already. Not even the end of the 4th inning....
Another Pat Hughes false alarm

3 outs

ah pat!

i hate when he does that.

how’s ron doing? he was pretty glum the last few times i listened.

Just turned the radio on
damn

Soriano blasted that ball too

IN GAME UPDATE

1 – 0 Beers with Fat Fielder at the plate

You mean Princess?
Who remembers?

that one game where there was gonna be a close play at the plate and Quade held the runner (cant remember who) and Bob was like “the reason you hold him in that situation is because of who you’ve got coming up” and like 2 pitches later Sori hit a 3 run hr.

DeRo pulls a foul ball out of the stands

Pujols is out

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