This is the third Cubs/White Sox matchup in the last six days. These guys are going to get sick of seeing each other -- there will be two more during spring training and then the six during the regular season. That's more than we'll see some NL rivals (the Mets, for example).
Milton Bradley compares himself to Lou:"Like myself, I think a lot of the things he does, they're not planned, but there's a reason for it," Bradley said Wednesday in Arizona. "He's trying to prove a point. He wants his players to go out there and play with the same intensity and fire that he's showing while he's tossing a base or getting in the umpire's face. Because he means business.
"I understand that. I can respect that. I think they're crazy when they can just struggle and make errors and strike out and give up runs, and then they go get on their cell phone and kick back like nothing ever happened. I can't live like that."
And Lou likes that attitude:
"I can see that," Piniella said. "When you have a reputation, people expect that reputation to continue to resurface. Milton, all he is interested in is helping us win some baseball games and playing baseball. Could there be a little eruption along the way? Possibly. But I'll tell you, I like what I've seen. He works hard. He takes it seriously. And he gives 100 percent. That's all I can expect from players."
Fine with me, too, as long as Bradley stays healthy while giving that hard work.
That link also says that Chad Gaudin has probably pitched himself out of contention for the rotation, as Lou said he seems "more as a spot-starter, middle-reliever type." Today, another of those guys, Aaron Heilman, gets the start against the White Sox' Jeff Marquez. The game is on WGN-TV again, but if you're not near a TV this afternoon, you can hear it via the MLB.com Mediacenter (Sox radio announcers) -- and don't be surprised, when you click that link, it looks different than it did yesterday, they redesigned the page.
Here is the correct MLB.com Gameday link for today -- that is, presuming the Sox are the "visiting" team and the Cubs are the "home" team. If it winds up being the other way, use this alternate version.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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Looking forward
to h seeing heilman’s response to marshall’s excellent effort the other day.
brian custer - March 5, 2009
Or was Marshall's outing a response to Heilman's
2-inning, 0-run effort his last time out?
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
maybe they should
just split each 5th game, working 4 to 5 innings each, saving the bullpen the entire game, once a week
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
not a bad idea at all
take advantage of their respective right/left-handedness
brian custer - March 5, 2009
A platoon
pitching spot?
100yearitch - March 5, 2009
why not?
what would it hurt
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
It's lookin' like Milton and Lou...
…will be the best one-two “juicy media quote” punch in baseball this year. If nothing else, it’s gonna be a fun ride.
daver - March 5, 2009
The Words of Milton
Who cares what Milton has to say. The best comments he can make will be with his ability to hit the ball and show up everyday to play. If he does that, he’s OK in my book. If he’s stays hurt all the time, well, I’ll be whining about why we should have gotten Adam Dunn.
TheHawkRules - March 5, 2009
Yay for baseball back on my tv!!
Even if it is part baseball and part “Visit Las Vegas” propaganda.
But yay for L&B back!
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Milton
I have a really good feeling this is going to turn out great.
I think he wants to be here and he feels wanted here and maybe not feeling one or both might have been part of the problem in the past.
As far as the evil denizens of the south size is it Hawk and Stoney or Len and Bob today?
puckishcubsfan - March 5, 2009
Listening on radio
Listening to the Score at work and DVRing the TV broadcast to watch later.
Sometimes it can be interesting to get another broadcasters perspective on our guys.
I’ll never forget Farmer saying during a ST broadcast I think in 2002 “this kid is going to be really good if the Cubs handle him right. Patience will pay off”. Might not have been his exact words but it was something like that.
That kid was Zambrano.
If you remember the first game Kerry returned during after the elbow surgery in spring training was against the Sox and the Sox had the broadcast. Farmer said “Cub fan or Sox fan you have to root for him to be able to come back”
puckishcubsfan - March 5, 2009
As the Sox have are broadcasting the game on radio,
I’ll be listening at work. I’m interesting to hear how Farmio and DJ sound together.
I agree, I always like to check out other teams broadcast teams. I subscribed to XM for 3 years and grew to appreciate other broadcast teams with Tom Hamilton of the Indians becoming one of my favorites. I also enjoy getting to still listen to John Rooney after he left the Sox for the Cards.
Also, it was fun to hear from fans of other teams being exposed to Pat and Ron, many listening to Cub games as they had become fans of the pair, not necessarily the team.
cowsarecool220 - March 5, 2009
Len & Bob
100yearitch - March 5, 2009
Lineups per Gameday
Cubbies:
Soriano
Fuld
Ramirez
Fox, Jake
LBR
Dirty Deeds
Bako
Rivas, L
Blanco, A
Gary White Sox:
Owens
Getz
Dye
Konerko
Betemit
Broussard
Kroeger
Armstrong
Torres
Lou In Blue - March 5, 2009
Yesterday, The Riot must have used up
his allotment of hits for the trip.
cowsarecool220 - March 5, 2009
DONE DIRT CHEAP!
daver - March 5, 2009
I like the TMOTTBG
version by Len with Brenly on the git-tar.
Very cool.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
That's different.
Not as bad as many, many versions.
znohitter - March 5, 2009
GameDay is working correctly!
sloathcheck78 - March 5, 2009
sorry I'm at work
and have not audio or tv
sloathcheck78 - March 5, 2009
Anyone home?
sue369 - March 5, 2009
I'm sporadically here.
Working on a press release…
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
hi sue!
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Hi HBC
how are ya?
sue369 - March 5, 2009
I'm good,
how’re you?
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
I woke up
with a chest cold this morning and it sucks big time. Othe than that I’m good.
sue369 - March 5, 2009
Oh no
Get better.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
thanks :-)
sue369 - March 5, 2009
I'm here.
daver - March 5, 2009
hey daver
sue369 - March 5, 2009
Hey there!
daver - March 5, 2009
Here now, gone shortly.
znohitter - March 5, 2009
im here
but not at home, i am at work, and I cannot access audio from gameday
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
I'll be in and out.
Heilman looks pretty good thus far.
TheTruth11 - March 5, 2009
any K's?
brian custer - March 5, 2009
Not so far.
znohitter - March 5, 2009
Sounds like Deeds just made a decent catch.
Either that or a desperate one.
daver - March 5, 2009
Good catch near the track.
znohitter - March 5, 2009
it wasn't spectualar
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
There was no hop.
znohitter - March 5, 2009
No
but he looked like he was more likely to face plant himself on the fence then anything else to me.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
That's what it sounded like on the audio.
daver - March 5, 2009
I wonder if Emily
actually got on a plane yesterday and arrived in Alaska?
cowsarecool220 - March 5, 2009
I sure hope she did.
sue369 - March 5, 2009
would be horrible
if still waiting
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
She let me know on facebook that she made it safe and sound....
and now she’s house hunting.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Good to know.
Thanks
sue369 - March 5, 2009
It's 23 degrees in Fairbanks today.
That’s balmy, for them.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
Glad she got there ok.
Hopefully she’ll find a nice place to live.
cowsarecool220 - March 5, 2009
Soriano pops out on first pitch.
Somehow not as thrilling as a first-pitch home run.
daver - March 5, 2009
Fold walks
100yearitch - March 5, 2009
Ozzie Guillien demonstrates his pitching form.
Riiiight….
znohitter - March 5, 2009
sigh....this lineup is pretty boring, for both teams
Chanman25 - March 5, 2009
its baseball!
in sunshine!!
i’ll take it.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
eh yeah I'll too
but there isn’t much to go crazy over
Chanman25 - March 5, 2009
End of 1 - no score
daver - March 5, 2009
Well, that was fun. Now back to work.
Later on, folks.
znohitter - March 5, 2009
Keep it real.
daver - March 5, 2009
peace
Chanman25 - March 5, 2009
Oh God, not this guy again....
TheTruth11 - March 5, 2009
Konerko?
daver - March 5, 2009
The Visit Las Vegas
travel pitch begins again.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Ah, OK.
daver - March 5, 2009
I think the Cubs are getting major dollars for doing this.
In this economy, I can’t blame them.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
But jeez!
It’s like Len and Bob are trying to squeeze blood from a stone with this guy.
chilango2 - March 5, 2009
Oh I'm not worried
I’m sure Vegas is hurting, but you’d think they’d find someone to make their pitch who DIDN’T sound like he’d spent all night doing something other than sleeping.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Fully Krausened with a K.
daver - March 5, 2009
he needs the K's in the stands to read
K-E-G-E-R-A-T-O-R
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
Ha, that would work.
daver - March 5, 2009
i think the regulars are hitting up the slots..
Chanman25 - March 5, 2009
Better late than never
And I have to listen to a pitchman who despises being interviewed. What an oxymoron.
Heilman looking decent so far.
chilango2 - March 5, 2009
looks like heils
is racking up some K’s
brian custer - March 5, 2009
I like that the Cubs are wearing pinstripes today.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
yeah, I noticed that too
Chanman25 - March 5, 2009
They look nice
and crisp in the sunshine.
sue369 - March 5, 2009
Did the radar gun really just say 55mph?
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Yes yes it did
Bizarre, huh?
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
what kind of a pitch was it?
laidbackliam - March 5, 2009
underhand pitch?
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
No idea
i’m the last one to ask.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Fully Krausened throws a wicked change.
daver - March 5, 2009
Fully K strikes out the side!
daver - March 5, 2009
awesome
brian custer - March 5, 2009
I missed the class when you explained what "Fully K" means.
I was drunk but I have a good excuse. Can you explain it to me again please?
chilango2 - March 5, 2009
heilman's beer?
brian custer - March 5, 2009
Precisely.
“Fully Krausened” is a reference to G. Heilman Brewing Co. I actually just made up “Fully K” – it might be the ideal nickname for Heilman because it prevents people from having to correctly spell “Krausened.”
daver - March 5, 2009
i used tove
heilman’s Special export. don’t know if they still make it…
brian custer - March 5, 2009
Oh yeah...I used to like that stuff, too.
daver - March 5, 2009
it's Krausened
how old style are brewing their beer. originally it was advertised as being “fully krausened”, but then they switched it to “authentically krausened” on the actual cans.
Heilemans brewing company is stamped on the old style can, even though i believe they are owned by PBR now.
laidbackliam - March 5, 2009
Thank you Professor.
I promise I will pay more attention in class from now on.
chilango2 - March 5, 2009
i remember stupid things
that have no bearing on anything else in my life. you’re welcome.
laidbackliam - March 5, 2009
yup, i was right
beers that Pabst has control of
laidbackliam - March 5, 2009
Fully K has 2 K
Which puts him at
K-E-G
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
I thought it was three.
daver - March 5, 2009
DOH
I got the important part right…..K-E-G
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
It's Bako time baby!!!!
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Advanced the runner on a screaming infield ground out
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
who the frock...
…is DOUG DEEDS?
ilovepie - March 5, 2009
a baseball player...that's all I got.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Minor league dude...
…I can’t remember which trade he was acquired in.
daver - March 5, 2009
PTBNL in the Craig Monroe deal.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
Ah, yes. Thanks!
daver - March 5, 2009
Thanks
work doesn’t appreciate my new Cubs researching.
:)
ilovepie - March 5, 2009
I guess Monroe is with the Buccos now...
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
I saw him in a documentary about Delmon and Dimitri Young on MLB Network the other night.
Did anyone else see that?
daver - March 5, 2009
Yeah, you usually know everyone on the ST roster, WTF?
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Bako is already in mid-season form.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
I'm pretty sure he didn't even need ST to get there..
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
because he only has one form...
the form of SUCK.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
why didn't someone remind me
how boring ST games are? Gah.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Hey 1/2blind....
…you know SBNation has a Purdue blog now?
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
yep i signed up the other day
but i haven’t posted yet.
probably join in for the Big 10 tourney.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
And it's only the third inning!
daver - March 5, 2009
well do you want a Crawdad attack to liven things up? He was in mid-season form last night... ;-)
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
He's obsessed....
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
It sure beats work...
I’m doing updates on a videoconferencing system and Cubs baseball is about a trillion times better than pushing data packets and junk.
chilango2 - March 5, 2009
so you're saying you're a pusher? hmm....
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Not the "good" kind though
chilango2 - March 5, 2009
Like this guy?
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
So THAT'S what Albert Belle is doing now!
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
HAHA!
Good one.
chilango2 - March 5, 2009
yep - first he runs down the kids with his truck, then he gives them ice cream...
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Bako-Mania!
TheTruth11 - March 5, 2009
Got him!
Nice one, Pauly.
daver - March 5, 2009
Nice throw by Bako.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
Heckuva throw by Bako
Still like Hill better.
chilango2 - March 5, 2009
I wish Bako could hit the ball as hard as he can throw it.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Andy White showing some leather!
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Who's the new Blanco?
Is he new or have I not been paying enough attention?
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
He was in camp last spring, too.
Spent last year at Iowa. He’s basically a younger Neifi Perez.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
Ah
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
has he perfected
the 9th inning 2 out bunt?
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
Only if he makes an out doing it.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
He's been bouncing around the minors for a while, I think.
I believe he was in some ST games last year.
daver - March 5, 2009
Not that long.
He’s not quite 25.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
Ah OK. I guess his name just sounds familiar.
daver - March 5, 2009
It's that Blanco thing.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
Yeah, I'd like the Cubs to always have at least one Blanco in the organization.
daver - March 5, 2009
why - so you can change your signature to...
“my cub is blanco”?
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
My plan exactly.
Curses! Foiled again.
daver - March 5, 2009
Hey! Don't mention curses here!
;-)
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
a walk
and a caught stealingm right?
brian custer - March 5, 2009
I'm guessing XXXL
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Fonzie continues his hot bat this spring...
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
You don't want him to heat up yet
he’s here he’s healthy… i don’t care if he hits anything out of the IF until April.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
And still plays a lousy left field....
as witnessed last night
Clutche - March 5, 2009
Anyone around the lake been outside lately?
Thinking of going for a run…
TheTruth11 - March 5, 2009
It's 63 degrees outside my window in Chicago.
Undoubtedly, about 20-25 degrees warmer than it will be on Opening Day.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
Book it.
Tim M - March 5, 2009
It says its 62 here
but the gusts are up to 35mph. If you’re out of the wind its beautiful.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
It seems mighty warm here in Rogers Park, but I’m also hearing some serious gusts. Oh well. It’s 60 degrees. Gotta take advantage.
TheTruth11 - March 5, 2009
Rob.net in, Marcus Mateo to pitch
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
I hope rob.net doesn't crash (into the wall).
daver - March 5, 2009
I don't have audio...
can someone give me the highlights of what Perry is saying? Anything interesting at all?
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Milton Bradley---good to get him back in y'day
good player, plays hard, does things the right way…
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Milton sounds hungover and/or needing a nap
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Oops.....Gerald
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
He likes Milton
says he’s a hard worker. And the kind of guy yuo’d want up in a close & late situation.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Assuming he's not injured....
or suspended for getting into a fight…
or injured from being restrained from getting into a fight…
Tim M - March 5, 2009
Nothing earthshattering yet.
He sounds tired and like this is the last thing he’d rather be doing.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Gerald Perry is singlehandedly responsible for Lee Elia being fired as Cubs manager.
True story. In 1983, not long after he was called up to the Braves, he played in this game at Wrigley Field, going 2-for-3 with a homer. After the game Elia admitted he had never heard of Perry — implying he and the staff hadn’t done their homework.
He was fired three days later.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
Really?
That is interesting….
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Yes, 100% true story.
Dallas Green said that was a factor in his firing of Elia.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
I love baseball
where else do you get stories like that?
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Everywhere.
Reading various publications, doing research for the articles & books I write, etc.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
I can recommend some books, etc. you can read if you'd like.
Drop me an email.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
why noty make a list
and post it here once, as a fanshot and a fan post lol
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
Might have to do that
I could really use some casual reading.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
it wasn't the only factor
Their overall crappy record and “The Rant” also played significant roles.
Tim M - March 5, 2009
True.
But the Perry thing was the proverbial camel’s-back-breaking-straw.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
Gerald spends a lot of time in cages with guys...
that’s weird
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Is it wrong?
daver - March 5, 2009
A man's private life is his private life...
…who am I to judge?
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Not that theres anything wrong with that...
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
3 solid for heilmam
nice job!
brian custer - March 5, 2009
The Sox radio guys like Mateo's stuff.
daver - March 5, 2009
they should, it's 2nd and 3rd with one out...
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
No doubt the fact that they have
2 & 3 with 1 out helps. :-p
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Jake Fox's defense...not so much.
daver - March 5, 2009
And this surprises you?
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
is it just me or did mateo hit 99mph?
ryanbaker08 - March 5, 2009
Yeah, they've been talking about his impressive velocity.
daver - March 5, 2009
Does it matter?
Apparently, the Sox aren’t having any trouble hitting him. Kroeger 2-run single, 2-0 Sox.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
Broussard K's on a high strike
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Kroeger base hit, Sox score 2
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Kroger delivers the groceries.
2-0 Sox.
daver - March 5, 2009
Nice!
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Matteo's inning mercifully ends
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Josh Kroeger = Cub Killer
at least in spring training….
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Okay
I’m off to play in the mud with my pups.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
see ya HBCG
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
I hope that's not a euphemism.
daver - March 5, 2009
Naked Lady Mud Wrestling pic coming right up...
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
What's taking so long? Do I have to do everything around here?
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
hold your horses...
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
HBC, you naughty, naughty girl.
daver - March 5, 2009
Shhh!
you’re telling everyone my secrets!
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
That's better, but I was hoping for something more.....revealing.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
I guess they call those "pups."
daver - March 5, 2009
take care HBCG
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
Jake Fox has speed to burn....
beats out an infield hit.
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Base hit, LBR....1st and 3rd, 1 down
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
LBR - RED HOT.
daver - March 5, 2009
Len says LBR (who singled) bulked up this winter
He looked a bit thinner to me.
chilango2 - March 5, 2009
We should ask Zambrano to be sure...
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
yea there were many articles about him
not being able to hold the bow back when he went hunting, so he added some muscle. I remember that 2 out warning track shot against the Reds that norris hopper caught in 07, that would be probly go over the vines now
KButler - March 5, 2009
Is anyone better than fontenot?
seriously
KButler - March 5, 2009
Yes
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
who?
…
KButler - March 5, 2009
On the Cubs or in the whole wide universe?
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
hmmmm
i guess the cubs….but probly the universe
KButler - March 5, 2009
Brian Roberts.....
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
at defense?
probly. In a fist fight though, I take lil mikey. And thats what matters. Mortal Combat.
KButler - March 5, 2009
Um, okay.
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
This is what im talking about!
KButler - March 5, 2009
Nobody does it better...
…makes me feel sad for the rest…
daver - March 5, 2009
yea
thats what i thought
KButler - March 5, 2009
Yea
Thats what I though…
KButler - March 5, 2009
reply button problems, bro?
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Where would LBR be
if Dusty was here?
TheTruth11 - March 5, 2009
Out of baseball.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
exactly.
I don’t know if you heard Len talking about how certain players, Fonty for instance, owe a lot to being around when the right manager comes along. I couldn’t help but feel he was slyly alluding to Baker.
TheTruth11 - March 5, 2009
Deeds grounds into double play....inning over
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Deeds done did the Cubs in.
daver - March 5, 2009
I think
we need to get Len the auto-tune
TheTruth11 - March 5, 2009
Cubs answer back with a double play of their own.
daver - March 5, 2009
Is anyone better than Bako?
seriously
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
at hitting a baseball?....yes..an uncountable number of people..some men..some women.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
A few trained bears.
daver - March 5, 2009
But not Fukudome's bear...
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
What the freak?
Where’d you find that one?
daver - March 5, 2009
It's on Fukudome's own website.
Not sure exactly where, but here, look for yourself.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
Oh yeah...I remember looking at that last year.
daver - March 5, 2009
In a fist fight though, I take Bako. And thats what matters. Mortal Combat.
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Ready...Fight!!
daver - March 5, 2009
Finish Her!
Babality!
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Oh man...that is brutal.
I should NOT be laughing.
daver - March 5, 2009
Oh my....
…bad enough that he ends up kicking her, but to land on her head? Ouch.
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
The question could be............
Is anyone worse than Bako?
Clutche - March 5, 2009
you missed the point......
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
and you missed mine
Clutche - March 5, 2009
We're Even! High Five!
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Is that still Bako?
Did he just gun down another runner?
daver - March 5, 2009
I think the ump blew that call
He looked safe to me… But Bako’s 2 for 2.
chilango2 - March 5, 2009
Dinner reservations at Margaritaville....
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Bako with the base hit....
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
I guess Bako CAN hit ML pitching.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Right. Felix Pie cannot.
daver - March 5, 2009
He's hitting BA. 400 / SLG. 400 / OBP. 571
this spring in 5 ABs.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Pound sand.
He’ll never do it when it counts!
daver - March 5, 2009
Facepalm!
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Sometimes the ball.....
just hits the bat
Clutche - March 5, 2009
Mickey Lolich? Mark Langston? Mark Loretta?
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Awesome, Clutche is hear to stir up some shit....
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
and "here", too.
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
I should rename myself
Maytag
Clutche - March 5, 2009
Hey Al,
If you already sick of playing the White Sox, wait ’til we get to the regular season and it seems like we play the Pirates every week.
cowsarecool220 - March 5, 2009
That is so 2008.
This year, we’ll be sick of the Astros — 11 games vs. Houston by June 11 (11 of the first 60 games).
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
I'm looking forward to playing the Astros....
…bunch of crybabies
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Yeah, and that's - what - two no-hitters for Big Z?
daver - March 5, 2009
Everyone knows that Bud Selig likes the Cubs better :-)
zevkalman - March 5, 2009
Only if we can play all the games in Milwaukee.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
only with bad weather
and we end up playing at milwaukee
laidbackliam - March 5, 2009
It could happen.
daver - March 5, 2009
Oh man...how will we endure the whining?
daver - March 5, 2009
Maybe we can do to them what we did to the Bucs in 08
Clutche - March 5, 2009
Should they change their name.....
the haven’t played in the dome since 99
Clutche - March 5, 2009
Houston, we have a problem...
Clutch16 - March 5, 2009
The Houston Juice Boxes?
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
Psst....."Astro" short for "Astronaut"........
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
So is...........
Astroturf a spin-off of astronaut
Clutche - March 5, 2009
You may want to read this.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Astros#1962.E2.80.931964:_The_Colt_.45s_era
Clutche - March 5, 2009
I'm already tired of the Astros.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Well, who isn't?
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
Do you think we actually might win some games at the juice box this year?
For some reason, the Cubs foget how to hit when they’ve gone there the last couple of years. Maybe they think they’re at the Astrodome?
cowsarecool220 - March 5, 2009
I would love to play the Pirates every week.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Sam caught that simply by being so low to the ground to begin with...
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Hey, he's not diminutive -- he's scrappy....
zevkalman - March 5, 2009
What are all these noses bandaged up? Was there a clubhouse fight?
zevkalman - March 5, 2009
No...there was Chili in the pregame spread.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
I'm here.
Just got home from class. About 83 here in Kansas. Gorgeous out. How’s the team looking?
dtpollitt - March 5, 2009
Dont' know...we've been talking about chicks and mud wrestling most of the game.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Part of me believes you...
…and part of me wants to go back and read the entire thread to see if you are.
dtpollitt - March 5, 2009
Like Kansas, rather flat.
daver - March 5, 2009
Much like how the Jayhawks looked last night...
dtpollitt - March 5, 2009
Ok, time to wake up the Cubs bats - by any means necessary!
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Where is she?
Clutche - March 5, 2009
daver - March 5, 2009
Rally Time!
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
worked like CHARM!
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
that's what I'm talkin' about!
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
It worked! Well, sorta. Single.
daver - March 5, 2009
Only because Hoffpauir isn't playing today.
Al Yellon - March 5, 2009
OMG....for some reason that one is soooo hot...I won't be able to concentrate the whole day...
zevkalman - March 5, 2009
His face is red..................
because I think she’s pinching his *ss
Clutche - March 5, 2009
Is that a see-through?
Clutche - March 5, 2009
flash photography is your friend.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
and flesh photography is an even better friend...
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Micah Hofpauir > D Lee
?
KButler - March 5, 2009
Negatory.
daver - March 5, 2009
yeaaaaaa
i know
KButler - March 5, 2009
certainly not in defense. who will handle theriot's throws in the dirt?
zevkalman - March 5, 2009
so you're saying 1B is the most important defensive position on the field?
oops, sorry – wrong thread…
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Only in Mortal Kombat
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
actually, i'd take D Lee in that
even though he whiffed on Chris Young
KButler - March 5, 2009
actually, I'm really uninterested....
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
hahahahahaha
with all of the pointless banter and joking that goes on here, not to mention the massive amounts of erin andrews pictures, or fukudome with a bear, you seem pretty upset about a little joke of a comment. Its spring training dude, chill.
KButler - March 5, 2009
OMG, roflcopter....
I’m not upset, dude. It’s called sarcasm.
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
I think the Cubs are due for a home run......
cowsarecool220 - March 5, 2009
Almost.
Sounded like LBR gave that one a decent ride.
daver - March 5, 2009
BTW, what has gotten into LBR?
Looks like he’s in mid-season form already.
Hope he saves some hits and doesn’t do a Nomar when the season starts.
cowsarecool220 - March 5, 2009
ha ha ha - Randy Bush made a funny
talking about team’s chances – it’s a roll of the “dice”…
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Did you also hear
his thoughts on why Bako might be wearing a bandage on his nose?
sue369 - March 5, 2009
Fontenot...LSU man...
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Mercy!
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
It didn't work.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Next time, post that BEFORE his at-bat!
daver - March 5, 2009
I did...the count was 2-1 when I posted it.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Oh man...my computer is that slow.
(Daver hangs head in shame.)
daver - March 5, 2009
I think the count is 2-2 in that picture...
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Personally, I think it's fine anytime
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
I just thought of a naughty way to add Milton to this pic
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
that's already been done
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
That one must be in your "private" collection...
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
no...someone else did it.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Oh. Great minds think alike, right??? :)
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
I wonder if anyone made a "blue" movie with the Cubs....
Like “101 years without getting any?”
zevkalman - March 5, 2009
He doesn't have a private collection
just a folder of stuff he hasn’t scarred me with yet.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
I got it.
daver - March 5, 2009
Milton seems to be drowning in flesh...
But I know it feels good.
zevkalman - March 5, 2009
Mini Milton!
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
Don't give SWL any ideas :-)
zevkalman - March 5, 2009
Get all the mud off them puppies, HBCG?
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
nope
but we had a blast. They’re crashed on the porch. Hopefully they can dry some before they have to come in for dinner.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
I hate Jim Belushi....
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
i agree
i don’t get how his tv show lasted as long as it did.
i do like the pride he takes in being a cubs fan though. he practically “bleeds” it.
laidbackliam - March 5, 2009
The only thing I hate about Belushi
is that according to a rumor, he talked Dick Portillo to put a Portillo’s in the LA area, now they have 2!!! We need a Portillo’s here in AZ, they would frigging clean up out here.
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
Belushi looks old
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Kinda happens to all of us, unfortunately.
zevkalman - March 5, 2009
He'll be 55 in June
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
Thats younger than my dad
but Belushi looks like he’s had too much Vegas.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Hey, he gets to smooch CTS
that’s ok by me, too much Vegas or not!
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
CTS?
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Courtney Thorne Smith
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
here's a visual...
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
No way...
…they should play husband and wife….
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
What's worse is that show with Jamie Gertz
in the real world, he has NO chance.
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
No, Jim, that's NOT your baby!
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
Bet she's thinkin
“who is this drunk man groping my belly and how fast can I get away?”
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Beats the alternative
Clutch16 - March 5, 2009
looking young?
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Yeah, no one looks good while they're dirt-napping
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
Bako gets rung up on a crap call
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
I dunno - I thought it moved back in over the plate. Pretty wicked pitch, whatever it was.
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Seemed that Gregg got squeezed on a similar pitch
it was a nice pitch, nonetheless…
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
FYI for anyone coming out here for the Cubs-Sox game on the 27th
hope you have your tix, it’s sold out. A guy in front of me in line today bought the last 2 tickets.
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
Barney grounds out.....
kids weep.
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Ha!
The opposing team’s broadcasters always think Darwin Barney’s from Australia.
How does a kid from Oregon get such a cool name?
cowsarecool220 - March 5, 2009
Maybe his Dad is a historian and his Mom a preschool teacher.
daver - March 5, 2009
pretty sure they're not creationists...
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Mom=digs the color purple Dad=believes in evolution
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Jose Ascanio in.
Sounds like Neal Cotts had a decent outing.
daver - March 5, 2009
Cotts did pretty well
made a nice play on a tapper back to the mound.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
seems like
they all did very well (except mateo). heilman was outstanding. another 10-9 round for Fully K…
brian custer - March 5, 2009
Ascanio looked good....123
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
C'mon Cubs, let's get 3!
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
Let's get some runs!!
tucsoncubsfan - March 5, 2009
I miss the Justin Timberlake commercials....
every. freaking. inning.
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
You're watching MLB dot TV!
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
I think someone forgot his sarcasm sign
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
I just liked the part where he got hit in the head with the big screen TV...
I miss that
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
ok - in our continuing efforts at coming up with a "good luck charm" for each Cub batter...
..here’s my nominee for Sam Fuld.
Eva Green – such a nice girl…
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Me likey.
daver - March 5, 2009
She seems like a girl that loves her family...yep.
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Quick Hoff is up
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Quick!!! EA!!1
TheTruth11 - March 5, 2009
Paging EA, There is a Hoff at the front desk for you
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
Not in time...
TheTruth11 - March 5, 2009
Sad to say, with no picture of EA in time, Hoff is no longer "up"
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
WTF Micah?!?
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
someone needs to photoshop this
to her having a Hoff Jersey on
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
no...
someone needs to photoshop this to her having NOTHING on.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
I was trying to keep the PG13 going
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Missed it by that much!
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Sorry, I had to....
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Yummy
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
sigh
i like erin andrews and all, but really?
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
I know
sue369 - March 5, 2009
no disrespect intended, ladies...
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
I keep forgetting about equal air time... here ya go ladies...
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Why does that bother me that you have a picture of this type? LOL
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
He uses it for home security
Clutch16 - March 5, 2009
Ted Lilly is the new Chuck Norris
Nothing wrong with having Ted LIlly at the ready…
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
I'm not worried about equal time
its just sort of annoying to ALWAYS have to deal with pictures of ladies and collapse comments so that i can actually read the text because too many pictures really start to mess with my eye.
But, gotta love Ted. :-)
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Some of us don't have to deal with that
Stupid network security at work. 75% of all pictures don’t show up here.
chitownhawkeye - March 5, 2009
Thanks!
sue369 - March 5, 2009
Love the photo
but next time can we have another one instead ?
Doggie Stalker - March 5, 2009
I'll work on it. you like 'em cleaned up and in a suit like this?
or down and dirty action shots…
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
either or
sue369 - March 5, 2009
Kadokura
has a Jay Leno chin
Ken Lenoson?
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
The Brewers propositioned Brenly?
odd…
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
for what?
LAcarl519 - March 5, 2009
A hug.
TheTruth11 - March 5, 2009
(Their managerial job)
But the way Bob talked about it: “An interesting proposition,” made it sound like something a tad nore nefarious in nature.
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
+10
For using the word “nefarious” in a game thread.
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
what could be more "nefarious?"
would he have to wear the polish sausage outfit during the race each night?
LAcarl519 - March 5, 2009
The Chorizo outfit?
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
Waiting for the the
bratwurst comment in 3… 2….
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Josh Kroeger.....Cub Killer
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
The Josh Kroeger Show continues...
What is that, 5 RBI in two games?
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
Seriously.
(Yells at sky shaking fists) KRROOOEGGEEERRRRR!!!!!
TheTruth11 - March 5, 2009
That does it for me
see ya! Been putting off my chores, a good time to get’em done
BigJohnAZ - March 5, 2009
Have a good one.
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
Take it easy.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Bye
sue369 - March 5, 2009
Bye
have a good day!
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
where's the commitment???
:-)
LAcarl519 - March 5, 2009
take care
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
maybe it would have been wise
to have given the pitchers some ab’s in this game
brian custer - March 5, 2009
NO. We must know if our position players can hit ML pitching.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
i'm more worried about the
minor league pitching they might hit. i don’t want them to crush the spirits of the minor league pitchers.
gotta build the confidence.
laidbackliam - March 5, 2009
Barney with the double clutch...inning over
carmen_fanzone - March 5, 2009
Well,
it was good to hang out in a game thread again. Now we all just need to pull through 26 more ST games. sigh. :-P
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Only 26 more?
We can get through that.
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
White Sux trying to give this one away
LAcarl519 - March 5, 2009
we'll take it.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Theriot represents the tying run on-deck.
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
Grand Scrappy?
Cubbie-Tim - March 5, 2009
oooh....drama
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Bako making the pitcher work...
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Bako: what a tough out...when the hookers are waiting.
LAcarl519 - March 5, 2009
And Theriot comes to the dish as the tying run....
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
Cajun Power!
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Cajun Connection
My wife and I recently moved to Baton Rouge (she’s teaching at LSU). We are going to our first LSU baseball game of the season this Sunday (against the Fighting Illini), in the brand new Alex Box Stadium. I will do my duty and try and get a photo or two of some real live LSU girls to post for future Fontenot/Theriot boosts on the game threads!
Elia'sTirade - March 5, 2009
Scrappy Do?
Tangled Up In Blue - March 5, 2009
Theriot SF makes it 4-1
and Reed Johnson steps to the plate as the tying run.
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
Riot with a shot to the OF?
Pinch me.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Well, for him it was a shot.
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
where?
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
haha
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
B9
full count, 2 outs.
god i love baseball.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
4-3...still hope!
LAcarl519 - March 5, 2009
Reed Johnson with a 2-run single.
and it’s 4-3…
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
Why hasn't Lee got an AB today?
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
I think he stayed in Arizona
he played there yesterday.
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
LOL...I forget that their playing in LV.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
For $1,000,000 dollars.
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
It was split squad day yesterday
maybe he didn’t come on the trip?
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
correct - Lee, Bradley, Mills and one other semi-regular did not make the trip.
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Rob.net with a chance play the hero...
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
Rob.net at the plate! Scrappy Redux!
ballhawk - March 5, 2009
Methinks Robbie is swinging for the fences.
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
down goes the website...game over
LAcarl519 - March 5, 2009
Kroger finishes his cub killing
by catching the final out.
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
Who is the WS pitcher?
santoswoodenlegs - March 5, 2009
Logan Harrell, methinks.
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
That one doesn't have the distance
Kroeger squeezes it for the final out. 4-3 pale hose.
Bill Potter - March 5, 2009
good call and good night!
LAcarl519 - March 5, 2009
Well
at least the cubs made it interesting
Nooblet - March 5, 2009
some good things
to take away from this. it was a good scrimmage…
brian custer - March 5, 2009
good seeing everyone.
i’m outro. :-)
halfblindcubbiegirl - March 5, 2009
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