Bleed Cubbie Blue

Go away

Ummm

Big money.

Hendry wanted to give him the opportunity to earn more money

Did I just take a time warp back 3 months.

Maybe now I can pay my taxes on time.

UGHHHH

because he wanted 10 mill a year. That’s too much for an injury ridden player

gizmo6d9 - April 25, 2009 reply

10 million reasons per year

JB 23 - April 25, 2009 reply

I love the quick responses to that

nice work guys

gizmo6d9 - April 25, 2009 reply

Wow.

he was more than pretty good

Must have been worried about the cost. Wasnt hurt. Pitching great for Cleveland. But, hey! We have Gregg!

And everybody here

wanted to get rid of Wood after the first three weeks.

You know for a fact I didn't, NBF

so I guess your version of “everybody” means most, right? lol

BigJohnAZ - April 25, 2009 reply

He was NOT worth $10 mill especially with the injuries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdgCajndgNw

good song

Do you really think Lou and Hendry were really satisfied that they had improved this team?

Didn't Lou say that this was the team he wanted...

because it gave him more versatility?

bluekoolaide - April 25, 2009 reply

of course they are

Miles is crushing the ball
Gameboard is playing everyday..
SOLID!!!

We might be witnessing the preamble to the "Ryne Sandberg era"

bluekoolaide - April 25, 2009 reply

I wish Ricketts is _not_ whenever he comes on board and I can hope it's sooner than later

Bullpen suckage! Gots to love it!

Take him out Lou

no way...leave that piss and in....take your medicine.

There's your medicine.....

GS

yep. I hope Patton enjoyed that.

just like a spoon full of sugar....

Welcome to the show David...

JB 23 - April 25, 2009 reply

Patton walk another one...bases loaded for Pujols.

Let's walk Rasmus!!!

YEAH!!!!!

enough of patton he needs to be sent down

bring up Omar Bradley

PAtton?

Can we just send two thirds of the team with him???

The nibbling isn't working Patton! And now you must look into the eyes of the beast...

Oh wait that would be Brian Barden against us apparently!

Remember - its still

April (he keeps saying to himself) its still April (tries to convince)…its still April (stomach knot)…its still April …its still April …its still April…(Pujols)

OMG!!!

Its STILL APRIL!

hahaha

exactly what was going through my brain

no pressure patton....

get him out

Loading them up for Pujols

Spectacular. Sets up one of the 6 this guy will hit into all year.

Pujols Grand Slam.

I hope Lee is taking notes

awesome

duboisdm - April 25, 2009 reply

PISSSSSSSSSSSS

Grand Slam

anyone surprised?

Not at all

shit

Must be serious...

Sue rarely cusses!

you just

haven’t been around much.

and a grand slam. I'm shocked.

Monster Blast..Damn

Another GIGANTIC kick to the nads.....

That is going to make things difficult

no way, our offense is going to coma alive

spelling error on purpose!

our offense is going to coma, alright

wow. there are no words...

Back to the NFL draft

LOL!

Bears don’t even have one til tomorrow. HAHAHA!

Open a beer – or have a nice glass of wine

I'm not a Bears fan...lol

Wow.

This is what a wasted afternoon feels like.

Cant take anymore of this. Time for a drink!

brianf7408 - April 25, 2009 reply

Patton has SO much upside

I hope Gaudin leads the Pads to the world series.

Gaudin couldn't get anybody out

I agree

Anyway...how long till the Bears go to camp?

bluekoolaide - April 25, 2009 reply

Geez

Has the ball even landed yet? that was a bomb

ambrosiadreams - April 25, 2009 reply

what the hell

david patton will be sent down tomorrow. and lou will explode later today

can't be sent down...

but I don’t doubt he’ll be sent back to Colorado soon

Patton

cannot be sent down due to Rule 5. Lou will explode though!

ambrosiadreams - April 25, 2009 reply

OMFG

I don't know about you all..but I am not saddened with that GS

The way we have been swinging our bats..it just doesn’t matter

First pitch fastballs over the heart of the plate are like lunch to him

home runs happen

walks will kill you

agreed

Walks have been the bane of our bullpen the last 2 years. I’ve said it before, they try to paint the corners, fail to do so, and try again (only to fail again). Aggravating.

and scoring 1 run is not going help you win many ball games

except for last night.

glad I just got home to hear the Poo-holes at bat...ugh.

…it’s only a game (to the team in first).

Go Blackhawks!!

what time are they playing tonight?

Poo-holes should stick poo in his hole

wow, that's original

that's clever and original

How's 6th grade going this year?

You can't script this crappy stuff better can you?

I hope something changes about this team soon……we are showing every weakness today on national TV…….and there are enough to make me doubt a little……this is not gonna be an easy season….not at all…..

with MLB blackout it's a far cry from "national" tv

True....glad some of you don't have to witness this....

Where are Wuertz and Eyre when we need them

Doggie Stalker - April 25, 2009 reply

You're joking, right?

Wuertz was good

Eyre, not as much

Wuertz, the master

of the 55-foot curve ball? Everybody here hated him. Y’all got your wish.

Thank you

Not everyone here hated him...

but he did have his share of haters.

Dude was okay. Not great, not terrible.

I'd agree with that

Not awful, not great. But a lot of people wanted him shipped out, too.

Agreed

Nope

Both are doing very well this season Wuertz was so so but so so looks good now, Eyre was excellent then he slumped and ended up in the dog house while Howry continued to give up gopher balls. Lou is dreadful at managing pitchers, some times he lucks out
and it sort of takes care of itself but this year it is blowing up. We released a guy who was given no chance and still never gave up a run and got to eat 4 million. The only lefty we have can’t throw a strike over the plate.

Doggie Stalker - April 25, 2009 reply

You're right Sue

I should have gone back to sleep

yep

I think Ron

is actually wishing he was a Cardinal fan right now

duboisdm - April 25, 2009 reply

Fuck you

Jim Hendry!

woah easy man

i agree fuck you hendry

Jim Hendry didn't get picked off first.

…the GS was given up to the best hitter in the game.

we are under-manned right now. no reason for f-bombs. it is only a game.

This

Dont be testy now

Come on.

We have exactly 3 players who are hitting the ball. 3.

+1

Does anyone get the feeling that based on the successes of last year, that this year wouldn’t be as good, but close, and now we’re all just a bunch of suckers? I was going to do a Fanpost on this, but I was curious to see what some of you thought.

So thats how you get 4 runs with 2 hits.

Hopefully we bounce back tomorrow...

and salvage a game in this series. I don’t have high hopes for the rest of today’s game.

with this lineup I don't have a hope for salvation

Loosing Ramirez and Bradley at the same time and not having bonafide backups?

Well

Bye.

the only acceptable type of ledgejumper..

Heh...I'd actally follow her right now.

what do you think the guys on the field think

watching Patton suck so bad, then serve up a grand salami?

I wish this

was still 2008

duboisdm - April 25, 2009 reply

They think......

Thats what you are supposed to do when the bases are loaded?

considering that can't score any freakin runs, they have no reason to bitch

good point

what did patton think watch all the so called superstars combine to hit 1 run in 7 innings against freackin boggs

I bet they're wondering why Patton didn't hit Ludwick

Would’ve been a great example of life imitating art:

Pepper Leach: [Vaughn has just given up a grand slam after walking three straight batters] You want me to go get him?
Lou Brown: No, keep him in. Let’s see how he reacts.
Lou Brown: [Vaughn hits the next batter] Interesting.

ballhawk - April 25, 2009 reply

Molina grounds out to end the fun.

7-1 cards.

I'm getting ready to leave for the UC, watching the game

and what was that BP pitch thrown to Albert? Wow…!

Guess that’s one way to get the kid to learn. Yikes!

Have fun on the thread everyone, I’m going to see the BLACKHAWKS !

blackhawk24 - April 25, 2009 reply

Hope they

win tonight.

dinner will taste extra good this evening

horace tarbox - April 25, 2009 reply

I'm happy for you.

so will mine

There is no way the Cards will stay this hot all year and probably...

we won’t be this bad all year either….just trying to remember that…..

that's true..but like someone said with this roster we are accepting a very very high risk..

Watch this.

Leadoff, no one on…….

surprised they didn't throw

3 sliders in the dirt, it would be an easy out.

Same shit different at bat

He will lead off once again

tomorrow!!!

its only a day away

nl central race will be over by may 15

horace tarbox - April 25, 2009 reply

You are a nut job

Care to make a wager on that?

nothing's over until the cubs say it's over

+1

A brain stem checks in

Right on cue.

heh. and absolutely true.

come back to talk about this on sep 15..we will see..

I'm gonna assume D-Lee is going to K, flyout, or groundout

flyout!

what a freaking shock

wrong

popout

yes

Lee pops up.

2 out.

another weak popup by DPLee

no surprise there.

We seem to be in playoff form right now.

Ha

I like that.

kofspades - April 25, 2009 reply

This is good

So we should REALLY be kicking ass by the end of the season, right?

hee! sob.

I see what

you did there.

what inning are we in?

Top 8th

cubs ftw - April 25, 2009 reply

thanks

I don't even care right now...

The one where the pain continues

wise guys ;-)

no, wise men.

With how bad my head hurts

I have to try to stay humorous. It’s the only thing that helps. That and a sleeve of crackers.

top 8th

does it matter?

8th

Fonty singles.

the only guys that decided to show up today were Fukudome and Marshall

the rest could have stayed at their hotel

reid and fonty have been solid, too

smash! - April 25, 2009 reply

I wish they had...

a forfeit would have been less painful

At this point

This is where I hit pause, and then sim the rest, because I can’t stand to play through a losing effort.

yeah fonty's having a nice game

Putting Soriano in the #3 spot was a mistake..

He was hitting well and was reasonably patient for his standards and then Lou messes with the lead off spot.

Moving Lee down was the right move. Hell, give Lee some rest and put Hoff at 1B. Lee is clueless right now.

Soriano needs to go back

to the leadoff spot.

totally agree

the sooner the better

He led off the last inning.

LOL

Indeed. But every time he moves out of leadoff, it doesn’t work out. Why mess with success?

Completely agree.

And of all places to put that guy, 3 is not it. 5, 6, but not 3 or 4

Johnson Kaye's

now there's talent...but could he lay off a slider?

TWSS

If Patton is DFA'd

who do they bring up?

Ascanio?

Hart?

anybody but Hart

HE SUCKS (refer to my many postings over last summer regarding how much I have negative ambivalence towards him)

+22

Any number of guys...

perhaps Hart, Ascanio, or Waddell

He's not going anywhere..

i think you're right

and he shouldn’t. Cotts needs to go first

Patton's going to be the mop up guy all year...

..not sure what he was doing in there today.

creating his own mop up.

Well, yeah...lol

He wanted to make sure he pitched another inning…

+1..I like Patton

The anorexic offense is putting too much pressure on our pitching and more so on a rookie pitcher. Patton is no Mo but he is no 2008 Howry either..

Pat Hughes

“offense is absolutely flatter than a pancake”

This down time will be good for Aramis

He’ll have time to bate

Hmmm

Will the post game presser be on gameday audio?

it will all get bleeped either way

I don't think so... could be wrong

Patton still in to pitch the bottom of the 8th

Our C, 1B, RF, 2B cannot hit their weight

There is nothing that a HOT/COLD LF, an achy 3B, and a singles hitting SS and CF can do to help this crap. They look deflated, and until one of the guys who are scrambling for hits, starts to hit, nothing will change.

alright

i’m done with this game. Enjoy the rest of your Saturday everybody

you're not the boss of me.

bye

Duncan K's swinging.

1 out.

Imagine.

If Bradley and Ramirez were in the lineup, and on their “A” game. (And we had Derosa)

Cubbiegoon - April 25, 2009 reply

None of those things are happening for a while.

Yeah

Imagine if I had a million dollars, that would be so rad. It would be like owning a Power Glove.

Imagine a world of never ending happiness...you could always see the sun...day or night...

and Soriano hadn't swung at 3 straight balls, and caught Greene's flyball, and hit the cutoff man....

No ... more ... DeRosa ... please ...

Make … it … stop …

+1 and no more Wood also pleaseee

TWSS

Greene singles.

Theriot with another useless dive...WTF.

but he's scrappy ;-)

scrappy with a bum ankle now...

so is he super scrappy now?

Diving...it's what he does.

just like he gets caught stealing...

Patton now overthrowing his breaking pitches

Patton walks another.

How many hits on 0 - 2 counts do the Cards have today?

Greene’s double was 0-2, Bardens 2 RBI hit was 0 – 2

Illinois' Vontae Davis to the Dolphins...

No wonder Geo and Lee have been uptight at the plate

They haven’t been bating lately.

Oh, hey, you know what's awesome?

what?

Skittles

Reeces Pieces even better

This is true

You know, I found a Reese’s peanut butter bunny before Easter, and I really wanted to get to see if it was like a gigantic peanut butter cup. I passed up on it, and never found it again.

I bet it

would have been.

You should never pass up opportunities like that in life.

This.

or that

hahaha

that is awesome!

Mmmmm....pass the jelly

0-2 on Thurston and he singles to right.

and yet another run for the cards

I don't think the Cubs have scored 8

runs this year in a game. Maybe at Milw.?

maybe on the club house XBox/PS3/PSP

Neal Cotts warming up.

Oh, this should be good.....

Thanks God

Yeah cause hes been clutch this year

whoopee

Insert stupid photo

for Cotts…

Comcast turtle

Ryan out 1-3

2 out.

That is another 0 -2 hit, run scoring hit.

Fascinating.

Pat is comparing this game to eating a really sour peanut.

That's the worst

Almost as bad as a bad pistaccio

pat and ron

talking about eating peanuts

not much else to talk about...dangit

The cubs have been sucking nuts as of late too

Cotts walks the first batter on 4 pitches. Bases loaded

stop making stuff up.

I sit corrected

I am not ledge jumping I am simply asking a question. (OK NBF?)

If the Cubs are .500 or less at the break, would the Cubs take the ax to Lou? Would it matter where we were in the pennant race, or with 140 million spent, would it matter?