Bleed Cubbie Blue

Why thank you.

Do I get a cake with that ?

internet cake!

Perfect

All the fun and none of the calories.

did you bring enough for everyone?

How could you cut such a beautiful thing?

tucsoncubsfan - May 12, 2009 reply

My best friend's fiancee

is using one exactly like that for his grooms cake.

Damn that looks good.

Just for the record

My birthday is June 21 and I plan to be in the bleachers so you could always bring the real thing,

I got tix for that game as well

What a pitching matchup.

Harden vs. Peavy. It doesn’t get much better than that!

kanderber - May 12, 2009 reply

+1 classic baseball

KaliCub - May 12, 2009 reply

True

but thinking things like that usually means it end up as 9-8 game. :-P

with both starters out after 3

Lets get the bats going tonight.

Early and often!

goodstuff96 - May 12, 2009 reply

Only if Brian Roberts was somehow involved in this game tonight.

And Peavy can’t crab about his awesome outing that became a loss, because the Mets apparently don’t care about providing Santana with an ounce of run support in his starts. In fact, they prefer to commit errors when he’s starting. What a waste of two excellent pitchers.

Just look at this team. What a craptastic lineup and rotation, top to bottom. David Eckstein (OPS+ 90), please don’t do anything good tonight. You’re not even the scrappiest player on the field tonight, that belongs to our three-headed monster that is Miles-Riot-LBR. Any team that regularly starts Eckstein in the third hole (29 games thus far) makes me cry tears of pity. Brian Giles (OPS+ 24), you too, no shenanigans from you either.

1.21 whip

is still pretty darn good

Cubinator - May 12, 2009 reply

Posted by Shanghai earlier, per Gordo:

Lineup vs. Peavy: sori, riot, fuky, lee, milt, font, soto, miles, harden.

looking at this lineup ...

makes me realize how much Fukudome’s resurgence has meant to this team. Given all the injuries, where would we be if he was playing like he did in August/September.

Tip of the cap to Dome.

elgato - May 12, 2009 reply

+1

I believed he would bounce back after last year, but during the WBC I was gettin nervous. Now he’s been doing well and man where would we be without him? Under .500 for sure.

cubsfaninatl - May 12, 2009 reply

Its crunch time for Derrek Lee

Hoffpauir is putting on the pressure. I know lee was hurt and will get a couple games, but if he isn’t hitting I don’t see Lou keeping the cold bat out there.

Go grab some Ian's for me and then make your way down to Monday's and get a 7 & 7.

If I knew what any of that was...

Ill grab a beer and hate that I havent set up proper cable in the new apartment so I cant watch the cubs game :(

jkobus - May 12, 2009 reply

I thought you were in Madison, not ISU. My bad.

I've never been a fan of Ian's

but it you were struggling thru finals…. I’d go and pick some up for you. :)

GASP

YOU TRAITOR

my favorite drunk food was always gryos and fries

Link for you people in Chicago

Haha only a select few of us knew what that meant.

Although there is now an Ian’s Pizza in Wrigleyville. To all you non-Badgers, make sure you give it a try. Mac and Cheese, Steak and Fries, any crazy combo on pizza you could imagine. It’s a Madison staple. (and if you do go, make sure you get those 2 I suggested – they’re by far the most popular. All right now I’m getting hungry)

Schwa - May 12, 2009 reply

And I found this, for those of you who need to see this stuff to believe it:

Video

Schwa - May 12, 2009 reply

woo-hoo!

I love Monday’s…my favorite bar in the world.

Yeah one has to try to mac and cheese pizza

50 more hours

I just keep telling myself that

summer

Wait till you start working. There’es no more crunching for finals, but no more summers, either. After nearly 15 years of this, I think I’d rather have the finals.

danimal15 - May 12, 2009 reply

I don't

disagree.

no watching my sister and brother in law both having their finals this week

I am happy to be done w/ school

Crunch time for D. Lee maybe

Crunch time for Soto….Most definitely.

jkobus - May 12, 2009 reply

Soto.. sigh

I’m just going to ignore Soto for a while bc it’s really disappointing to me.

It's all my fault. I bought a Soto jersey in late September last year.

quick start buying Cardinal jerseys

you don’t have to wear them, just see if you can stop some of them from overachieving.

so am i :)

he’s like my favorite player. My boyfriend even understand that I have Geo love.

I still firmly believe he'll be okay.

Although he’s obviously struggling. :(

yep

me too

I wish I had your faith

Don't think so.

Lee was finally starting to hit a little before he went down with the stiff neck again… He will get all the time he needs, as Hoff is back-up, and needed as a pinch hitter, (his primary role on this team).

yep

I hope so

We really need DLee’s bat with Aramis out for two months.

JIMMY

TIMMY!

Well, there's one pre-game tradition out of the way.

Here's another...

Your sandwich is ready!

hahaha

More from Twittermyer:

cst_cubs Big Z (hammy) doing better, scheduled for Class A rehab start Sat or Sun. about 1 hour ago from txt

Just in case some of y’all haven’t seen it.

Good news

chitownhawkeye - May 12, 2009 reply

Would love to see an old fashioned pitchers duel myself.

mrcubsfan - May 12, 2009 reply

Not me...

I want lots of runs scored on our side of the scoreboard!

goodstuff96 - May 12, 2009 reply

I don't care

if it’s a pitcher’s duel, a mugging in a back alley, or the Pacific Offensive — all I want is a Cub’s win.

...which ends with Peavy leaving the game in the seventh...

…and the Cubs lighting up the Padres bullpen.

daver - May 12, 2009 reply

Pads' pen

As long as they don’t light up Heath Bell. He’s on my fantasy team!

danimal15 - May 12, 2009 reply

Daily Herald made a mistake in its 1969 Cubs photos

It says the photo of Selma leaping up by the bullpen was taken June 8, 1969. But according to Retrosheet.org, there was no Cubs game that day.

danimal15 - May 12, 2009 reply

PEAVY...

SIGN EM UP!

Jerry Mumphrey - May 12, 2009 reply

HA!

I lol'd. Recommending you off laughter.

beautifull!

eswan9 - May 12, 2009 reply

Wow.

I knew the bullpen was bad.

I didn’t know they were that bad.

salparadise23 - May 12, 2009 reply

Yeah same here

I'm not actually surprised by this

I cringe when most of them pitch.

same here

I only trust marmol to get out of his mess, and really that isn’t going to keep happening if the walks keep up

Exactly.

I feel the same way, any time I start to trust someone else they totally blow something in the 7th/8th/9th

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/may/11/padres-expectations-pale-cubs164954/

This wasn't worth wasting space on a fan shot

But, this tired old refrain passes as journalism for the nearly-dead-on-life-support San Diego Union-Tribune.

New owners cannot save them. They are done.

eswan9 - May 12, 2009 reply

As someone schooled at nearby Northwestern and formerly employed in the front office by both the Red Sox and Padres once said, a game at Fenway is like going to church, whereas a game at Wrigley is like going to an epic party.

This, I can get behind. :D

Well, it's the sameoldsameold

“….hey, it’s been 100 years since a World Series victory for the Cubs!!”

Oy vey. We know. Everybody knows. Find something else.

they can't...that would mean doing actual journalism.

With the sale of the U-T last week, and the nearly 100 dismissals

they now have a staff to rival the Pennysaver.

little harsh....

dissin pennysaver like that.

tootle - May 12, 2009 reply

he he

eswan9 - May 12, 2009 reply

they made the Prior

to Bartman connection too. Wasn’t that great?

I guess it was inevitable

since it’s the 40th anniversary of the 69 Cubs that articles will be written all year about it. But it still causes me pain. Less pain but pain none the less. I know we have discussed this plenty here at BCB but I do think the reason the ’69 are remembered so well (at least for me) is that the same players were on the team for years and I could name the players and their uniform numbers by heart. They finally were playing well and looked like it was actually going to be the year so the heartbreak was just incredible for a twelve year old to take. Like I said, it still hurts.

tucsoncubsfan - May 12, 2009 reply

+1

When does STL start playing real teams?

3 more against the Pirates.

You say this as we're about to begin a series against the Padres?

true

but come thursday night they will have had 8 of 13 this month against washington or pitt.

Not soon enough

Albert went yard Cards up 1-0 but Zuke is pitching so the Pirates have a decent chance to win,

but.... but....

they have gaudin, prior, gerut, giles & uncle cliffy.

tootle - May 12, 2009 reply

gah...

the reply button is my friend….
the reply button is my friend.

tootle - May 12, 2009 reply

I bet if peavy does good today everyone will be like "why didn't we get him"

Um...not to be rude...but most of us here know exactly why we didn't get him, and we won't ask even if he throws a perfect game.

I know that....but the for lack of a better term "stupid" fans still think he's the cy young pitcher he was a few years ago....i how ever am happy with the current team (with the exception of the injuries)

wat

the stupid fans think we need peavy

well, you said everyone.

make three fanposts about it

please i am begging you

no

my bad...if i could re write org. post i would take that out

We're cool. Just try to limit the uses of absolutes in your posts next time...

because using absolutes is always a bad idea.

We teach the kids to “AVOID ABSOLUTES” in test-taking strategies. I mean, did EVERYONE really think the world was flat? Nooooooooo.

applying some of your knowledge

proud of you :)

it is absolutely bad?

it's never good.

all of the time.

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

zm1217 - May 12, 2009 reply

unlike those Jedi...

who wouldn’t shut up about the “Dark Side” vs. “Light Side”… :)

CubsWin!Oregon - May 12, 2009 reply

I really have no idea what you're talking about.

the cy young pitcher he was a few years ago

That was 2007, not a long time ago. In 2008 Jake has a 2.85 ERA and an ERA+ of 134, and a WHIP of 1.180. Not his fault his team was completely horrible. He’s having a down year in 2009, but I’m not gonna freak out over his stats through 7 starts.

I'm skeptical of great pitchers from San Diego

I don’t have the stats in front of me, but I seem to recall that their park is pretty pitcher friendly…

the word "few" is subjective. to me 2 years is a few....what a few is to you may be different

Can we just get this game going already?

Seriously.

I’ve been killing time since 4:10 when I got home from school.

I've been killing time all day mending socks... exciting!!

ha

hee hee.

Yeah, I’ve been much less productive.

I'll send ya some socks...

Can they be Cubs socks?

sure.

filled with candy?

I don't care about candy.

But if they were cubs toe socks, that would rock. :P

as long as they aren't White Sux

or Red

dont mind the red sox

By the way, I realized that my final post last night in the hawks thread wishing the team goodluck was my 888th.

Yes, I take credit for the hawks winning :)

with Kane (88) getting a hat trick no less

exactly my point

like...this?

works for me

better be careful you are going to be accused of being sexist

Oh pshaw!

All I ask is for some equal time

Geo’s struggling so maybe a ted lilly?

rec'd

Take that away!!

I know ted lilly

and that is no ted lilly :)

that is Fred Lilly

I'm reporting you...

…for having a large junk (collection).

Grrrr.

EQUAL TIME!!!!!!!!! Key word EQUAL!

ohhh...sorry.

:)

Much better.

Thanks!

That's just wrong

where'd you get that pic of my girlfriend?

they're black sox actually...

really you can sew?

not a skill I have

Ever since I was a kid.

My step mom taught me, b/c she got tired of sewing all my merit badges on my BS uni…

I made Life Scout

and I still remember how to sew, but have not done so in a long time

Me too. Always wanted to make Eagle...

and give it to my grandpa. He was the second longest registered BS ever…

my GPA was Eagle as well

I remember bringing his BS BOok to meetings one MOmday, thing was old as hell.

So were you OA?

never got there

many trips I missed out on sadly. My favorite one was when we went to Eli, Minn and canoed the boundry waters, I would love to get a group together and do that again

You were a Life Scout, but not in the Order of the Arrow?

poor family growing up

couldnt afford many trips. I was able to make my merit badges and qualify by doing a lot of things locally.

makes sense...

I’m sure you would have been if you could have gone…

mom didnt work

dad was an alcoholic.

without my GPa working with me, I would have been lucky to make first class, or join at all. Also didnt help that I joined the summer of 8th grade, so I was compressed on time.

I miss those days

Did you ever do the winter camping up there?

chitownhawkeye - May 12, 2009 reply

thats my thought

I didn’t see much baseball saturday or sunday. I am going thru baseball withdrawl

Definite baseball withdrawal here too.

Gotta work nightshift tonight

Go Cubs! Fearless prediction: Ted Lilly pinch hit HR
Take care all

Cubsfanatic - May 12, 2009 reply

Of all the great things that have ever happened

That would be the greatest of them all.

Potentially very sad and ugly sight

Possibly very sad and ugly sight on tv tonight. Kerry pitching in an Indians uniform against the Sox.

Kerry is handsome and the Indians uniform isn’t bad but the combo still makes me want to throw up even though Kevin Gregg is growing on me.

And of course if I do notice the Indians are winning by less than 3 going into the 9th I will turn down the sound because Hawk harrelson makes me want to shoot myself in the head.

puckishcubsfan - May 12, 2009 reply

mute the tv

what up what up!!!

glad the off day is over, made a desktop to share, but dont know how to post if for everyone. anyone got any ideas?