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Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Marlins, Sunday 5/3, 1:20 CT

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Guzman flies out...inning over
1-2-3 inning, onto the seventh!
that picture looks like some major thumb wrestling going on

btwn Gregg and theRiot

so if Z misses a start

Guzman steps in? I would really like to see him start a game

Shark
hmmmm

I guess that would be fun to see, too.

or it could be Heilman

there are three guys in the pen who could conceivably take that role

or pending the schedule which I dont ahve in front of me

a skipped start and no one needing to step in (off days?)

No off days for a week

Z is due to pitch again Friday in Milwaukee.

Heilman's too valuable in the pen right now
Gooze isn't a starter anymore

Atkins maybe for teh callup?

that's what I had in mind.
Hopefully its not necessary though

:-)

Heilman sits down, Guzman back out
112 pitches for Nolasco now.

Doesn’t have a long future the rest of the game.

Emelie, FYI there is a new name to Riot and Font collectively

LSU

Little Sluggers University.

No truth to the rumors Zambrano will have leg shortening surgery to be allowed entry to this exclusive club.

when they were hitting back to back in the lineup

I suggested Cajun Alley as their nickname!

I still like Keelber Elves
LOL! LSU... I like
Maddux in the booth...with Len and Bob
yay!

I love that man. He is truly an artist

Nice quote

Maddux to his son: “Don’t sacrifice stuff for location.”

I watch quite a bit of baseball, and I have to say

I really think the Cubs have THE hottest fans in the game

"start playing again"

hey we are down a pitcher, why not!?!?!

Bob & Len are interviewing our future pitching coach
hah how about Sandberg managing with Maddux pitch coaching

with Henry Blanco as our Bench coach

that would be awesome!
Dare to dream
I am a life long Cub fan

delusion comes naturally

i like the way you think
we should only

be so lucky.

Love that fancam. Love me my Maddox too.

Is Doggie Stalker in the booth there with Maddox?

she's climbing

up the outside of the booth, trying to get in.

Fly out to Fonzie, 1 down
Greg on his son throwing the first pitch wide:

“I always tell him, don’t sacrifice stuff for location.”

4-3, 2 down.....
Think Gooze has settled in a bit.

Good to see!

Good for my fantasy team!
you have Angel Guzman on your fantasy team?
I am in

a 20 team keeper league with 30 man rosters. I just added Jeff Weaver as a free agent. I have Bill Bray, Dayan Viciedo, and Brandon Wood on my bench. Believe me, Gooz is not nearly the worst player on my team…

Jeff Weaver?

I didn’t know he was still in MLB.

Apparently

He just became a starter for LA

Angels or Dodgers?
Guess both are hard up for starters due to injuries.
he's playing

for BOTH?

Dodgers
This is why I think the Dodgers are playing over their head.

They may be good, but not THIS good.

How good do you need to be to win that division though?
my guess

better than the other three

He's replacing

a starter who has an 8.16 ERA thus far. No idea if it’ll be a permanent thing but, I just had to DL Santiago Casilla and he was literally the best option on the FA list….

i could listen to maddux talk all freaking day

he’s one of the smartest baseball men there ever was.

+1
If he hadn't gone into baseball

I suspect he would have really become a professor.

of fart jokes maybe.

He’s silly.

Hopefully, we'll see more of him now that he's retired.
Good inning GUZ!!!!!
Great inning from Guzman
HOP!

Soriano is taking better and better routes to the ball. He’s visibly improving as a fielder.

And Guzman. WOW. EXCELLENT inning.

Maybe he needs an inning of work before he's laser-focused on
maybe

he did pretty well after those two walks.

Fergie singing TMOTTB, Maddux moving his lips...
Love those guys. Glad they were Cubbies.
good work Guzman, hopefully those walks were a fluke
fergie's got some pacing problems

get that man a metronome!

didn't he hear that song

practically every day? LOL

Funny, how looking down at all the fans changes things!
Fergie not that bad singing it
Fergie kind of hogged the mike there
maddux wanted nothing to do with it
Madd sings modestly
Maddux just flashed this fabulous grin

He’s happy to be at Wrigley you can tell… but he has no desire to sing!

LOL

Thank God he pitched better than he sings
Fergie did a GREAT job. Nice & slow.

…as usual, a complete game.

Kiko Calero in for the Fish....
Cmon

Sori. Let’s get some insurance.

any insurance runs will be brought to you by GEICO

it’s bad I automatically think of that now.

15 minutes of a rally will save you a ballgame.
doubtage factor: zero.
ugly

what are you chasing sori?

low and away, son

low and away.

especially when he looked so patient early in the at-bat
he is feelign pressure from Theriot
Thats Fonz

a couple ugly ABs in a row and then he’ll smack a bomb and you’ll forget all about it… :-)

Truely one of the most

head scratching players in all of MLB.

Fonzie waves at one....K
fergie loves talking

…about fishing.

Theriot just got screwed
and then the ump stares Theriot down all the way to the dugout

not a great performance today by this ump

Good grief, ask for help, Blue.
Even if you have the call right

take the appeal down the line. Sheesh.

THAT SUCKS, BLUE!

ask the first base ump! Cmon!

Riot K's on a bad call by plate ump
dang. gotta go to store. cat pooped rug.

Cubs for the win! Be good boys and girls

that's a big cat

if it can poop an entire rug. Is that braided, or persian?

Not a good visual.
pooped a whole rug? Damn.
oh that one he appeals to 3rd huh?
See

NOW you ask for help. Bullshit.

Calero engendered some pretty ugly swings that inning
Keep shutting their bats down

and your bats don’t matter. Just win the game.

And catch the ball.

That’d help too. :-P

Marmol in

gulp

Marmol in
and immediately runs it 3-0
way to stay positive for an inning
how is that either positive or negative

I said he’s in, and he went 3-0. Neither of those things are anything other than fact

some of you people are so over sensitive it's hilarious
Relax Mr Sensitivity
you are so right......childish behavior abounds here
well

technically, you’re right, but…

Welcome to CubWorld !
Oh Carlos.......come on
I am not sure that he is 100 percent right
Baker hits it out.....
yikes...

Baker HR

and it's gone.

HR Baker. 6-4 Cubs. Throw it back!

He did immediately...

…something that would get you tossed in Nats Park.

really?

throwing the ball back onto the field gets you thrown out?

Yes...

At least when players are running the bases. It happened at one game last year and the whole stadium booed when security escorted the guy out.

wow.

that sucks.

Yet another example...

of the Lerners sucking, which is probably why Bud sold them the franchise.

And they wonder why no one comes to the games.
Every time I'm in Nats stadium (and I'll be there again soon)

No one is watching the game, the kids are in the video arcade, most of the adults are drinking in the bar in the outfield, and only the players know what the score is.

I don't think I'd watch the Nats play either, they're that bad.
Especially at the prices they charge for tickets.
yuck, 6-4 now
wow what? Vague post of the year!
Can we bring Gooz back out?
Cmon Carlos

shut ’em down, now.

There's a strike.
Doesn't get any easier, Carlos.....get these guys
1-2 on HanRam
Plesac did a good job of breaking down

Marmol on the MLB Network.

and he said........?
what was he saying?
He was talking about his outing on Friday.

Marmol walked the first 2 batters, then got the next 3 out.

Even though he got the 3 outs, he was still missing his location.

Hope the bullpen doesn't piss this win for Z away
Now the ump checks down to first......frack
Sure, now everything gets appealed.
technically, Riot's bitching worked then.
unfortunately, yes it did.
huh

check swing. Just like Ryan Theriot.

Marmol

walks Ramirez.

damnit Carlos
Walk to Ramirez....Ugh.
meh, this bullpen is just so frigging frustrating..
Ouch.....Cub killer coming up
that great bullpen you werent worried about going to when zambrano pulls a hammy bunting for a basehit
they're fine.

quit your bitching.

you again! ughhh
Funny, how he popped up again when Marmol got into a jam?
sorry, happen to disagree with you in most cases
RJ,

like I said, I love your name. But your posts are another thing.

Not getting any of the close calls. This home plate ump is annoying me.
Not that close

You gotta throw strikes to get the “close” calls.

it's a very tight

strikezone.

Let's get 2.....
He should have had another day off.

Heilman was getting ready earlier and he has looked great lately

Lou still

relys on his workhorses.

if "lately" you mean "yesterday", yes
Yeah, he didn't

look so great Thursday night.

I still think

that was because he was up and down and up and down.

too easy.....
I think you're right

Up-down, up-down not so good. Particularly in a game the Cubs should have won in the ninth, anyway.

lots of appeals!
OH, COME ON, BLUE!
Hell, another appeal?

Is this guy trying out for the soon to be open Supreme Court slot?

Looking like the usual Marmol again

struggles when he enters, but is able to pull himself together

at least I have a feeling he's pulling himself together
STRIKE THREE!

Canut “Cub Killer” goes down swinging.

Cantu even!

Can Canute Cantu? No, Canute Cantu Can't!
Canut / Cantu

same difference, right?

Whew dodged a bullet
there you go marmol
Double play ball would be nice....
Pitcher's best friend!
well

at least that was called a strike.

Uggla pops out...2 down
Uggla pops out

to Fontenot! 2 down!

funny

my kid just said “Hey! he didn’t catch with both hands!”

Uggla pops it up

whew. Nice out in foul territory. Two outs.

2 down, come babe..
what on earth
...

Dude! Too easy!

TWSS?
set up?
like DLee with the bases loaded
glad to see Lee come through with men on base.............

it hasn’t happened too much this year

naah, its something my baseball coach use to always say

he didn’t know an “on” was in the phrase..

nice gas

96 to Hermida. Lots of movement too

SWING AND A MISS!

Three outs!

Steek!

Hermida k’s on a vintage 2008 slider

Good inning to get Marmol back on track!
Ugly but they only got one
Sean Marshall

is unravelling a baseball.

He broke it and now wants to see what's inside?
Bob says

he wants to get to the chewy chocolate center.

there is a Moses Malone doll in the middle?
I guess...

he’s trying to look intimidating in his own way?

Maybe he's going to knit something?
at least he didnt blow it up

for publicity

Ooo!

I would like a woolen sweater for Early April night games and (hopefully) late October games period.

Can you just see Marshall sitting in the dugout knitting?
actually

yes.

It's his new hobby

right along with darning socks

Better than

Sean Marshall unraveling because of baseball.

Like Rich Hill...
Good

He can tell us, once and for all, if the ball is juiced.

Gregg is up

in the pen.

gonna be an interesting 9th
He'll face

Cody Ross, Ross Gload and a pinch hitter.

hopefully he'll be able to handle their bottom of the order
hopefully?

o.0

give up drew

he is a negative nancy about everything it seems

only on this board can HOPING someone does a good job

be construed as negative

the tone is negative too often from you tho
you project a tone

not my fault

again childish behavior...........

ignore them

how about

you expect your closer to, you know, close?

Gregg is NOT a bad pitcher.

Or at least root for a good outcome instead of predicting doom and gloom.
how exactly is saying "I hope he can handle the bottom of the order"

predicting doom and gloom? Do some of you have reading comprehension problems?

Guess you just don't get it.
you're absolutely right

the way that some of you look for a reason to bitch at other posters, simply because they don’t state something the only way you’ll accept as “rooting for the team” ALWAYS confuses the hell out of me.

If I say something negative? Fine, rip me apart, I still won’t care, but I at least get that. Get pissy because I said I hope he does well, as opposed to I know he’ll do well? Yeah that’s nonsensical

and by the way, feel free to just ignore my comments if they bother you that much
he's also not overpowering

you bristle because I don’t say exactly what you want me to say. Gregg has been incredibly up and down this year. It’s not unheard of for him to struggle. Therefore I hope he can do his job.

I would hope so.

Getting the first batter would go a long way

Ah Sean Marshall...

Part of my trusty pitching staff of John Danks, Josh Johnson, Nolasco, Lohse, Moyer, Shairon Martis, and now Jeff Weaver…

um...

I seeeee…

I know it kind of

drops off a cliff doesn’t it?

You've got some decent talent there

even in a 20 team league, you say?

20 team

30 man rosters, yes

I don't like leagues with so many teams.

I think 12 is the right number of teams.

It definitely makes it more interesting

I don’t think I have any other league where I’m actually happy owning minor leaguers

other leagues?

how do you keep track?

I'm in 4 other leagues

1 other H2H league (the big one is H2H) and 3 roto leagues.

And

I really only hardcore pay attention to 3 of the leagues, the other two are pretty small (8 teams) and on auto-pilot.

Yeah, Johnson, Danks and Nolasco...

are pretty solid for you. Marshall too. After that, meh, you take what you get.

Danks and Nolasco

Were my SP keepers. I had KRod as an RP keeper. The others were drafts or FA / waiver acquisitions. I also have Capps, Ziegler, Gooz, Perry, Casilla, and Braden

Love to see MB

take one deep

Nope

just a bunch of boos from the crowd

Milton

swings right throught it. Ouch.

Pitching change
Milton Bradley K's and I think I heard a smattering of boos.

2009: 40 AB, with a BA: .116

he'll get better.
with an OBP above 300 still

that is the part people leave out while bashing MB

Something tells me,

some pitcher’s gonna pay when Milton gets hot, hopefully soon.

he's got no where else to go.

That’s the plus-side to these slow starts and decent play – the middle of the order still hasn’t taken off (though Lee looks like he’s turning the corner).

Soto

is improving too. No way Milton Bradley hits .116 for the season.

I will walk to Chicago

If Bradley hits .116 for the season (*unless he gets hurt tomorrow, knock on wood)

Do you live in Wilmette? :-)
Nope.

a little further than Wilmette.

Lindstrom pitching

to Fonty.

Lindstrom

100 on the gun

a WHIP of about 2
Fonty with the IF single
the Font with a single!
Honestly, what is wrong with GB?

Does anyone know? He cant seem to make contact half the time. I thought he was an on base machine of sorts.

just off to a slow start

and he may be pressing a bit at this point. He’ll come around.

He seems to be pressing,

which is common among players when they join a new team. He’ll come around.

I'm fairly certain that by admitting that Bradley's play hasn't been perfect, you're rooting against him

just using your logic

Fonty steals 2nd
Font-not swipes one
so let me get this straight

Font is stealing bases and playing scrappy
Riot is hitting homers

did someone switch their bodies?

*cough*3rd inning!*cough*
Sotooooo...

warning track power

awwwwwwwwwww...Geo just misses one
SOTO

OOOOH…. caught right on the warning track. Wow.

DAMNIT!

Soto yet again has warning track power…

Again!

I thought that one was gone too!!

So close yet so far

one of these days GS will break through

as will Bradley
Dear Kevin Gregg....

a 1-2-3 inning would be nice on my heart. Just sayin’

your heart

I am worried about Lou having a nervous breakdown this season

I hear ya...

…and it’s still early. LOL.

Gathright in center

Fuku in right

Joey G in at CF, Kosuke to RF
Is Lou finally learning how to use his defense?

Gathwright in CF and Dome over to right? Again?

I'm calling Gathright "cable" from now on
cable?
car-jumper
Oh...I was ready to make a Comcrap comment.
iiiit's Commmcraptic!
what does that have to do with cable?
what do you normally jump dead car batteries with?
wow

i was really not going there at all

Jumper cables are used to jump car batteries

and that’s all they’re good for.

Hence jumping cars is all Gathright is good for.

Got it.

I was just not being that literal at all. :-P

.me shrugs

I dont have to be mystical or funny all the time :)

another car
Ah yes...

The old “telepathic battery jump” trick…

jeez

Make me start missing Don Adams again, why dontcha

until proven otherwise, he is Gathwrong to me
eh, what is Marshall trying to prove?
he's bored?
Maddux would have been studying the hitters on the other team.
And if Marshall gets a start...

In Davie later this year, he’ll have wished he’d done that.

actually kind of makes me wanna rip open a baseball
did they show the inside of the red rubber ball?

I’ve never cut one of those open!

You dont want to know.

The inside of that is a doorway to a parallel universe.

I think its worth it

May need to get a hold of a baseball…

it's possible

he was doing both.

That was a strike....dammit ump
FWIW, Gameday had it just off the corner
Nice play, Aaron Miles!!!! 1 down
good play by Miles
Aaron Miles - nice defense.
Good looking play by Miles

Derosa… who?

Miles' goatee looks different...
goatees are SO ten years ago....
Riot would've double clutched
and still got him
from 2b maybe

not from the hole in SS.

we'll never know
pity I won't be able to bring out my Bill Murray pic for this series...

I need to soon…

3 outta 4 ain't bad

hard to sweep a 4 gamer… unless we’re in Mil.

Looks like Gregg

is doing perfectly fine.

Gah!

Knock on wood!

much as I hoped he would
bo - you are only allowed to drink cool aide here
Fell free to leave.
nope here all season deal with it - was here ly too and the year before
poor baby...

Cubs winning ruining your day?

i love the cubs.. i find it a tad rediculous that you say anything critical of the cubs and you get hated on

you can be critical

without being a jerk.

Well. In theory anyway. Care to ever put it in practice?

that calling z's play a bone head play that can cost us a game or games is being a jerk?
the followup comment about the bullpen was...

drink the koolaid brother! It’s not all doom and gloom.

drewishid said there is nothing wrong with the pen

which if you have watched this season… a rational person would disagree

my point is valid – Z’s getting hurt, gets us to the pen faster, which puts wins in jeopardy and thus our division,and playoff chances

Steve Stone.............

doesn’t call Cub’s games anymore because he “called it like it is” That’s how you’re treated here if you do the same………you’re accused of being anti-Cub.

agreed, rather put head in sand and wait til next year
the pen is fine.

they’re not great, but they’re working out the kinks. They did FINE today, and you know it.

today's win

was never in jeapordy.

Alec Trebeck missed a question?
Rooting against the Cubs on a Cub site isn't the best way to make friends.
who is rooting against the cubs - please point out the post that does that
It's bizarro world in cowsarecool land
Popped out to Sori

TWO OUTS!

Fonzie with the big hop and out...2 down
Lou looks red-faced and that isn't sunburn

these 3-2 counts eat him up

gin blossom ftw
one more, lets end this
Wes Helms to pinch hit
Base hit, Helms
basehit

pulled into left.

There goes the perfect save
Benefacio is trying to bunt?
Fukudome!

Cubs Win!

Damnit

I guess it ain’t over till the fat lady sings.

I don't know...

…I think Dome looks quite spry out there in RF. He could hardly be described as “fat.” Or, for that matter, a lady.

or Steve Goodman?
Is the radar broken?

Or has Gregg always thrown in the mid 90s?

GREAT CATCH!
DIVING CATCH DOME!

CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!!!!!

Nice work by the bullpen today!

Now that's a way to end it!
Kosuke FTW!!

CUBS WIN!! Time to sing!

Kosuke with the catch!!!! Cubs win!!!

mmmmmmmmmmmmm
Dome saves Gregg and saves the day for Maddox and Fergie!
KOSUKE!

TWO GREAT CATCHES!

LOL

Miles/Fontenot/Theriot all look like 8 year olds next to Derrek.

Derrek Lee has

Three in a row!
Cubs win after committing an error. That streak ends.

Theres my guy!!
They should retire Milton's number!
yeah

but for someone else though..

3 in a row! Great game, Cubbies.

See ya all later!

Good game Cubs

lets keep this streak rollin.

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