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Overflow Thread 3: Cubs vs. Indians, Saturday 6/20, 12:05 CT

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8th and 9th

these are our innings

tanks for the jump.
NP

Gonna hit the head?

haha, should I?
Nah - we don't need a rally

Just a line drive to RF

I tried it for Miles, but not even that could help him.
BASE HIT DOME!
If we don't get a run

do we pitch Patton in the ninth?

I would put Gregg

in again

kosuke

2 hits today. Good to see.

Hope he's breaking out of the slump
almost had that HR yesterday
Dome with a slap single!
thanks for the jump

and wow is it nice to see Kosuke hitting the ball hard

Dome has a couple of nice hits today.
do you bunt here

to get to Miles and Blanco??

Hill to the plate
Bunt

Dome to second, Hill out at first. One out, runner at second.

Blanco, then Miles.

YAY successful bunts! :)
Heya all!

Just got here! Go Cubs!

bring us the winning run please.
I will do my bestest.
hey sl

gald to see you here.

be a hero blanco and/or miles

or do we see Jake

maybe that's

why Miles went to third? :D

alright come on Blanco!
Hill knows how to bunt!

I think we’re up to 5 guys on the roster that do.

Nice bunt.

Good job Koyie.

Andy Blanco!!!

man

it looks nice at Wrigley today

Punch a base hit, Blanco!
Gregg up in the pen.

hah great, aaron miles after blanco

come on

Andy

Blanco

pops it up in foul territory. Shoppick(?) makes the catch. Two outs.

Shoppach :)

That’s what you get for slacking on yesterday’s PbP :P

heh

too much going on. Got little baseball watching in at all.

Is it possible that Von Joshua is already making a difference?

It seems unlikely in such a short amount of time, but successful bunts, opposite field hits, etc, etc. You can time the offensive reurgence with his arrival.

you got a point.
Whether it's Joshua or not

I think the shake up did something attitude wise.

Worthless at bat.

Isn’t that the second time today he’s failed in that situation?

yep

but he did have that basehit yesterday.

well.....on to the 9th
Who's taller, Aaron Miles or Paul Sullivan?
Miles? ugh!
anything is possible
Ugh

No confidence in Blanco whatsoever.
I’d rather have Scales back up.

He came thru big yesterday
Yeah, he did

but even that was a broken bat flare.
He seldom hits line drives.

we need a glove on the bench

unless you wan to see Miles attempt to play SS

I'd keep blanco in for his glove and ability to bunt

It’s the blanco followed by miles thing that freaks me out

I hate Aaron Miles so much
I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict a Miles basehit
I will book you for the padded cell room...

three night stay

LOL. I deserved that!
Aaron Miles

effing owes us a big hit!

raincheck
haha

I’m saving that one.

1-1 on Miles

low. 2-1.

Miles

If he knocks Dome in, do you like him?

I will, as long as we win. And only til tomorrow :)

moot point.
Ha

got me by a split second

As the "Jump to Conclusions Mat" says:

MOOT!

whos up after erin inches

Top of the order
grounder up the middle

to the shortstop. Miles out at first. Three outs.

Aaron Miles

should be UNEMPLOYED

Of course he fails.

How in the hell does Aaron Miles have a job?

no clue but he shouldnt
$3.5 mill for 2 yrs

Thanks, Hendry!

damn..hit hard but they had him played perfectly

breaking news: miles still sucks

This just in:

Aaron Miles blows

youre watching the same news as me!

Oh, for a real second baseman....
I really wanted to get Brian Roberts a few years back
Orlando Hudson would sure look good about now
We have 1 and he playes short
Oh Aaron Miles

never change.

everytime lou puts miles on the field, i die a little on the inside

Miles killed it as a Cardinal last year

Got someone to throw some money at him, and now he’s coasting.

His shoulder is shelled... He's done.
We

should just lay a bat in the batter’s box instead of sending miles up there.

Heilman

still in. Egad.

How many innings/pitches?
1 / 31
yikes.
Yeah, don't know why Guz isn't in there.
shoulder problems?
I think they said

he has a sore arm but I might not have heard that right either.

he walked

three guys last inning. He’s got to be up above 30.

Three Up Three Down Heileman ! ! !

heilman still on

o no

Heilman is back
Why is Heilman pitching the ninth?

I thought Gregg was up in the pen?

No clue but I dont like the move
For the record I don't like it either.
Because the game is tied?

And Lou realizes that we are averaging 10 or more these days. :P

Where's Guz?
Well

when we win today its going to be a walk-off :) !!!!!!!!!

looper into shallow left

in front of Sori. Carrol to first.

Weird jump by Soriano
Soriano

bad jump on that one

Playing pretty deep for Carroll, no?
probably

but the ball has been carrying well today

Is a bad hop by Sori a poh?
Hey all!

Just got home from work.

Hey!

I failed to bring the winning run today, it’s on you. :P

I was around in the earlier threads.

I hope I can bring the winning run, though.

Get ready for the walkoff win again.
hiya VT bring us some runs!
Hi.
Buenas tardes!

Como esta usted?

Te hablas espanol?
Si.

Yo estudie espanol en escuela.

Where's Guzman?

his shoulders tender

:(

Bad news.

nothing serious

I dont think atleast

that sucks
So, all we got left in the pen is Patton & Gregg?
Thanks, didn't know that.
Woody

up in the indians pen.

id like another dlee homer off him

I'd like any

homer off him

Gregg should be in here.

Tie game, top 9? That’s closer time. Get your head out of your ass, Lou!

lou feels that walking the bases loaded was just a fluke

Wow I wish Gregg would of started this inning...

now if they get this bunt down we walk VMart and face?

When I go to the store later on

on the missing persons board, I feel I should put up a picture of Lou…

and Soriano's bat
His bat has been there lately...
Umm... it has?
for quality maybe

but three hits all week is not “there”

he had the key walk

yesterday.

yeah but we're talking about his bat here

he’s slumping ultra hard

I think

yesterday was a pretty good day for him. Didn’t he go 2-5?

he hasn't had two hits in a game for 2 weeks
besides thursday

lol.. fail

And a great SB...

But he’s still sucked for quite some time now.

I was in the process of typing the same thing!

and Hendrys brain

Or a lifesize picture of Miles on the side of a milk carton.
2 strikes..make a good pitchhhhhh
Heilman

made some damn good pitches last innning… e.g. the third strike to DeRo

and the other 27?

Well...

I only see the fraction of the glass that contains water.

Anyone know Heilman's GIDP record?
There you go Aaron!

heilman gets second career k

So, is Heilman sponsored by Allied Waste?
Hill throws behind the runner at first.

I like it!

I always get nervous on those throws.
Come on Aaron
grounder to blanco

two outs. Carrol to second.

I love Blanco's glove.
No chance for a DP?
Yeah, no chance too slow
Hit too slowly

and 2b had to range to his left.

Choo

IBB

Whoo?

j/k, I’m punchy today.

Any chance of getting Sanches from the pirates

for Marshall, Fox, and one other prospect?

I certainly hope so.
I think that's too much

has Sanchez shown he can do this long term? If not,, you’re looking at a potential miles redux

You might be able to get him for less than that

Don’t really want to part with Marshall.

.174 hitter up
Those are the ones with deceptive power
Is that what miles calls it these days?
Crowe PH for Garko
I am confused!

Garko is a very good hitter.

Strike one

on Crow.

Nice low FB for strike 1
Pop fly

foul. Miles makes the catch. Three outs!

He has no confidence in his fastball
If Miles had missed that pop up

I would’ve solicited a hit man.

I'd contribute to that effort!
Well, Miles wasn't so useless there.
whew!!!!!

Let’s get some runs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Miles did something right!
Wow Miles did something productive!

i remember during the pirates series he couldnt catch a pop up

he mysteriously went to the dl the next day

Aaron Miles - American Hero
Player of the Game
9th Inning magic

who will come through!?

big bad miles

and time for another walk off

Sori with the walkoff, you heard it here first.
I'd like to see Milt get the HR!
Well lets not fight over it, I would be glad if either of us are right.
Milt gets my vote too.
unbelievable.

If we win today, it’ll be our fourth walkoff in a row.

not in a row, we lost the first game to the sox

Our third straight. The game against the Twins was before the loss.
yes

but it would be our fourth walk-off win in our last four wins.

Now let's get ONE MORE run,

So the Cubs can win again!

All right!

Let’s walk it off.

Well done Heilman.
He pulled it together pretty well from the 8th

that’s good to see.

One more walk off win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm rooting for

Milton to walk it off

It's his turn in the order
plus

it would be a great crowd pleaser

He's due
LOL

so is Theriot hahahaha

I'd love to see that.
Oh man.

Sori, Bradley, or D-Lee walkoff homer. PLEASE.

hoping for another fastball down broadway from woody

Matt Herges is still in.
inside

on soriano. 1-0.

Herges seems effective.
2-1

Herges still pitching.

Herges has not read the scotting report

Low and away will get Sori every time.

except

it doesn’t. He’s been known to lay off that from time to time.

Guzman in the Pen!
Guzman up?
really?

I thought he had soreness or something.

I guess he went to Lourdes and got healed!
Sori

bounces to third. One out.

dont swing for the fences theriot

Just get on base so Dlee can get up.
if he does

at least put it in them

Sori 0-5!
He's def slumping

But at least he doesn’t look as lost as he has in the past.

0 for 5

He needs to sit for a few days.

Riot

grounds out to short. Two outs.

Okay Milton, this would be HUGE!

get on base and let lee take care of it

If they do walk off ..

I won’t get to hear another Ron-gasm.

He taking the day off?

He had a problem with one of his legs.
Bradley

can’t hold up. that’s a strike.

Wait, is Guz really up?

Lou’s going to put him, of all people, in despite arm soreness? He should be fired on the spot if that’s the case.

Dammit

0-2 when he failed to check his swing… Vince Vaughn looks nervous.

WTF?

Vince Vaughn?!

fly ball

to center. Three outs.

lazy fly out
Free baseball.

bradley fails again

Extra innings boys and girls
I wonder if Heilman doesn't stay in...

To keep the options open for extra innings?

Only Waddel, Guzman, and Gregg left in the Pen..
How many extra inning games have we had this month?
I want to say this is 6 but I am not sure...

I may be including may games in that

Oh well.

Walkoff homer for D-Lee!!

If Lou is putting injured Guzman in...

over Patton, then just get Patton off this team already. Ridiculous.

Stop beating a dead horse!
Back off man

Patton gave a baseball to a cute little girl earlier.

I saw that.

He’s a good kid.

Unfortunately, he made a face

at the ugly one sitting next to her. JK.

The offense is getting better, but

still having to really grind.

Francisco, Pitcher's Spot & Valbuena coming up
ReJo enters in LF

Sori is done.

Guzman to pitch

Sori needs to sit for the rest week
I'm glad he's not playing now.

But a week might me too long.

Get Soto in there

We need some pop!

Double switch gets a hitter in Heilman's spot..

And the pitcher way down the list..

I think

either a Johnson/Fox walk-off hit in the bottom of 10th

GUZER THE GUZARIAN!
Choose your destroyer!
-1

If that catches on will be very very sad. :)

Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you
lololol

That is maybe my favorite movie quote of all time.

BTW, if you’re a fan, and have a 360 or PS3, you owe it to yourself to play the new Ghostbusters game

they need a Wii version

to get my movie.

There is one

Not sure if it’s out yet though

Yeah, I've heard good things about it
It's so much fun...

There’s a ton of little nods to the movies. In the firehouse, there’s a picture of Vigo that talks to you.

I from Cal so I vote for the Guzinator.
Are you a God?
I am shiva the god of death
IDK, I'll ask my girlfriend.
Wow, this is effing ridiculous.
Days ago when I joked that when the season was done, they will have played 182+ games

I didn’t really want that to be true…

Francisco

bounces to third. One out.

Props to Miles, he fielded the ground ball at third.
I hear he can walk and chew gum too.

I guess a 2 year contract was a great idea.

I had to reach for something to say nice about him.
Miles: he didn't get an error, that one time.
Barfield

pinch hitting. The indian’s bench is gone. Except for Cerrano. o.0

I'm sure they are glad that they pinch hit for Garko.

Seriously…WTF?

3-0

to Barfield.

fly ball to shallow right

Bradley makes the catch. Two outs.

Valbuena to the plate.
WALK HIM!

Or he will have 3 HRs this series

Nice inning by the Goozer.
Chopped to Blanco

three outs. 3 up 3 down. On to the bottom of the 10th!

Nice job, Guz.

Time for a DLee walkoff!

gussy makes it out with his shoulder intact

Great job, Guzzy!
The Guzinator mows them down.
I tried to clear my mind

but all I could think about was a Cubs pitcher throwing strikes, so a Cubs pitcher throwing strikes came to destroy us!

LOL

You know what’s better than Major League references?

well, I can think of some things

but this is supposed to be family friendly. :P

I was thinking of Ghostbusters references

but yes, your answer works just as well.

A Popsicle on a hot day?
How about some runs Cubs
Yes, Jessica needs an HR ball to take home tonight
that would be great for her
First ball Fastball

HR

Game Over!

Here we go

Lee to face Joe Smith. They aren’t even using Kerry.

The most anonymous name in baseball

Joe Smith pitching

Leave that title

to Joe Morgan. And Joe Buck.

your time to shine again lee

just do it Derrek
I might have given him the green light 3-0
DEEP to right center

but Choo makes the catch. One out.

Ahh man.

I was ready to call that homer. DAMN.

We just need to keep on calling it for every player until it comes true.
He hit it hard, he is locked in.
Cliff "Reed Johnson" Lava

to the plate.

Gave it a ride

♫I gave a girl a ride in my wagon
She crawled in and took control
She was tired ‘cause her mind was a-draggin’
I said, get some sleep and dream of rock and roll♫

Waylon was a bad-ass
So was Sammy Johns

but I had to look up his name

DLee is seeing the ball very well right now

this ump has a really wierd strike zone

Reed Johnson walks.

1 runner on base, 1 out.

Kosuke Fukudome is up.

Alright Dome!

Let’s do this!

Replay of yesterday?
Be reall nice

for Dome to get a walk off here.

ball one.

Dome

lines a base hit to center. Johnson holds at second. Three hits straight for Dome!

Nice to see him back on track!!
Nice hit.

3 hit day? Impressive.

I wonder if the saw something in his swing and worked on it

he’s looking much more confident

IDK what it is

But whatever that might be, I hope he keeps doing it.

HIll

to the plate! Two on, one out!

0-2

on Hill. Fastball on the inside corner.

0-2 come on hill

He's tracking the pitches now
strike three called

two outs.

all up to andy white

Blanco si, Joe Smith no
Dammit!

Too close to take that.

Swing and a miss.
Blanco=freeswinger
He's not a major-leaguer
he's playing

pretty darn well, actually. He’s not here for his bat.

Neither is Koyie
these guys

are BACKUPS. It’s not like Koyie Hill is a ROY or anything.

No he's a KOY
Yep
so

there’s a place for backup players in the MLB. They’re doing their jobs.

Yep

Would be nice to have a little better hitters in those slots but that’s what we got.

Grounder to second

three outs. Boy.

Way too many Ks looking

Whatever happened to protecting the plate with two strikes?

Hill and Fontenot

have each struck out twice looking on the backdoor slider. Frustrating.

Glad we have Guzman going though.

too the 11th argh

::sigh::
In the bottom of this inning

can we please pitch hit Fox for Miles

no miles caught a popup

hes goooolden

darn

wasn’t suppose to be a replay

Fox (or soto) will PH for pitcher spot in #1 probably
blah

should be Fox for Miles then Soto for Pitcher’s spot

Then we're out of bullets...
Zambrano
Looks like we were both right!
Guzman

still pitching. Shoppich flies out to Dome. One out.

Like to see Blanco hustling out there after that fly ball

kids got great range and hustles. I like him. Cant hit but could be a keeper as a middle infield defensive replacement

I'm pretty sure

the hitting can be fixed.
Considering Von Joshua is our hitting coach. He should work with him a little more.

I agree.

He hasnt shown inepitude at the plate…needs a little better pitch recognition and he could be servicable.

Strike three called

two outs. Guzman is dealing.

2 down

Guzman pitching excellent. Be careful with Peralta, keep it away from him low.

Was he just speaking french? ;-)
Righty Lefty logic aside

Why not pinch for Hill or Blanco in the 10th?

only 2 men left in bench

2 more than the Indians have
if Lou doesn't use 'em

they stay on the bench.

Also have to keep a backup catcher if possible..
Worked yesterday

Posted a 4th Overflow Thread: JUMP!

STRIKE THREE!

three outs! THE DESTRUCTOR DESTRUCTS!

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