Bleed Cubbie Blue

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

no worries..

… just calls ’em like I sees ’em

oh lord

i wasn’t throwing a hissy fit either, god.

show me the secret grip that proves my remorse so we can watch the rest of this game and root for a win?

I've moved on

Don’t worry about it

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

I never said

you threw a hissy fit… but I think you reacted as if HE did…

I didn’t think his post that you took exception too was bad at all… you’re reading into it emotion that may or may not be there… on the internet is best to give people the benefit of the doubt…

It happens

we’ll get them

Yep, them's the breaks

That scores a run if it’s 2 feet higher

C'mon, Sean

Pre - June 6, 2009 reply

Soriano

out of the game. Hoff is the new LF. Marshall pitching.

any theories as to why?

nothing

said by Pat & Ron.

i guess if it's just a double switch

then may as well go with the Hoff out there. If this goes beyond 14 innings might regret that move. HA!

marshall wouldn't hit for a long time

line up

Marshall would have led off the enxt inning, so why use a PH

To keep him from batting or fielding ?

Marshall might be able to pitch a couple of innings before he comes up at the plate.

Ball 2 looked like a strike

Whoops

Supposed to be a reply to Vermont

so CLutche stops emailing

Pat, Ron, Len and Bob crying for Hoff

lol

Wonder if Soriano will get the message...

I wish GA Hill was still on the team to deliver it to him.

what message

is that?

Something tells me if Soriano had played better defense tonight (i.e. better positioning, more hustle)

Lou wouldn’t have done the double switch.

well

I missed much of the game, so I don’t know. But it seems the double switch theory is pretty good.

sure, but with one of your best players?

and your top home run hitter?

I don’t imagine Pujols, Beltran, Chipper, et al get double switched that often, if at all.

I suppose

but Hoff has the chops to hit, it is his job.

This umpire is squeezing Marshall.

At least MLB Gameday suggests so.

throw strikes boy

Hairston

lines a single into left.

I'm surprised Hairston didn't slide into first on that play.

No doubt, that's his MO.

why do people do the play by play in here?

because some people

like it.

When I am at work

Drew’s play by play is a life saver.

jkobus - June 6, 2009 reply

+1

exactly

Same here.

I usually follow with MLB Gameday, but it does freeze on occasion.

because some don't have access

to the broadcast, audio or gameday.

It's faster than gameday, too

thanks...

Sometimes I’ll look through old game threads and it comes in handy to get the context of the comments too… just wondered if there was another reason.

Y'know, Santo needs to chill the heck out....

I appreciate his passion , but golly, he calls a game like every hit/walk/pitch is the armageddon on the doorstep! Have some faith, my man!

Agreed

Dickerson

bunts foul.

did he dive and catch it?

a little chin music

for Dickerson.

That was scary

Make him think twice about bunting...

Bunt

Marshall goes to first. Hairston to second. One out.

IBB

to Phillips.

has marshall been moved to the pen

or is he still our 5th starter?

brian custer - June 6, 2009 reply

going to the pen

when Harden comes back, which is, theoretically, in a week or so.

i guess he's still the 5th

until harden comes back, but with off days we don’t need 5 right now

I think Len

just said he has been moved to the pen.

these are the times when having patton is just stupid

if you don’t use him then why even have him in the pen? Making him sit in your pen is not going to improve your team whatsoever.

Agreed. It's a waste of a roster spot.

Is there anyone in Iowa we could call up?

Cotts :=)

No thanks,

I think I’ll pass.

ummmm

no

MIles and Freel should be ok soon, right?

Couldn't we try trading them?

Or at least DFA them?

Sue

hahaha

is she a LOOGY?

nope

but I would try :D

just to play with Soto

i see how this works

Really? You would Limit yourself to Only One GuY?

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

nicely done

VERY nice!

Hey I'm not a player :-P

take one for the team!

you would be if you were a LOOGY

I'd rather have her pitch than Cotts

tell it like it is!

Phillips with the IBB. Only move really.

Wow, nice yacker right there.

0-2

on Nix.

Nix

battling with another foul ball..

K

Pre - June 6, 2009 reply

Go Cubs

I have a party to attend. Best of the best, everyone. Enjoy the 11th. :)

PacificCub - June 6, 2009 reply

Sure, we will. The Cubs will score 3

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

have good time!

have fun

snapped off the big hook there...

well done Marshall

K

and Lou goes to the mound. Because why let Marshall pitch a few innings? Oy.

Just wanted to tell him to not let up...

Just strategy

Nice curves on Marshall.

TW---

aw forget it………..

as in Penny Marshall?

I forget – was she Laverne or Shirley…

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

Laverne

She was Laverne I think.

Always had an L on her shirts.

Pepsi and milk, too I think

And drank Pepsi & milk

You don't need to set them up on purpose...

I know, too obvious.

Nice K!

ok

Marshall stays in.

Two down. Let's leave diver down at 2nd...

Haha

He is a diver.

Scuba Steve

Loved that movie!

me too

Big K there

Why is Lou coming out now? Now if there are any issues, he can’t come out again without pulling him

this game will more than likely be over

or he’ll make a switch if he has to go out there again

Going to take the rest of this offline... dinner... GO CUBS

Emelie - June 6, 2009 reply

cya

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

'night, Em

nite

Good evening.

You can go back online to read how the Cubs won in the 11th

good night!

later Em

Bye Em.

Bouncer to Scales

THREE OUTS!

What's new

Brewers keep winning and the Cards keep losing to the Rockies :)

Sean Marshall.

The Most Versatile Man In The World.

amen

with a great attitude to boot.

glad to see him get the job done.

guess that makes him a

MVMitW

If he gets to bat in this game, he'll drive in the winning run.

He once gave up a leadoff walk...

…just to see what it felt like.

Okay...

MORE free baseball. Let’s end it in the 11th, Cubs!

btw for all you aaron miles fanatics

2-3, 1 R, K!!!!!

is he

rehabbing?

yeah i guess

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

Aaron miles

.. has fans? who knew… :P

Lee

leads off!

Time to win this game

I have 15 episodes of Chuck to watch tonight.

Did it get cancelled or not ?

C'mon D. Lee!!

Lee

Ks

Cue deadbeat Clutche...

God I hope not.

lets try halle again

horrible picture

looks like she needs a cut man in her corner.

I'll channel my inner Patrick Swayze here from Roadhouse...

“Opinions vary…”

She has to be holding her cans...

Again? I didn't get to try her the first time!

Halle fail, time to divorce that woman.

Hoffpauir

Ks.

that looked real high

+1

wow i didn't know nick masset had a

.89 ERA. pretty impressive

Reed

bounces it to short. Three outs.

Bleah.

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

double-bleah

Our bats seem to be saying...

this is probably

an accurate transcript for what LOU is saying…

only the "cleaned up " version

Marshall

still pitching. Jay Bruce up.

let's listen up.

we won a game yesterday. We win one today, that’s two in a row. we win one tomorrow, that’s called a winning streak. It has happened before.

lololololol

losing is a disease

and Sean Marshall is the cure...

That Yacker sure is tough to swallow.

TWSS

If we win today it will

be 3 in a row. We won on Wed. with a rainout on Thurs. and won last night.

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

Gameday and Pat

disagree on the count!

2-2 or 3-1?

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

3-2

and now walked

4-2

Gameday says 2-2

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

that may have just been

my bad…

Bruce

walks.

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

well bugger

shizzzzz

wild pitch

Bruce to second. Gonzales doesn’t have to bunt.

Uh oh

wow…now a wild pitch…When the guy is bunting

Ryanocm1 - June 6, 2009 reply

Quiet for an hour, then back when

The other team has the winning run on 2nd with none out?

Isn't that their MO?

Our catchers are not doing so well lately.

Bunt

Marshall makes the throw to first. No one was covering third, so there was no play there. Bruce to third. One out.

cue AUGH pic

My Kingdom for a third baseman...

how do you not cover third there???

When you put your second baseman there, that's when.

Or how, rather.

Fontenot sucks at 3rd base...

That's not Fontenot

He needs to charge in for the bunt. It’s the SS to cover third if anyone does — and the coaching staff makes the decision.

Bob says you are incorrect

and that it is on Mike

No, in that situation Fontenot covers the bag.

fwiw

that’s not what we do when we drill bunts. First and third charge the ball, second covers first, short covers third.

Wait, he was at third?

Brenely's blaming him, but

I don’t think he could get back there that quickly

Agreed

If it is bunted toward third, he comes in, if not he covers the bag. Simple.

Fontenot blew it.

:-(

Hannigan

IBB, to make the force for a DP.

The good news is that we could use

marshall for multiple innings, if we had to…

brian custer - June 6, 2009 reply

the bad news is...

…now we don’t have to.

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

or not.. :(

4.5

Clever

Not as many as June, 2007. How’d that work out?

Like the Cubs getting swept

in the playoffs. No Good

At least they got there

Nothing smarter to say . . . typical Brewer fan

So did the Brewers

And actually won a game. TCSS

When do they get their trophy for that?

Cubs know all about

Trophies.

Didn't the Cardinals lose tonight too?

Shouldn’t you go bother VEB for a while?

Remind me when the Brewers last won the World Series.

Hasn't been a 100+ yrs.

You're right, it's been never.

Now, go bother the guys at VEB.

So, no idea then?

You’re a knowledgable fan.

I've only had to cry myself

to one world series loss.

But unlike the Cubs,

You haven’t cheered a single World Series win.

Either have you.

At least you have the Packers, Badgers & Bulls

My team has won a world series.

Has yours?

I'll have you know

I went to a Packers game in Lambeau once. And I will never go back. The fans there were too uptight about the game. Combine that atmosphere with the Packers losing badly, and alcohol….

Can't be as bad as

Wrigley.

Oh no, Wrigley is fine.

I’ve always liked it there.

There's no crying in baseball.

Except in St. Louis

And (especially) Milwaukee.

Why don't you screw off?

Before I go off on your sorry ass.

See Ya in the Dells

I'm a former Badger.

I can tell him how to get there so he can do it.

Whatever, you sad sack piece of shit.

That describes the

State of Illanoy to a, T.

Wrong again

He’s from California.

California

Ignore the troll,

And eventually he will go away.

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

Troll

go back to your hole

He's a Brewers fan

That should say it all.

GB to third

Fonty throws high, Reds win.

Now that was a bad throw by Fonty

that's a tough play

look where Fonty was at, behind the runner.

I saw it on th replay, you're right-tough throw.

I take it back - he deos suck at 3B

Oh, well.

We’ll get them tomorrow.

dammit

Take the series tomorrow.

Night all.

nite

font at 3rd not a good idea

But who can play there?

that's what I'm thinking

yet, if the defense is gonna stink anyway may as well put Fox over there

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

there are levels

of stinking though.. lol

Fonty

is a capable, if uninspired third baseman. Fox is… not.

This seems like an absurd question

to be asking of a major league baseball team.

mic - June 6, 2009 reply

it's a major league baseball team

that’s suffering injuries.

Fonty is the back-up third baseman, especially with Freel and Miles on the DL. Three infielders, all on the DL at the same time, it’s a valid question.

there isn't a better one

at the moment.

that one is on him

damn it what a lousy throw

We need a real 3B

Fonty is a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

salparadise23 - June 6, 2009 reply

Mike Fontenot

cost the cubs all 4 runs

Another terrible loss for the Cubs. So many this season

Ryanocm1 - June 6, 2009 reply

shut up

It wasn’t a “terrible loss”

Quit over reacting!!

Yep life is over.

That final play was not a "gimme..."

… of course you want him to make that play but it was not an easy, sure play.

Go get them tomorrow.

DrCrawdad - June 6, 2009 reply

It was ruled a throwing error...

… kind of surprised by that.

DrCrawdad - June 6, 2009 reply

Actually a tough play

he was behind the runner, had to be a perfect throw.

Certainly not a gimme play

but should have been made. No excuses for Fontenot’s defensive performance today.

Ryanocm1 - June 6, 2009 reply

This inning was difficult, first inning was really bad.

We threw 9 straight scoreless tonight

Bullpen

did a good job, too. Even Heilman.

The pitchers threw 10.1 scoreless innings

All runs were unearned. Pretty ugly.

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

uh huh

Thank goodness MLB Gameday stopped working.

I missed the end of this game, and we lost. :(

i don't want to say it but i'm gonna say it

font is a very big reason the cubs lost today.

true

but maybe he’ll be the reason they win tomorrow.

it’s another day….

true

If he plays the throw correct in the first inning,

The Cubs win, 3-2.

italic or bold?

That first inning error cost dearly

much more than his latest bungle.

Terrible defense this year

Soto should have blocked that pitch.

Fonty offers nothing at 3B. Rather have Scales there.

salparadise23 - June 6, 2009 reply

Prepare for fanposts

not that anything new will be said

Well?

The Cubs suck defensively. They have all year. Come on, it’s June already.

Can you see a team like this in the postseason?

salparadise23 - June 6, 2009 reply

I'm not arguing that point

And if the offense could do anything, we would have won. But we didn’t. And no, if this team continues like this, they won’t. If they’re all healthy, pitching like this, and hitting more at expected average, then we’ll be ok.
Until then, it’s going to be painful

I actually avoid the fanposts.

Too much negativity.

i hate this disturbing trend

of jumping around on the field after a victory

Especially the other team!

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

How's that leg? lol

Numb, like the rest of my body.

After a lameass grounder?

When any baseball team does it

unless it is the last game of the World Series, I think it is stupid

I can see it after a dramtic HR but that's it.

it's an extra inning win in June!

against the 4th place team in the division

cmon, let them enjoy their fun. They earned it.

Did you see LBR jumping around? I kid…….I kid……..

If he would've jumped then maybe he could've seen over the runners shoulder.

Nice.

ha!

If they continue to leave men in scoring position and playing these crappy utility guys in 3 out of 4 infield postions,

they’re never getting much over .500 and will continue to waste good pitching.

Here comes my Debbie Downer moment.....

but that was the same complaint 40 games ago….

well, not 3 out of 4 infield positions, but 2 out of 4 ain't bad.

Scales and font...

who’s the third??

Of the utility guys, not crappy utility guys

Without scales homer we wouldn’t have went to extras

And without Fonty's 1st inning boot, we win 2-0 in 9 innings!!!

Scales is ok for a bench guy but thats it.

Riot

He’s out of position and has no range.

He's not a utility guy...

And has been good this year…

on a good team he plays 2nd or utility.

He’s not a everyday SS, period.

He has been good this year though...

I like how you say “period” like you just stamped something into factual existence

and last year or the year before we didn't have a good team?

thats idiotic!

In spite of our weak SS play!

He would be much better at 2nd base.

um

you don’t win 97 games in spite of your shortstop.

Yes, Riot would be better at second. However, while I recognize he has a limited range and a weak arm, he has been able to play shortstop well enough. Certainly, he’s not the problem.

so what should they do, then?

Three infielders on the DL. Do you really think Fox would have been even as good as Fontenot?

Well, Its been long and not the desired result, but tomorrow is another day.

Absolutely.

We’ll get them tomorrow and win this series!

This is what we get for letting Augie Ojeda go.

Augie rhymes with doggie

…just saying.

That's a stretch even for me

However I do consider Sean Marshall the last Maddux protege on the Cubs.
Bad day for Maddux Cub proteges. Murton got demoted to AAA again but he is hitting well down there in his first game.

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

Well I'm gonna go enjoy the rest of my Sunday

Go get ‘em tomorrow… I think it’s safe to say I won’t be in the game threads tomorrow with the game starting at 3am my time…

’night all…

I may or may not be here either.

If it’s nice out, I’m going to go out in the country and just relax for the day.

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

yeah, I've been thinking you could use a day off..

.. you seem to be pressing on your posts… :P

Not that

I just haven’t had a chance to be on my own since a death in the family about a week ago.

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

Well enjoy the day

.. whatever you end up doing

Thanks

It might be rainy here tomorrow. If so, no hike.

Nite

Enjoy

See you later

CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) - June 6, 2009 reply

See y'all later.. :)

Wasn't the guy coming down the 3rd base line running inside the line?

he seemed to be on the same path as when theRiot was called out running out a dribbler down the first base line last year. he clearly had quite a bit of his body inside the foul line on Fonty’s throw. I am surprised the Cubs did not complain about that.

You can bet that drunk from St Louis would have complained about the runner if he lost that way.

no earned runs today?

doofus cubs guy - June 6, 2009 reply

now I feel better

The fourth one may have been.

The first three were not.

have fun

down under

brian custer - June 6, 2009 reply

Nite everyone, we'll get the tomorrow. Put tonight out of your minds.

heading to the medicine cabinet now

Go Cubs!!

Pretty ugly

Tough one to lose when you give up four unearned runs. Score one in either of the first two innings and you don’t have to worry about it.

I will say this: I think the Cubs are getting a lot of bad luck. I think I’ve seen more diving catches against this team this year than in the past five years combined. Dickerson is having an All-Star weekend with the glove.

Win tomorrow and win the series and all this is forgotten. Get ’er done.

Absolutely.

And I agree with you about the luck. At this point, even bad luck would be better than the luck the Cubs have gotten.

I agree about the luck

but you can’t run yourself out of two innings and have to rely on the long ball with this team.

I agree with

both your statements.

I completely agree.

The Cubs need to start manufacturing runs, and not just rely on the home run ball.

how many home runs

have been hit lately? Scales today is one. Other than that? Yesterday’s runs were “manufactured”.

Soto hit a HR today too IIRC.

zevkalman - June 6, 2009 reply

Z hit one yesterday, too

The Cubs probably should have lost yesterday, probably should have won today. All in all, they’re shooting about par.

dammit

sorry. My mistake. This is what I get for not watching all of every game. o.0

It's okay.

I might miss the game tomorrow, depends on whether or not it rains here.

That being considered,

How do you see them ending the year, what kind of record do you think they will end up with?

I think

that a lot depends on two things:

1) Can Bradley actually get going.
2) What condition does Rami come back in.

Agreed

I agree, too.

I agree as long as we're not 10 games out when both hit their stride.

I don't think that's going to happen

The Cardinals are thudding right now, and I don’t think the Brewers’ pitching can sustain.

You're right about the Cardinals

The Rockies, not a particularly good team, have gone into St. Louis and are running roughshod over them.

I watched that game tonight

while also watching the Cubs game, and they lit up Wellemeyer like a Roman candle. Carpenter is a stud, but I’m not at all sold on the others, particularly with Lohse now hurt.

The Brewers are starting to scare me

because they are actually getting decent starting pitching and excellent relief pitching. I still expect the starters and bullpen to slip but I’d like to see us quit giving away games too!

The biggest thing for the Brewers

is that Dave Bush has been outstanding and Trevor Hoffman is pitching like the Hoffman of old, not like an old Hoffman. He’s helped put their bullpen into place.

Scoring change

Last play was a fielder’s choice. No throwing error. So it’s an earned run, per Marty Brennaman on the WLW postgame show.

there's a shocker

Although, there is no assumption of making that play so fc is fine. It’s a Reds homegame after all.

Well the official box score still shows unearned

but I am sure it could change.

The Cubs need to win some games now!

Aaron Miles will be off the DL soon. :-p

Soriano is batting .243. That's kinda...kinda...mediocre....

Isn’t he about due for a hot streak? Maybe not.

zevkalman - June 6, 2009 reply

he's been due

for a while, imo.

I think so too,

He’s going to snap out of this cold streak soon.

I hearby apologize to a lot of you ledge-jumpers

I’m listening to the WGN postgame show, and I haven’t heard a caller who make sense yet. OMG, are they stupid.

oh, those are the people

who are too stupid to get on the internets and join BCB. I’m serious. These are the people who want to put Soriano at second, Hoff in Left and Fox at third, full time.

Yeah, like that lineup is going to work.

Are there any players who we can trade for? Specifically, an infielder who can play all the positions in the IF until Ramirez comes back?

No kidding! Those nuts that call in act like Hoff, Scales, & Fox are superstars!

Plus they also want Koyie Hill in there every day and Murton back!!

And the DeRo obsession here

is nothing compared to the Church of DeRo they’re building on Radio 720.

For sure!

That series against the Indians

is going to be darned near unbearable.

Yeah.

Who all are going to be returning to Wrigley? DeRosa, Wood, anyone else we traded to Cleveland?

Just those two

but that’s enough.

Who gets the bigger and longer standing O, Wood or DeRosa? And what are the odds of a “Hendry Sucks” chant starting during DeRosa’s at-bat?

Although Reed Johnson did get a standing O last year in Toronto for his first AB. I predict that will be nothing compared to what we’ll see when DeRosa enters the batter’s box at Wrigley.

I personally think Wood will get the longer standing O

Because of how long he was a Cub. Nothing against DeRosa, but some of Wood’s accomplishments here merit it.

Though, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a “Hendry sucks” chant in DeRo’s at-bats.

I hope so

Wood deserves it.

DeRosa deserves a hand, too, but this out-of-whack love for him might skew that somewhat.

Wood definitely deserves it.

When he was on his game, he was among the better pitchers in baseball. The first sign we got of how good he could be came in a certain start against Houston in 1998.

Possibly

the most dominating pitching performance in baseball history. Seriously.

Matt Murton?

Seriously? I can understand wanting DeRosa back, but not him. He tended to tighten up in pressure situations.

I wouldn't mind seeing...

a Fox start.

Kansas25 - June 6, 2009 reply

Freel

is supposed to be that guy. So was Miles. There’s some guys out there, but I don’t know what we give in return without going for someone who is a dreg. Freddie Sanchez might be available, but what do you give the Pirates? They’re going to want good prospects, and we need the ones we have.

Do you really think

the Pirates are going to trade Sanchez?

Trading McLouth makes a little sense, because they’re pretty high on McCutchen. Is there anybody in their system who can replace Sanchez?