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Overflow Thread 3: Cubs vs. Astros, Tuesday 6/9, 7:05 CT

From Sunday's game

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Bradley

pops out to Keppinger in foul territory. 0-5.

Did the bat survive?
Tough first day back...

only starter not to reach base…

Lol

Milton gives his bat to a fan. Funny stuff

He certainly has personality
really?

that’s cool. Hopefully a Cubs fan. :D

Here. I can’t use this today. Maybe you can. :D

Fonty

drills one over Pence’s head! Fonty has had four hits today, and doubles!

Up to a .747 OPS
Fontenot has 4 hits! Wow!
A triple short of the cycle
Ted Lilly has it.
Ted did the hard work for him
Anybody up in the pen

or does Fully K stay in

I hope they keep him in
Soto

pops up to Pence. Two outs.

Former vegetarian flies out

1 away in the ninth in Milwaukee

He can't be a vegetarian if he eats vegetarians

Is there even a word for that?

former?

when did he quit?

sometime over the winter
huh.

wonder why…

Oh, I know why. Butterburger. :P

I applaud your graciousness in calling him "Fatso" like all the rest of us.
^in NOT calling him "Fatso" like all the rest of us.

my bad.

s'alright

knew what you meant

Blanco

grounds out to Tejada. Three outs. Bottom of the 8th next.

Cameron grounds out to short -- two down
GO FISH GO!
Er. Go Rocks Go.
psst . . . it's the Rockies
I caught up eventually...

I was confusing them with earlier peeps, just didn’t catch in time to post it right. blush

it's all good

have a beer!

I'm about to start number 3.

:)

Do you mean Rockies?
Yeah, sort of slipped up there.
It's okay, it happens.
OT: Whiplash from Iron Man 2 looks TERRIBLE...

sigh Hopefully the writing saves it.

Hahahhahahah

oh. Wait. You were serious.

It is a sequel

Brewers LOSE 3-2

Beat you Badger

You had it cued up!
I did

I wanted to be an optimist so I typed it up with my finger ready to hit post.

I'm surprised at you!

what if you’d jinxed it! :P

I did the same with Braun's strikeout

Had it up for about 3 pitches!

Ok

where is the picture of the knocked over beer mug??

nevermind

I see it below now lol

Now this stands to be a good day for us!
Red Birds lost too, right?
Yes,

On a walk-off home run.

Yep!

Now we just need to get this done!

What's sad is

all I have is Miller Lite in my house right now…I’ll stick with water.

thats high life and it doesn't get better
it doesn't?

that’s depressing. :P

maybe he means it doesn't get better

because it wasn’t a good beer that was spilled?

when it comes to cheap beer high life is tops
I don't know why

but that picture always cracks me up

Heilman back on the bump.

Strike one!

3-1 Reds in the 7th

So there, Jessica ;-)

Go ahead post BAD news

I will stick to GOOD scores. Tigers beating White Sox 6-3 top of the 9th. Red Sox beat Yankees 7-0 ( yes I still like the Red Sox) but alas Mets beat Phillies 6-5

Grounds out

to Derrek Lee. one out.

Nice to see the NL Central crumble around us

The kings of the divisions (the Cubs) are just waiting to take back power.

6

pitches, 6 strikes, 2 outs. Who is that?

the aaron heilman we

always hoped we had had, yet somehow knew it all along

If he's figured out how to pitch

along with Guz, this bullpen can become scary good

Guz

Ascanio… could be a real turnaround.

I will cry tears of joy if this is for real.
I wondered if

you were around. Good to see Aaron pitching well tonight.

Alright! Brewers lose!!!!
It's great news, isn't it?
Only a game back of Milwaukee in the loss column...

And we could move into a tie for second in the division with a win tonight.

If the Reds hang on, it'd be a 3-way tie

sclathena likes those ;-)

and I can't spell!
Heilman

is clocking at 99mph!

99?

MLB has him at 93

Pat and Ron said

his first pitch was 99mph.

i believe it

99

3-1

on Bourne. 93 MPH.

3-2

04 mph!

Wow, that must be an incredible changeup.
forget about the curve ball

GIVE HIM THE HEATER!

Let's cut the crap Heilman

I only have one thing to say to you…

Strike this mother.sucker out!

Edited for TV :)

Strike this .... guy .... out

Funniest part about the edited for tv version

OT: I just caught WGN News and they referred to Fontenot as Little Babe Ruth

Is it my imagination, or didn’t that LBR moniker come from here at BCB?

No way. Really?

That’s amazing.

no it was one of the broadcasters who coined it

but I think we have dibs on " HAMSTER POWER" . Where has that been ?

That KDE insignia brings back bad memories. I dislike KDE. Lousy windowing system.
is this K picture better?

Absolutely. I like the cloth hiked up a bit above the flesh. Sensual.
yep, I like gnome too
btw, fedora 11 looks kick ass
Really? I use fedora 10 on a tablet I have, but use Ubuntu most of the time.

I like Fedora’s security better though.

20 secs boot time and ext4 FS
Actually, maybe I'll try it. I've lusted after ext4.
I am going to get it on my mac this weekend
base hit

past Fonty. Tejada with a single. Two outs.

Wow. Heilman actually looks good tonight.
His stuff is good sometimes

But he suffers from looking like Major Burns on MASH

He could look like Ryan Braun

if he throws more of those innings.

Really good.

Our bullpen is legit if this is his real stuff.

Popped up

to Riot! Three outs!

The first 4 or 5 guys for this team are on fire

Good thing their pitching sucks.

Riot's got it. Still 7-0.
Wow. Where did this Heilman come from?

Me likes!

Holy crap

Heilman IS fully kreusened. He needs to keep this up!

I say

bring in Patton for the 9th. Save some Fully K for tomorrow.

Two full innings of work sounds about right

I agree with this. Make it happen.

Agreed.

When Heilman is this good, you don’t want to burn him out.

P.S.: Where did Fully K come from?

I think Jimmy made it up

G Heilman & Company makes that beer that’s Fully Krausened.

he's a hoosier

like you

do you ever go to any

notre dame baseball games there in south bend?

Fox pinch hitting

so Heilman is out.

marshall sighting in the pen
Fox

hits one to the left center wall. Fox has a double!

Teach that guy to catch a ball! We need him.
Ridiculous.

Can we put him in the field anywhere? Or at least keep him through interleague?

Foxey with a 2-bagger!
season high w/ 16 hits
Dude can hit...

let’s find him a position

DH
An NL position
If we were in the AL, yes.

Although he can DH when we’re in Detroit and at the White Sox.

Can we have Z and Lilly hit

and use the DH for say Blanco?

I'd rather see Fox in DH at Detroit and the White Sox.

That way, we wouldn’t have to worry about finding him a position.

I want Fox to DH too.

I’m saying can he hit for Blanco, and we can have our pitchers swing the bat too.

except

then when Marmol or Guz come in, they have to bat, or be pinch hit for.

ah. that makes sense.

I knew there was a reason this wasn’t a good idea, but wasn’t sure what it was. Thanks. :)

Can't do it anyway

They changed the rules a few years ago. DH HAS to bat for the pitcher.

That is absurd.

Interesting to know, but absurd.

Yep

I think the player’s association might have had something to do with it.

Don’t want a .220 MI having a DH while the pitcher bats . . . less $.

I've never liked the DH rule.

this is another reason.

I think

That’s where Z or Lilly can come in, depending on the matchup. If Z’s not starting, he’ll probably be itching to come into the game.

The interleague games are coming up
Fox is a real good pinch hitter

Him and Hoffpauir both getting the pitch hitting job done.

According to Pat

1 HR
1 Triple
6 Doubles
8 Singles

for the Cubs today.

Soriano up.

Fox should be playing 3rd base. Fonty 2nd.
AAA manager said Fox can't play third

Doesn’t matter to the Cubs that he’s willing to learn.

he's been

working with Alan Trammel. Apparently, he’s not good enough anyway.

What position should we teach him to play?
theoretically

left field. But we got a guy there.

For MB

Who will inevitably get hurt again.

You got that right mister!!
Soriano

fly ball into left center. Bourne makes the catch. Fonty holds. Broke his bat. One out.

When did Fontenot get on base?

I thought it was Fox on second.

Hmmm...that pitch he hit nearly fell off the bottom of the Gamecast screen
Riot

pushes Fox over to third. Dome to the plate. Two outs.

and pulls himself into the dugout
Dome

walks. 4th time on base for Dome. Lee to the plate. 2 on, 2 outs.

I notice it says "Fan interference" in one of Dome's previous at-bats.

Could someone please tell me what happened? (just saw it)

he doubled and a fan reached out and grabbed the ball
his double

in the first inning was GR double because a fan reached out and touched the ball.

D Lee

Has sure pulled his average up a looooong way in the past month

Yup... .795 OPS despite a terrible April
Lee

walks. Fifth time on base for him today.

Bradley

bats right-handed. 0-5 today. Get a hit, Milton!

Now is time for MB to get a hit!
It's not the playoffs yet.
Bases loaded

Milton up..come on MB

Time to pad the stats...
Who's 0-5?

Milton Bradley! Yay! 7 LOB.

Seriously dood, WTF. What are you spending your millions on? Because it’s not hitting instruction. Even Geovanny is hitting better than you are.

give him a break.

he hasn’t seen live pitching in several days.

yep
OTOH he hasn't been tearing up the league this year.
Agreed.

The fact is, the Cubs are leading big tonight.

because he can't stay un-hurt long enough to see live pitching in consecutive months.
well,

that’s true. He needs to stay healthy enough to put a lot of at-bats together.

He pinch hit two days ago.

Which was the last time we played.

not the same.
Well, you said live pitching. He faced live pitching the same time the rest of the team did.
not the same.
If I say something else, will you reply with "not the same"?

Rumor I read today:

Milton Bradley is playing the next villain in BATMAN. He’s gonna milk Gotham City for everything its worth.

uh-huh.

Bradley will get it together. Gotta believe. :D

I do drew, I do!!

I just don’t think Milton Bradley is very good.

He's definitely injury prone.

But I think that if he can get a few more weeks without injury, he can put some good numbers up.

if he can get a few more weeks without injury

He’s only gonna play another 30-40 games.

I don't

believe that. 60 more, at least.

That would put GameBoard

at the SECOND MOST GAMES PLAYED in his career. Let’s be realistic here.

realistic?

what team are you rooting for? :P

I'm just giving you shit drew.

I don’t remember a bigger blockbuster bust signing for the Cubs, at least not in my lifetime.

Moises Alou at this time his first year with the Cubs

.205/.263/.295 3 HR 16 RBI 6GIDP

and he missed the first 12 games of that season
Man he was a great player.

I have no qualms about coming around when Milton does, but he’s not getting paid to hit Mendoza. If he’s giving excuses about not getting repetitions, then go on the DL, rehab in the minors, and get your cuts in. He’s not doing that. He’s getting injured for stupid shit every sixth day and sitting on the bench for 4 days, pinch hitting for a night, then back in the lineup. It’s ridiculous.

I don't think he's making the excuse

I’m making the excuse.

He'll hit.
Not like the BIG PUMA!
Holy overpayment, Batman!
Actually, he's not...

despite the .208 AVG, Bradley is out-OPSing Soto by like 70 points.

Shame on you Dan :)

Geo had a great game tonight

Okay, you got me there. Fair enough.
Wow.

Bradley takes strike three called. 0-6. That’s painful.

painful indeed.
at least it's a healthy 0-6!
he'll get it back in gear.

if he’s going to go 0-6, today’s the day to do it.

Pretty unfortunate. I wonder what Jimbo is thinking when he sees this?
This

LOL. Good one.
Hey!

That’s my bank too!

MAKE IT GRE—-DUNNNNNN.

Dunn struck out . . .
Maybe we can trade Bradley for Neifi
Marshall is the one who is warmed up?
0-6 with 3K

What kind of Sombrero is that?

In DC

HR By Nats’ Guzman makes it 3-2 Reds in the 8th

YAY!!!!!!

Go NATS!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the Natinals for the spoilers they are
If you ever start giving us updates on Pirates games

I will know you are REALLY bored.

:P

Hey, the Reds are in a virtual tie with the Cubs

Marshall in to pitch

Carlos Lee at the plate. Ball one.

Why Marshall ???

where is Patton

He just pitched

He needs two weeks off

LOL

We may not see him till the AS break.

Eh, I'm okay either way...

Marshall needs to get some work in the bullpen, now that Harden is coming back.

Lou doesn't want to overuse him.

He needs 11 days between appearances.

Patton is in Italy. Marshall is palling around with Bradley and Eisenhower.
Great POST !!!
Fly ball to right

Bradley DIVES and makes the catch! “Sensational”, says Pat!

::covers eyes as Milton dives::
Great catch Milton
nice catch and he's not hurt !!!
see

that’s a step

One Day at a time with MB
Berkman up

One out.

Damn.

That was a good catch.

Nice catch, Milton!
Ryan Zimmerman with a 1-out double in DC
Time to put on the Nats game. I'd love to see Dusty lose tonight.
Berkman

hits a futile home run. 7-1 Cubs. Can’t blame Heilman for THAT one.

Nope.

Heilman definitely did his job tonight.

My least favorite Astro hitter, though
WHAT!

LANCE BERKMAN!??

He’s one of my favorite players, by far. He has the GREATEST MLB name right now—BIG PUMA!!

You’ve hurt my feelings, Badger, com’on.

I can't get over that fake HBP in 2004

Sorry, I’m Italian . . .

Berkman homers.
So easy

a caveman just did it

Wow, that's good!
The shutout

just got lanced

Fat Elvis

Has left the building.

Bounced to third

Two outs.

It's the win that matters.

Just get two more outs, Marshall!

One out away from second place
Oh well, can't keep Fat Elvis down, he was bound to get a homer...
strike one on Keppinger
1-2

on Keppinger.

bounced to short

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

W W W W W W IIIIIINNNNNN
CUBS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CUBS WIN!! CUBS WIN!! CUBS WIN!! FLY IT!!
FLY IT!!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!
YOU'RE WELCOME!

Sing it loud and clear!

CUBS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TED LILLY HAS

and then some
Go Washington, come back and beat Cincy!
love it..... listening to Go Cubs Go after the "W"... watching the Twins win on local tv here in MN
No-No-No-No-Notorious!

Ted gets it done again! I love that guy! I love this team! GO CUBS GO!

The man, the myth, the MILTON

love this
so does Allie :D
just for you, Sue!

:D

thanks Drew :)
I have Rec'ed Milton

and it feels great!

Nice win Cubs

Now the Lakers have to get it going.

I'm trying to stay focused on the Cubs win

but why in the hell would someone put that by their front door?

I don't get it.
Okay, sticking around for the end of the Cincy game.

Then I’m out!

Going to the 9th, 3-2
A Picture from the Box

I've felt like

that many times.

It reminds me of the picture of the Capitals fans from this years tournament

Just a look of them stunned

aw, cool
I'm pretty sure

that this is one of SWL’s. It’s in the BCB Flikr wossnames.

I'd forgotten I made that....heh.
Amazing.

I love it.

im 31 years old and yet I have to watch every single one of Chuck Browns holiday specials on tv.
It's not the same

since they’re not on CBS anymore. I have the “special” segment before the show itself starts tattooed on my heart from watching them so many times. We have them on DVD now.

Dolly Madison's neat-to-eat treats
OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New fav. Well done!!!!!

And so much better than the ARGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Although that is def fitting sometimes.

heh

thank SWL, as per above.

haha, I love that one!
that one's all mine. :D
its still the wallpaper on my phone. cant bring myself to get rid of it
The best part about that

is the W

Sox come back in the bottom of the 9th to tie it! C'mon Sox!
im sorry, what?
Hey, I'm in a foreign land here in SoCal...

My grandpa was a Sox fan first, Cubs second; and my best friend is a Sox fan- so I’m pulling for ’em. (Except when they play the Cubs of course!)

ok ok, forgiven:)
not by me
Don't care Jessica, you hate away, you have every right...
Hooray for the Cubs

…and I hate to play wet blanket, but I just got done with work/dinner and noticed Milton Bradley’s line in the box score.

10 LOB? Really? That can’t happen much more if they expect to win games consistently.

Anyone know the record for LOB in one game?

Its ok, we think it was the bats. shattered one and gave another away to a lucky fan.
I'm sure Aaron Miles holds it
they won

7-0. Milton didn’t help, but if he’s going to go 0-6 in a game, this is the game to do it.

This is true

It’s just unfortunate that he talked himself into the lineup and had THAT bad of a game at the plate.

Oh well.

GameBoard had 7 LOB.

Just sayin’

Box score

shows 10 LOB.

Whether that is correct or not, I cannot say.

Well I was happy to rejoin everyone here

and even happier for the win. I’m off to play some games.

Quick recommendation, if you have a Wii, and like golf, you owe it to yourself to play the new Tiger Woods 10 with Wii Motion Plus. Wow, is it good.

NBA Finals getting real good in the 4th

97-95 Magic 4:45 left

Bottom 9 in Washington
Great game and fun

game thread. I hope for many more of both.

Night all. Sweet Cubbie dreams.

night night Sue...
1 away in washington
I'm out

g’night, everybody!

GO CUBS GO!

2 away in washington
Reds win 3-2

brewers and cards lose, still a great day. goodnight all!!!!

game over on what looked like ball 4

in DC

Well Tigers score in top of 10th

Maybe they can hold it this time.
( sorry Jimmy but I do like seeing the White Sox lose and have some fondness for the Tigers until they play the Cubs).

That's ok Jessica...
K. *sigh*

Oh well. Still a GREAT baseball day. Here’s to more of these!!!

Night all!

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