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Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Cardinals, Sunday 7/12, 7:05 CT

From Saturday's game.

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Come back thread

starts now

Jake Fox into catch

with Rasmus, Albert, and Ludwick coming up

fox helps retire pujols

muwahahaha

Six outs

To get three runs!

broken bat out for Albert

2 down

WTF was that Milton?
A terrible angle
Dome would've gotten that ball
Ludwick doubles
I really hate Ludwick

I mean, not as much as I hate Bin Laden, but more often.

Do you hate Ludwick as much as you hate the Romulans?
They have no honor!
For the love!
of Montresor

or DeRosa …

I swear...

Plunk. Ludwick. In. The. Ribs.

ADAM TROY DUNN WOULDA CAUGHT THAT BALL!!
At least he didn't homer.

maybe we can hold him to a single if the game goes to extra innings.

Hey, ump!

Ball. One. Was. A. Strike.

CAN NONE OF THESE IDIOTS GROW REAL MUSTACHES???

It looks like a bunch of caterpillars crawling around on their faces.

no doubt, though larue, kinney, and franklin can.

but most of these are just embarrassing.

Pujols 0-4

guys next to Pujols 4 for 6 2BB 2HR 2B

That's bad pitching

Letting up on the next guy. Unacceptable.

It's not letting up

It’s just getting beat, and someone else having a good night. He was streakking before he met Randy wells today

This is the offical "Touch the Bag" Thread!

Huevos Rancheros!
I never touch my screen.
every woman's fantasy
Joe Morgan always touched the bag

hes touched enough bags to know the rules about touching bags

Sorry, I'm not in on that.
Flagged for inappropriate balling.
Grounds to second.

LET’S GET SOME RUNS!!!!

Some men know how to end the night properly

unfortunately many of them don’t go to night games at Wrigley

I dislike those women

I don’t give up cabs in the rain.

This inning would be a good time for Aramis to hit his first homer

Or Soriano, or Milton, or DLee. Or all of them.

all of them

at the same time

+16, +12, +21, +25
Won't happen. None of them are Ryan Ludwick

Who has shown his ability to crush grooved fastballs.

Why the hell would a want a vitamin in "gummy" form?
are you kidding me?

i’ll take everything in gummy form.

That ESPN promo said Lou would talk about

“how to deal with hard-to-please Cub fans.”

I’m so not hard to please. Win a f*cking World Series!

or just quit playing a stupid style of baseball.
Or fail miserably at drafting position players
which is hendry's, radny bush, and oneri's job
I find it hard to complain about our farm system

Look at the contributions they have made

The tools are there

but I’m not so sure about our farm products’ pitch recognition abilities and other characteristics that refined and complete players have.

They've done ok

No real entrenched starters who can play a position sufficently, with the exception of Soto.

now i might stay up for the Disco Demo footage

that was the only time I was proud of Comiskey

I have already seen whole interview. thats not what lou said at all.
wow, so Lou thinks wanting your team to win is being "hard to please"?

Al is right, Lou sounds like he’s past it.

lou never said that. I have watched the whole interview. thats ESPNs words.
and peter gammons words
phew

because that is NOT the Lou Piniella I have known in over 30 years of watching baseball.

AAUGH!!!!!
That had base hit written all over it!
i love the way john says "a-rah-mus" ramirez
I don't. At all.

Negative like.

sorry...

didn’t make the sarcasm clear

I hope Miller is warming up for Milton

So he gets to bat from his strong side.

another hard hit ball for us right at a cardinal. cannot buy a break.
A ML SS just made a play.
Define "ML SS"
A player that can field the baseball to his right and still make a strong throw to first.
David Eckstein??

joe morgan would disapprove if he were to go to triple a

Sorry man, Brendan Ryan is scrappy...

… but he is not a ML SS. I’d rather have Theriot.

I guess you're happy then.
Well, I don't kick the cat in anger about him being the SS, no.
that is a bad break

you feel like it has to be this inning for the Cubs, next inning we have some weak hitters coming up

my god, ramirez is broken.
And that surprises you?

The guy has a bum shoulder.

i'm not surprised; i'm wincing.
It's funny because I don't feel as if the Cubs are down

They’ve played good thus far. Idunno, it doesn’t feel gut-wrenching for some reason.

it's because it isnt

we’re doing better than everyone thought so far

I thought we we're supposed to be the team to beat in our division.

With a great offense.

That great offense is on a one-hiatus
that was before

we lost several players for stretches with injuries. Soto. Dempster. Rami. RJ. Lee rode the bench for a while. Milton rode the bench for a while.

Considering what we’ve had to work with, I still feel we’re in a position to make a run for it, if the number 1 lineup can stay healthy.

yeah, i agree....we've had some bad breaks....hopefully they will even out....
And if Soriano stops sucking so hard

That his gravitational forces are pulling in gas giant planets

Oh definitely

but I think JH has to make another move or two.

We JUST LOST Soto and Demp....

we’ve played the lions share of our games with everyone except Rami.

we had

a rotation of injuries.

The goalposts...stop moving them. The pitching this year HAS NOT BEEN THE PROBLEM!
no no

the injuries, they have rotated through the lineup. I’m not saying anything about the pitching at all.

the injuries are the reason the offense has been nothing short of horrific?
they haven't helped.

to be 3.5 games back at this point, I’m ok with that. That’s all I’m saying.

To be only 3.5 games back to this point...

is a farking MIRACLE.

or what ever other excuse he can find
even if they do lose

splitting this series with the Cards is not a bad thing. To go into the All-star break 3.5 back? Totally surmountable.

Have you actually watched any baseball this season?

This is the longest homestand of the season and they went 6-5.

This is a .500 team

Is that you

BLOU?

No, it's Worf.

It says so right below his comments. It says:

by Worf on Jul 12, 2009 9:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure

it’s BLOU.

The Lord Will Provide

One day in a small town during really stormy weather, the town
begins to flood. Everyone rushes to lifeboats and begins to
flee. But in a church a prriest sits on the alter and does not
move. A man runs up to him.

Man- “Father, come quickly, we have a lifeboat ready for you”.

Priest- No, there is no need for me to flee for the lord will
provide and he will save me".

Man- “Suit yourself”

A few hours later the water has risen up to the alter where the
priest is standing. A lifeboat zooms through the door with a few
men in it. One man calls to the priest.

Man- “Father come quickly”

Priest- "No, for the lord will provide and he will save me.

So the lifeboat zooms off. A few hours later the water has risen
up to the crucifix on which the priest is hanging on. A lifeboat
zooms in.

Man- Father, the town is flooding, you must come with us to
safety.

Priest- No, the lord will provide. He will save me.

A few hours later the water rose up to the roof and the priest
drowned. Later in heaven the priest met god and said:

Man- "Lord, why didn’t you save me? I had so much faith.

God- What are you talking about!!!!!! I sent 3 bloody lifeboats
to rescue you?

I think this team

is it’s own lifeboat.

Soto pulls his fat

Dempster is a freaking Benny Hill episode. Soriano sucks so bad he should be used to vacuum bar floors. And A-Ram came back too soon.

It’s just as possible this team ends up 12 out

whatever.

do what you need to do to get by, man. I’ll be over here, rooting for the team.

That's fine

But take the damn blinders off once in a while

don't have any.
o.0
they've been losing most of the game

where have you been?

doing other things, and hoping they could win.

and you’re absolutely full of bull plop if you’re really going to claim I’m not here during wins

I'm certain

I did not say that.

What's your take on Theriot's defense on that last play?
he stunk it up.

and earlier today, Pujols made an error. It happens. It happens to Riot more often then I’d like, but should I rend my hair and garments over it?

no, but you could at least admit he's not a SS.

When a player makes mistakes “more often than you’d like”…that should tell you something about that player’s abilities.

dood

I’ve been on that bandwagon with you since 2007. I’d much prefer to see Riot at second. You know that.

Snape won't like it if your house garmets are messed up.
Screw Snape

I still hate that greasy prick

That's why I like you, Worf.

You’re dependable, like cake, tequila, and swear frequently.

And I'm a hulge Harry Potter fan
They are trying to top the Cardinals' defense earlier

But the thing is… what we saw earlier — that’s easy to believe is a fluke

This feels normal

YOU ASK THE IMPOSSIBLE
Without some serious improvement on offense

You are 100% correct

i hope he doesn't even swing.
aramis strikes out chasing a soriano pitch.
even john miller's calling sori a-ram
nobody on base

usually when soriano gets his hits

Hey Alphonso... please stop sucking
Next time

maybe

Strike two was a ball a minute ago!
sori always does that stupid check swing ....
i wish someone would rip that sign out of that ding dong's hands behind home plate
I've seen it, but not up close...

What does that neon green ugly thing say?

"Touch the Bag Morans! -- GO CUBS!"
Security hasn't confiscated that ####ing thing yet?
AIIIIIIIIIIIIII

soriano takes a pitch down the middle, but chases that pitch

ffs

wainwright was just too good
The worst hitter in baseball

He has no clue

ankiel is pretty bad.
Yeah

Ok, he can be the worst lefty.

Sori tops Ankiel in BA, OBP and SLG
What a crap inning from our 3-4-5 hitters
william shatner isn't funny
I thought I was the only one

who thought that.

you got a friend
Nobody needs the Ted Lilly break more than Alfonso
ted lilly break...

nice

embarrassing
A national embarassment!

The Cubs front office looks like idiots for signing him and the manager looks like an idiot for playing him.

Wrigley booing Soriano. Shouldn't be doing that.

Yeah, the guy doesn’t have a clue…but he’s wearing a Cubs uniform.

So?
Here's what I wish

After a horrible swing by Sori on strike one or two, Lou calls time and comes out of the dugout and stands behind Sori and, like our dads did with us when we were little, guides him through a nice, level swing. Right there in front of a national TV audience.

he deserves everything he gets
They are paying this man tens of millions to be a stud

And if he wasn’t getting that contract, he’d probably be in the minors. The fans have the right to boo, they spend the money to come to the games.

I'm not a big fan of Soriano at all....and don't miss the occasional booing when he drops a flyball.

But just chronic booing of him is not warranted IMHO.

Is it chronic when he swings and misses

a ball that the catcher blocks in the dirt?

The guy whiffs at a lot of pitches and I'm not fond of him.

But he’s got a big “Cubs” logo on the front of his shirt, and I’m a fan.

Hendry paid him like a Pujols or a Cabrera

because he incorrectly saw Sori as being that type of player. Too much money for a guy who’s a heckuva nice accessory in the lineup but most definitely NOT an elite superstar.

The Cubs have seen wainwright 18 times in his career

but apparently they can’t solve him

this is the meat of our order?

My god, our offense is atrocious.I’ll tell you, living in DC, as bad as the Nats are, next week is going to be interesting. The Nats lineup is eons better than ours right now with Morgan, Guzman, Willingham, Zimmerman, Johnson all hitting above .280, and then there is Dunn.

Oh, well. We split the series.

Right?

Home team

bats last.

Ping-pong at Wrigley Field!
Game fail.

Meant to say “pinball!” Don’t ask me how I messed that one up.

i dont like our odds with bradley baker and PH up next

ya it will probably be bradley, fontenot and hoffpauir
wow, I forgot how much I truly despise ESPN's sunday night crew

I mean seriously, there isn’t a likable personality among the three of them

Charlie Brown's teacher makes more sense than these three
Bradley, Baker, PH, Fox, St. Fuld

It’s doable

bradley fontenot hoffpauir.
I am infinitely sad.
oh for gods sake Theriot you worthless POS
Cubs defense FAIL
there is our shortstop
Theriot, seriously????

It was there for you!

Theriot with some Failsauce
Nice work at SS

Little league glovework there

Can we please get a goddamn major league shortstop next year?
duncan hitting for wainright.
comeback wont even be possible after theriots bone head play

joe morgan disapproves greatly

Marshall's arm is gonna fall out

and Lou is gonna ruin a career.

What was Marshall's pitch count earlier today?
less then

15, I thought.

a few days ago everyone was pissed that Marshall was only going 1/3rd innings

chill

Twice in a day for a kid who should be a starter?

I’m not too enthused about it. But let’s just see what the sanctimony of the thread thinks and we can just follow his great advice.

Who wanted Theriot over Ryan again?
all this team needs is...

a real:
SS
2B
CF
LF

and the catcher to go on a diet
and Lead-off man

And productive clean-up hitter

Getting a real SS would fill two positions
Theriot could be a real 2B
That Soriano contract will be an albatross

for at least 3 more years!!

that had double play possibility. so instead of two outs none on. two on none out.
Wasn't it Thurston who bunted?

If it was, there’s no way they get him at first.

Pat forgets to turn off microphone

On the Gameday feed after the ad break started, Pat moaned and said “Aw, Theriot is … average.”. Sounded like he caught himself before saying what he fully thought.

lol heilman in the pen

now marmol and heilman are up

oh no

NO WALKS
HBPs?
Half-Blood Princes?

There’s more than one?

I'm thinking I like Fox at catcher

In the short term. Maybe, that last pitch could have been blocked better.

Fox has no position

The faster he is on some AL team for prospects, the better.

But you can't get anything of value
Well. Fox is at least nimble back there
Just seeing Franklin on ESPN.

BIG-TIME BEARD FAIL.

6,501,890 Cubs fans

are flushing their toilets

7,908,531 are on edge

10,001,655 would like to box Alfonso Soriano’s ears

More walks

Don’t help our effort here.

Marshall going to LF
YOU'VE GOT TO BE F*CKING KIDDING ME.

NOTE:

THIS IS WHEN LOU WENT CRAZY.

Google Sam McDowell
HOLY MOTHER OF SHIT

Am I seeing right?

Yes, you are.

Heilman in to pitch. Marshall in Left field. As if that makes any sense.

Wait, what?!?

What in the world is going on here?!?

what the hell is going on. marshall is in left field.
Wow...Marshall to LF so he can pitch again

LOL

This is awesome

Good work Lou. Bobby Cox does this quite a bit.

are you kidding?
No Cox does this a few times a season

Its a good idea. Not like we were gonna score runs anyway.

I have seen bobby cox do this all the time
all the time????????

I highly, highly doubt that

Yes it's brillant...if it works
Soriano thinks he's pitching now!! LOL
whoooooooa

Marshall in LF

What is happening...
Sadly, Marshall is a better fielder than Soriano in LF

and probably a better hitter (sad face)

so the fans are cheering Soriano being taken out?

Man, it’s going to be a long season for that poor guy

i've never seen this in my entire life
i've never even heard of it

lous lost his mind

I bet Marshall will catch anything hit to him...with no hop.
Marshall and Soriano OUT

Heilman in

Oh...

Marshal in LF?

Marshall still in, just playing left field
Correction: Soriano out. Marshall to left field. Heilman in to pitch.

Do you understand at all?!?

At least we're upgrading our defense in LF
this could have all been avoided by theriot.
I LIKE THIS MOVE. GUTSY!!!!!!!!

Good going, Lou. It’s absolutely freaking crazy….and might not work, but I like it!!!!

Is Lou smoking with Geo in the clubhouse?

This is a certified circus.

Calm down...

He might be doing something genius

not if it involves heilman pitching with bases loaded none out.
Welcome to the day before the All-Star break

There is always something very weird in the handling of pitchers on this day. THough, I didn’t expect this.

This should be nothing if not entertaining!
Can I get a picture to remember this moment?
Goodness. Y'all overreacting much?

OMG YOU GUYS THIS IS COMPLETE INSANITY

CATS AND DOGS LIVING TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!111

No, cats and dogs living together is sane compared to this.
this should be interesting.
I swear to God

if Marshall hurts himself out there, I will be done with this season

I will say things to get me banned, have a great time doing it, and not watch a single game the rest of the season. I will serious consider naming my child Ludwick.

reeLAX dude

its just a ball game

Lets play two

you don't

have to wait, if you don’t want to.

It’s a legit strategy.

ON WHICH PLANET???

Marshall looks petrified out there!

what

he’s not a big league player?

he can do it.

note to Drew...

he’s not a big league POSITION player.

he's an NL ball player.

we’ll holler at Soriano for not being ready to play, but this, this is just crazy-sauce!

And it worked.

I agree....NL ball players don't need a freakin' 24 hours appointment to play LF....
A punter doesn't also play linebacker because he's a "professional player".
not

the same thing at all.

Your stupid rationale is the same.

You don’t train to play one position your whole life then get thrown into another one…unless you’re a utility player. Ridiculous.

my rationale

is the same as Lou’s. And it worked. So call it whatever you want, but it worked.

Oh my god.

I just got dumber.

whatever.

pitchers take pop-up practice for a reason. Especially in the NL.

it didn't WORK

a ball wasn’t hit to him. We escaped without having to see if it worked

It did

what Lou wanted it to do — keep Marshall in the game to be able to pitch to the guy who batted after the guy Heilman pitched to.

It worked plenty fine.

it's almost EXACTLY the same thing.

The baseball world has 2 distinct sides. Pitcher and Hitters (position player).

Dude STFU

Seriously, do us a favor and get banned now…

I will continue the Worf tradition if he gets banned, which he will not.
Why do people insist on ruining a great website?
at least the game is interesting now .....
Who comes into LF after this at bat then?
Johnson?
Move fuld over

Putin dome

Dome PH already
Pretty desparate

I guess with only one lefty in the pen, I understand it.

REALLY?!?

Sean Marshall in LF

wow

I'm actually more concerned with Heilman being in the game
me too...

but this is like little league!

Zambrano is probably pissed...

He wishes he was in LF.

Literally LOLed on that one
The ball is going to find him
FFS! Heilman is gonna F-ing walk the run!

What’s the point?

batter just swung at ball two and three

thank you dumbass!

could be worse.Marmol
EATING CROW LOUDLY
Z to play LF next?
Lilly to play left and catch at the same time
Is Z even in the stadium

or flying to the Bahamas right now for vacation?

Z is in the dugout
You can hear the bleacher chanting lets go Marshall lol
LaRussa is jealous that he didn't do it first
Lou is drunk

He is gone. He’s off on Pluto.

You are being totally ridiculous.
He's off on Pluto?

I thought he was fucking Goofy!

Who are you?
I'm someone who can recognize an insane overreaction when I see one.
La Russa is going to do something dumber trying to one up Lou

to prove he’s the super-genius

Damn this strike zone
Call the strike!
full count here comes walk in a run.
Prediction fail.

K.

nope, dude swung at ball four

thank god

my thoughts exactly.
whatever morgan whatever ....
Well damn it

Morgan approves of Fox as catcher, so he can’t be good.

STRIKE THREE!!!!!

HAH!

Full blown gift!!
I dont believe it

Heilman with the K!

wow

lou is a genius

Marshall trots to the mound

again… hahahaha

Reed into LF, Marshall pitching
Lou is... wait for it....

Managing!

Can Marshall still pitch?????

I don’t get this.

Gamble paid off
did you see the look on Soriano's face when Marshall walked up?

almost made me feel sorry for the guy

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!

And now, Lou comes back and moves RJ into left, and Marshall comes back to the mound! IT WORKED! ALL BOW TO THE PINIELLA!

Well it got the crowd pumped up

and now Joe Morgan is pissed.

"I don't know the rule, honestly." - J. Morgan

All Star and ESPN commentator .. what an idiot

At least he hasn't lied this week, at least that I've heard

That could change.

Pat even says

He’s never seen this before

You just have to page through some of the comments here to see how confused some of us were.
shut UP

I don’t want to have to mute it again

"I don't know the rule to be honest with you."

— Joe Morgan.

"But I'll give you my opinion of what it should be...

and rant about it"

see, now

he should say that A LOT MORE OFTEN.

great minds think alike
i hope marmol doesn't come out.

fox won’t be able to catch him.

Hey, why not have the bullpen guys practice outfield

So they can do righty-lefty switches throughout the late inning without wasting pitchers? Instead of bringing in RJ they could have Heilman play LF while the lefties bat. Etc.

Who's the hot blonde?!
I saw her first!

The T&A on her is out of this world
Damn it. not now!

What if it works for ALL Hoffpauirs!

If there was a dime in her pocket you'd be able to see the outline of FDR's profile
Those two honeys next to the Red dugout are hot
This is just hilarious
Why did I turn on the ESPN audio for a moment

My heavens, Morgan is a complete idiot. Do not put DH rules onto the NL!

So it official?

Lou can’t bring in a righty now?

…just arrived and, predictably, people are complaining about a unconventional move that worked.

I’ll copy this thread for fun later

I've never seen anything

Even remotely like what I saw in this inning.

Moving players around in an inning? I used to do it all the time when I coached… :)

Great!

HI DAN FROM THE FUTURE!

YOU KICK ASS.

You guys should put on ESPN Deportes

They’re not as bad as the regular ESPN, they’re actually pretty good.

As today’s announcer pointed out, any player can change positions, as long as they don’t come out of the game and then return.

We have a little bit of it here...

With Miller’s pronunciations.

No esta en alta definicion compañero
Uyyy, que mal

Aunque, no esta ni Ernesto Jerez ni Candy Maldonado, ni Memo Celis.

Y no he visto a la bellisima Carolina Guillen toda esta semana. :(

but Joe Morgan didn't know that
i MORGAN ! i CALLATE!
Whitey Herzog

I remember Whitey Herzog doing this for the Cards back in the 80’s

let's put Ivan DeJesus back in the game

while we’re at it .. let those mighty thighs run one out

Holy Shit

what a pitch!

STRIKE THREE!

TWO OUTS!

HOLY COW!!

HEILMAN K!!

Uh, is Marshall pitching again?
The 79 Pirates did this too

in a game vs the Giants. Kent Tekulve went to LF after getting the 2nd out (a RH hitter), in case the next hitter (LH) got a hit – the on deck hitter was a RH and Tekulve could return to the mound to face him. So the LH hitter of course hits a fly to left and Tekulve snares it to end the game.

Verdict

Lou is a genius. Or at least that will be the story tomorrow

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
OK, this is fun...

I was wrong about Lou making the move

But none of this matters if the Cubs don’t score three in the ninth, gang.

Of course you are correct.

But isn’t it fun occasionally to see a manager actually make a fun, unconventional move?

You know what is fun?

Winning

Now now, no need to go all Vince Lombardi on me.

Isn’t it pretty much a given that I would prefer the Cubs to win?

That doesn’t diminish my admiration of Lou for making a bold move last inning.

That was one of the strangest things I've ever seen on a baseball field.
sure

but at least he’s thinking.

I loved the move. Unconventional. Give me more of it!
Gameday has Marshall: "P-LF-P"

but was confused earlier, said Heilman substituted for Marshall (nope) and batting 5th (yes, but for Soriano)

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWWOOWOW
HOW IN THE WORLD DID HE CATCH THAT????
JOHNSON WITH THE CATCH!

INNING OVER! IT WORKED! NO RUNS SCORE!

a;ldkfjA:S hawchpuEWJ; qauh

GREATEST CATCH EVAR~

HOLY SHIT!!!!

WOW

What a catch!!!!
OH REEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

HAVE MY BABIES

WOW, WHAT A CATCH!!!!!!!!

Let’s win this one!!!!!!!!

Now win this MFer!!!
"Are you kidding me???" - Al Michaels
REED MANTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
REED

does it again!

Marshall couldnt have looked worse
CELEBRATION

fail

bases loaded no one out and how did we get out of that
The Good Lord wants the Cubs to Win.

Harry said so

The Cardinals took lessons from our bats.

Be ice cold with guys on third and less than two outs.

that was a long inning

Do You Believe in Miracles
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Well, I suppose it's a good time their isn't instant replay

Not a catch, it was a trap

don't ruin it!!
Another reason to want to win this game.

The Cards fans are gonna be livid about this catch

That catch made my night even if they don't win
just when u think u've seen it all
Well holy shit

Lou actually was smart tonight. Now we need some runs.

We're still losing the game.
I thought getting out of a base loaded zero outs by putting your pitcher in LF

and bringing him back was worth 5 style runs?

So what?

We have a manager and it showed tonight

i agree it was a trap propheteer
Definitely, but i'll take it.
And just wait to see how many times the Talking Heads repeat that fact
Facts are simple and facts are straight...

Facts are lazy and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
Facts don’t do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
Facts are nothing on the face of things

Eat crow doubters

Told you it could be a genius move

Guys...

This was STEP ONE!

There still has to be at least two runs, and preferably three, since Lou has just about emptied his bench.

So...that was a fun inning
we "caught a break" on reeds "catch"...
Let's score 3 runs this inning!
Anyone else think reed trapped that.
That wasn't a catch

We caught a break. =/

you don't have to think.

replay shows it to be…too late.

we have to take advantage of that break

Soriano would still be chasing that one!!
or maybe

he wouldn’t have fallen over at all, and made it look easy.

LOL...

Unlikely.

Soriano wouldn't have fallen over

and he still would not have caught it. RJ gets a much better jump on balls than Soriano.

Does vegetation grow well on the River Denial?

right

because Soriano NEVER makes catches. Ppfffft. There’s no way to know.

RJ slipped

He made it harder than necessary. Thank goodness he is RJ and he has such a great glove. And thank goodness that the umps didnt see that play better.

Totally worth it

That was so much fun. Who cares if we lose.

+1 on fun

-1 still wanna win

Now you sound like...

A stereotypical Wrigley Field Cub fan.

There are just some times during the season where you have to say who gives a shit

Our offense can’t pull it out, whatever. We got to have some fun.

Suggested Recap Title:

Well, At Least We Know Lou’s Still Alive

lol i wonder how soriano felt when he got replaced by a PITCHER
That ball was high

cry more joe morgan

Joe Morgan makes my head hurt
We can't waste getting that horseshoe up our butt!

Let’s hope it lasts a while longer. :-)

Yeah...

A blown call, a miracle “catch” and a clutch pitch by Heilman

And Lou is a genius.

And all the runs we gave up are Lou's fault

how?

You can only judge someone on the things he was responsible for. The Marshall to LF was Lou’s call.

God...

Marshall could’ve made that play

awful call on first pitch to milton and now 0-2
Joe Morgan's funeral will be just like Michael Jackson's, only with celebration, dancing, and alcohol, not tears.
i think we know that Morgan is a card fan
He can't be as bad as Buck/McCarver.
I actually like Buck as a broadcaster (I'm in the minority)

McCarver blows though

Of course not, but

after listening to those two imbeciles yesterday, I think I hate them worse than Morgan.

Joe says...

When I played we swung a balls with two strikes, but it is a different game today, the strike zone expands with 2 strikes, guys today just won’t swing at balls off the plate, they want it over the plate. It’s just a different game.

Thanks Joe, without your insightful analysis we would all be lost.

Lean into that inside pitch MB
thats what i was thinking too
Do you want him to GET HURT?

(hand starts to raise, slowly…)

Seriously though, that was a horrible call.

Shitty ump.

Of course not. But a baserunner would look pretty good right here. Just good baseball.
It was a trap

Any announcer worth his salt would say so. It’s not being a Cards fan to say that the Cards should be up 7-2 right now.

We got a break. Let’s take it.

If the Cubs go out 1-2-3 here, that move isn’t remembered.

milton .... walk plox
what an awful call ump
DON'T GET EJECTED!
oy

K looking. :(

MORE CRAP CALLS WOOOOO

Pitch off outside corner is a strike?
Hasn't been a strike all night
Yea! Bradley!

Swing the bat.

hey, what's your opinion of Milton Bradley?
Average Major League Player.
It wasn't a strike, should be a full count
It was too close to take with 2 strikes...

a good hitter fouls those pitches off and keeps the at bat alive.

Hey, ump!

Strike. One. Here. Was. Not. A. Strike!

all of lou's managerial games are not going to matter sadly
Franklin has some sort of dead animal attacking the bottom of his face
He's so ugly the batters are distracted by him.
Why not look for sliders against the Cards?

That’s almost all they ever throw

yow

strike three called.

Seemed inside, and off the plate.

Even the ESPN K-zone says so.

More so than Bradley's
I'm upset by that call as well.
old guy got hit by foul
Man,

It looks like that foul ball hit or nearly hit someone. I hope she’s all right.

SWING THE DAMN BAT!!!
SWING THAT BAT YOU TOOLS
another bad call.

so according to morgan bradley and baker didnt K

Yawn....hey Cubs...try HITTING the baseball when you need to win a game.
The the pitches were outside the zone

so I don’t fault them for looking.

If both had been called correctly....

We have 2 runners on and no one out.

No bad habits. Can’t screw up 600 ABs for this one asshole.

It was 2-2 on Bradley

so he wouldn’t necessarily be on base.

Inexcusable....

If you don’t want to umpire baseball games for the entirety, and your way of getting out of it to go home early is calling clear balls strikes, find another job.

He’s not missing these calls – he knows damn well what he’s doing.

Is there a relation between the two Hoffpauirs? I haven’t heard anything about it tonight and am curious.

Miller says

no relation

For the past two days the national media like FOX and ESPN have said "NO"
No, they said no relation between the two.
sorry

sarcams detector temporarily disabled.

BIG FAT "SARCASM"
I can not recall any ump

consistently giving a pitcher six inches on the inside corner.

Is Joe Morgan the ump and announcer? just wondering
In Joe Morgan's world

the strike zone expands when you have 2 strikes. He wouldn’t even acknowledge that those were bad strike calls. And on that 3rd ball off the plate that wasn’t called a strike was barely any farther off the plate, but he made it sound like it was thrown into the stands.

NOW WE TAKE OVER

“Bleacher Bums”

Miller has noticed that both teams have players named Hoffpauir.

God help us all.

Are Micah and Jarrett related?

JK

YOU HAVE GOT TO PROTECT THE PLATE!!!!
+ a million!!

Stupid lameass ABs!!!

Come on ump you are being brutal we know its almost vacation but all were asking for is one good inning.
shouldn't we be asking our offense for that?
bring megan fox to the plate!
KKK

looking

Totally wortless effort by all three!!!
NOT. A. Strike!!!!
these umps are a joke

joe morgan is a joke
espn is a joke

Our offensive approach at the plate is a joke.
2 called strike outs

At were obviously balls, that’s not poor approach, it’s poor umpiring

Those pitches were too close to take with 2 strikes.
And the umps missed a trap play

that puts the Cards up even more.

Dont’ seem to be getting a response to that one. Guess it’s only bad umping when it hurts the Cubs.

the ump was standing right next to the calls at homeplate

the trap out in leftfield is a much more difficult call to make, especially one that appeared like he made the catch until I saw the replay

You Argue that a good hitter fouls them off

Then shouldn’t a big league ump call a ball a f@cking ball!!

Take a close ball, and say “goodeye”

Big League Umps should do alot of things.
Let's not swing the bat, good idea!

That one was more of a K than the others

The ump got that one right
None of those strike 3s were strikes
K zone showed the last one as a strike
Three called strikeouts

Unbefrickinglievable.

Worst at-bats I have ever seen . These guys have no freaking clue what to do with a bat.

DO NOT BLAME THE UMPS.

1) The Cards should be up 7-2 with that trap play

2) YOU HAVE TO FRAEWAKING PROTECT TO GODLEDAMNED PLATE!!!!!

was really hoping Reeds diving catch would ramp this team up

unfortunately, we had three poor hitters in the bottom of the ninth

strike three...

called. Game over.

Like I said — I would prefer to have won, but splitting a series, and going into the break 3.5 back? I’m ok with that.

No baseball that matters for days. Whatever will we do?

Trade for Peavy and Brian Roberts, of course!
I'm not satisfied with mediocrity, no.
we'll get 'em

in the second half.

There's no magic that happens over the break.

Milton doesn’t magically start hitting. Geo doesn’t magically lose weight. Derrek’s neck doesn’t magically feel great. Soriano doesn’t magically start hitting like we owe him $90M over the next 5 years.

They will if you believe hard enough!
The umps

also missed a trap play with the bases loaded. That’s a triple and maybe even an inside-the-parker.

Cards should have won 7-2 if you want to blame umps.

they get a rest.

Maybe they get their heads together.

we’ll see what happens.

Agreed...

Satisfied with a split. An organization and many fans alike satisfied with mediocracy. I really think those clowns in the booth have an orgasm when the Cubs lose.

Read weird and crappy...

Fan Posts for the next few days.

Eric Hanna?

I hope?

WP - Adam Wainwright, SV - Marvin Hudson
Several of those close ones weren't strikes, but there's no excuse for not protecting the plate in that siutation.
glad to see lou didn't get off his ass to stick up for his guys
He was too busy patting himself on the back

and making up business cards that said, “Lou Pinella — SUPER GENIUS!”

talk about Coyote Ugly...
what an awful loss

Hold Pujols to 0-4, and you have to like your chances.
But not with this offense.
They had a real chance to make a statement and get within 1.5 games, but they blew it.
Just like pretty much all of the first half.

You dont a damn thing about baseball

Blew it? Really? One guy goes out there and kills us on a random Sunday. We played a pretty good series in our division. We have the Nationals on Thursday, and we have 78 games left. We are 3.5 out, not 7.5. That is blowing it. Take your cry baby shit somewhere else.

Blew the opportunity, jackass
Also, GFY

Internet tough guy

I've forgotten more baseball than you know
they need a new scouting report on ludwick.

they guy rapes us. seemed like he hit about .750 that series.

This is one of those games I leave confused...
Our offense is still the most pathetic in the NL.

The bottom of the order is total garbage!

and THAT is why I can't be as optimistic as my esteemed colleagues

I just have a very, very, very hard time seeing the same guys who have struggled in the first half start to click in the 2nd half.

no kidding if I have to Koyle Hill's crap for another month hit is going to be painful
Ok Worf

Correct us for the incorrect attitude we displayed here.

Yes Three runs were needed. We just shouldn’t have enjoyed ourself.

Please enlighten us.

We’re waiting

Do YOU still feel excited about Lou's move?

After watching those at-bats?

Thus endeth the lesson.

Yes

and, after reading you over this half season, you couldn’t teach me a thing

Lou did his job.

The AB’s didn’t.

I loved it.

You didn’t.

It’s a free country.

That was free, BTW

Anyone who was actually excited about this loss

is just beyond my help.

3.5 GB at all star break isn't bad considering the way the Cubs have played so far
How's it going to change? It'll be the same worthless guys that don't produce.

Keep playing Soriano gives you zero chance to ever be good.

Breathe, breathe in the air
Dont be afraid to care
Leave but dont leave me
Look around and chose your own ground
For long you live and high you fly
And smiles youll give and tears youll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be

Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
It’s good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away, across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell.

At the least, the Cardinals fans won't rape Wrigley Field again this year.

They must be unbearable at Wrigley after the Cardinals win. They were bad enough when the Cubs won, throwing chewing gum at me in July 2006.

That was 3 consecutive "Bradley Approaches"....

only swing at something right down the middle.

BCB Dictionary?
3 days off

let’s hope they have a better offense on the back 9!

well, that ends a lousy first half of the season.

not dead yet, but we are lousy.

.500 at the break

As awful as the Cubs have looked at times, the fact that we are 3.5 games back at the all star break means it’s not over. If the team FINALLY wakes up and does half of what they did last year, the playoffs are in reach.

What did you possibly see in this game

That indicates to you they have woken up?

He may have been speaking

About today’s earlier game.

Man, King Albert showed he was human today.

Nothing

I’m just hoping they do soon, because they will be running out of time soon.

yes .. at the end of September

We’ve still got issues BUT this team can still do it.

Now it’s going to be five days of Glass Half Full or Glass Half Empty postings

for that, it is worth the

excuse me, I seem to recall that there were TWO games played today

and the Cubs looked pretty darn good in the first against the leaders of the NL Central.

two mistakes by the pitcher and we lost

And your point is, exactly?

That's the ONLY reason we lost, that's right

If it was just two mistakes by the pitcher, fine, but the offense was completely pathetic again.

wainwright has a nasty curveball and he throws it all day long.

that had a lot to do with it.

main problem was the way we pitched ludwick.

could have easily pitched around him and gone after ankiel. that was a big mistake.

well, they're gonna have to play well.

i think the cardinals will have a strong second half. their bullpen is solid, starting rotation is solid. they should get either derosa or glaus back, perhaps both, and ludwick looks poised to go on a tear.

the cubs are going to have to have a dominant second half (like 15 games above .500) to win this division in my opinion.

and I honestly don't think they have the horses for that

They had a very good chance to take 3 of 4, and blew it.

They will never catch St Louis

Aramis isn’t healthy, Soto is gone, Soriano is worthless, and Bradley is middlin at best. We can’t score enough runs to ever be consistently good.

disagreed ..

i think we’re going to hang in there .. and this division is still wayyyy up for grabs

and may Soriano be glued to the bench for a while

Let Reed start the next month!

Soriano benching will never happen. Reed is just a backup.
yeah, i'm not optimistic.

then again, pujols could pull a hamstring or something and they’d look pretty listless. i think soriano is going to come around and hit about .280 or so with 10 homeruns in the second half—nothing amazing, but respectable. his approach has improved somewhat.

i kind of wish ramirez would just pack it up for the year. he looks very fragile.

His last AB shows that nothing has changed. He still has no clue.
Do you need the link to Viva El Birdos?

Because you’re obviously not a Cubs fan…

Wrong

I live and die with every game but they gotta prove it to me before I’ll believe these whiff-machines nad ball droppers are up to the challenge.

and ball droppers
Glad to be going camping for a week...

I won’t be here to see what nonsense some of us come up with during the break.

That makes me happy
I'm right here dude, com'on.
will miss your photoshop skills
Don't worry guys, Freddy Sanchez will save the day ;)
Aint happening
hello jim hendry nice to meet you
WE CANNOT SPEND ANY MONEY

Hendry has done everything but send all Cubs fans a memo telling that very thing

seriously, jim, calm down and let the ocean breeze hit you in your face.
first series back: at DC or at Wrigley?
4 @ Washington, 3 @ Philadelphia
Wow

The Philly road trip kinda scares me a bit, considering our hitting isnt doing much.

But, hopefully we start off on a good track with a sweep at DC. :D






Oh, my.

You are the photoshop master!

reminds me of children painting a dolphin.
Or, after that awful bottom of the 9th...

in the words of borat

“what’s up with it vanilla face, me and my homie azamah just parked our slab outside, we’re looking for somewhere to post up our black asses for the night, so ah bang bang skeet skeet n***a, we just a couple of pimps no h**s.

It was a fun first game posting on BCB

Would have loved a win, but the sun will rise tomorrow. Talk to you all after Ted Lilly wins the Cubs home field advantage in the WS.

Thanks for stopping, man!
y'all come back soon, y'hear?
Oh man.

This is great, you should definitely come here more often.

Most of the threads are always fun.

I only have one thing to say about this game:

I HATE Ryan Ludwick. HATE HATE HATE. Ugly jerk.

I was thinking the same thing
it's pronounced "oaf."

ludwick doesnt approve

Bill Hands would've buzzed him with a heater under the chin the 2nd time up
GAHHHHHHHHHH

Nightmare fodder! :-(

Can someone tell me what the hell Peanuts has to do with the Chicago Cubs?

I give up, I have no idea.

Lots...

NOMINATED: Post of the Night!

SWL, I genuflect…

So what's that...

About the 30th time the Cubs need to tip their cap. I don’t know about the rest of you, but as a fan, I’m tired of tipping my cap. In the words of Piniella “Roll up your damn shirts, go out there and kick somebody’s ass.” SWL where’s that picture?

Yep

I’ve the cap tipping comment way to many times this year. They had their chances but couldn’t deliver. The 9th inning was the biggest joke of an effort I have ever seen.

please not ANOTHER Brett Favre drama

favres the hero of prima donnas everywhere

it's pronounced "butt favor"
Is it just me...

Or does it piss you off the death everytime the Cubs lose?

it pisses me off because i have to wait 3 days till the Cubs win again
HOLY S**T MAN

I GET THE SAME THING!!!
OMFG, THAT’S SO WEIRD!!

eric?

that you?

PLEASE

PLEASE, INFORM ME WHEN THE NEXT ERIC HANNA SIGHTING OCCURS!!

i think he, bartman, and jimmy hoffa have relocated to a tropical island
Probably to Fantasy Island.
No

I don’t get pissed with every loss because I know enough about baseball to know everyone is going to lose at least 40% of their games…

Oh, only 100% of the time
I mean to death
The White Sox are 2 games over .500

We have the same winning percentage as the Astros. The f*cking Astros. The Marlins are better than us. Seattle! Waaaaay better than us.

Please QQ moar.
Yep...

And the Astros always play unbelievably well in the second half.

wow .. that blonde on ESPN getting the foul

what a play

We gotta stay healthy?

Lou? We aren’t healthy now, so staying healthy would be impossible.

is this part of his post game presser?

if so…keep us updated

Yes it was.

He said the key to the 2nd half is that we gotta stay healthy(we’re not healthy now) and gotta start hitting. That was all I saw.

The sad thing is...

The Cubs can split with the Nats, and lots of people here will be satisfied with that. You need AT LEAST 3 out of 4

I will only be satisfied

by a SWEEP.

splitting with the Cardinals

is a LOT different then splitting with the Nats. We need 3/4 from the Nats.

For the road

Enjoy and out!

Rock on

Alfonso… Rock on.

fonzie should have no problem getting his head clear over the break

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