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Overflow Thread 3: Cubs vs. Astros, Monday 7/27, 7:05 CT

From Sunday's game.

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Winning thread!!
this is why Z

batted instead of fox before being taken out, he’s our only back up catcher

nice effort by

stevens……until that play

well shit

still all we need is an out, that’s all that matters

I think I'm just gonna let 'em keep bitching in that last thread...
They sure are doing that.
I don't know what it will take

to empty the clown car of recreational bitchers who populate these game threads.

Something drastic

Santo gunning down everybody on the 25-man except Andres Blanco. And then beating Judd Sirott to death with one of his artificial legs.

Gotta call up Fuld after the bloodbath
Gosh, Ron is so annoying!!! Lol
Sorry,

I like Ron, just not as a broadcaster. I would like to be told what is happening, not the sounds of someone being set on fire

lets get rid of this!!! K the side
Okay, Stevens, let's close it out...

YES!

nice job by stevens
Pudge Ks on the high heat!

Let’s go top of the order!

I dont get Lou

You just don’t bat Fontenot there. If he is playing the numbers, he would know that Fox hits rightys and leftys better than Fonty

Stevens is solid

I love the kid, maybe we get him the win tonight right here

Trying to sneak the squeeze in

Seems to be the consensus

if thats the case

you use Blanco

the decision made zero sense

you take a high risk play (works maybe 50% of the time) instead of an 85% chance to win if you simply let the AB play out

a DP or K are the only results we can’t win the game on

ehh blanco wouldve been a red flag
then use Jake Fox

and bunt

because its always better to put out an inferior option in hopes of “surprising” them

hell maybe we should PH for DLee with Rich harden

i highly doubt fox can bunt
neither can fontenot

that was my point

but hell… it sure would have SURPRISED them

He could hit a fly ball
and 'cause we're the Cubs, he would've done exactly that

K or DP

or

hit the exact same fly ball he hit to CF to win the game…

forgot to use the "tongue in cheek humor" icon
i think Blanco is hitting better than Fontenot
i damn sure know he could have done a better job bunting
I know his thought

but my god, i am just so tired of these moves by Lou, letting Z hit in the 7th, and this in the 9th.

Why is that on Lou?

Fontenot bunted through a great pitch to hit. Would’ve ended the game right there most likely. This was on Fontenot, NOT LOU.

Z hit a double tonight. I don’t get your logic.

There is none

Another person who just loves to bitch.

Steve Dillard would have gotten that bunt down

Can you imagine what the 1981 season would have been like if there was an Internet?

BCB would look like the Nats board
It was called 2006
But then you *know* the squeeze is on

Fonty was supposed to catch ’em napping.

yeah, and when they charge in, you slap it past them...
Ron

Called the squeeze over the radio.

yeah, if Ron can call it, not sure it is a surprise
agree.

Fox hits balls to outfield most of the time as well..and he was coming into the game to catch either way

leave this blather in the last thread, OK?
perfect pitch

…..

I RULE
Do I have to post Randal again?
thanks for the yump!
Dammit
what???
I was enjoying the lack of complaining

Too much to expect it to last, I guess

I feel like you were absent early in the season...

…and have made quite the revival this second half. Or maybe that’s the teacher in me and my attendance sheet.

top of the order....finish it!!!
The "No Fontenots Allowed" Thread
STEVENS YOU CAN BANG MY WIFE ANY DAY!
Ew.
You should see his wife

Ay caramba…

inquiring minds wanna know
wow
does

mrs xene know about this?

Only stevens guys. Relax
is Mrs Xene inflatable?
Some parts have been inflated
haha

hey chilango whats up man.

Nada campeon, con hambre.

Tu como estas?

Reed, Riot, Lee, Rami

let’s get it right this time

nice job by Stevens

he has done well so far

What was the board

calling Stevens 5 minutes ago?

is sbnation

slower than molasses for anyone else? wow. everything’s at a crawl for me today.

It is for me, yeah

and I’m on a T3 line.

DSL here

weird. glad its not just me, i guess.

alberto arias in. has sparkling 2.02 era.
all Fox catches are Ks
Wasn't this game in the 7th inning after, like 90 minutes?

and now, nearly 3 hours after the first pitch, we’re still playing

It's slowed a bit since the starters left
Can this be the

“SEND FONTENOT TO AAA” Thread?

no
Why not?
Because there's no reason to send him to Iowa
um, i can think of 30....1 for each of his pts below .260
So let's send half the team there, too
somebody is really defending a hitter that has lost his pop and seems to

not be able to do the fundementals… you should want him to go back to AAA and learn how to hit again…he is only hurting us right now

or fundamentals....
it's the winning thread

there will be plenty of time to wish Fonte ill after the W is in the books.

keep the play by play coming

mlb.tv blacked me out… in Sacramento, California >.<

In DFW

blacked me out too… I thought it was the Houston connection.

Hi Hoosier-- I'm in the foothills

a little hot today, no?

oh yeah

I’m here to take the bar exam, so I was inside all day studying, but I went to get some lunch and it almost knocked me over

Me too--Tulsa ok
No more Fontenot!!!

He has no business playing second base for a major league team. He needs to go.

Can I get a

“second”?

no
Are you his

girlfriend or brother?

Maybe
Well nothing personal

but he has been worthless at the plate this year

Theriot will...

Undoubtedly be swinging for the fences here.

For those needing a joke:

Carlos Lee Befriends Anthill In Left Field

Wow.
Not so great against

LH pitching. Its called “platoon”.

Oh

I thought it was a colony.

Stingy kisses.
Just one run....all we need is one
has Reed Johnson brought anything to the table recently?

Exactly who did Fukudome refuse to sleep with to get yanked out of the leadoff spot?

he didn't get yanked

its a CF platoon and there was a LHP for the stros.

Left handed starter today
Oh goody

And Johnson is 0-5

"We're on tv! We're on tv!"

Pulls hot friend up.

LOL

come on lee

end it

Theriot

with an uncharacteristic K.

Riot Ks

Two away for D. Lee

Hey everyone...

Do you realize that Reed Johnson has been absolutely pathetic this year, save a hot streak in May (I believe)? Yet Lou bats him first. Senile old man!

I blame you for this shit, Dan
You've lost me.
Had to post a jump, din'cha?
Jump

off of your ledge

Oh, shut up...

I’m on the ledge because I point out that Reed Johnson has been absolutely pathetic this year? Great logic!

Better than being

absolutely pathetic your whole life, I guess.

You're an idiot.
ugh

my right eye for an “ignore user” feature!

but he is

scrappy

and is good in the clubhouse

thats worth 15 wins by itself

If you can call Lou a senile old man

Can I call you a dumbass?

Exactly!

At some point, Fukudome is the leadoff hitter, no matter the pitcher.

So, basically, the Fonteriot combo

has been useless

More like the top of the order has been useless...

Lee’s been on base every time tonight… yet the bases have empty every time he came up. It’s no wonder we have one run.

Reed must have inherited

the naked pictures of Hendry

Sue

…if you’re still here, you know why I’m leaving (again).

No one cares.
Is your name Sue?

You could have skipped over his comment.

yes I do

sorry leo

I love inside jokes.
diarrhea?
That was my guess.

Now, why sue knows… beyond me.

lol, leo

hates all the pissy people, whining, etc. Ruins the game threads for him

Daver tweets

Bradley is up. /spoiler… argh

Lee trying to end the game right here
Full count to Lee
Lee FO9

To the 11th, tied at 1

meh, well I gotta go

see you all tomorrow, go Cubs…

not liking this

this game should be over

This place really heated up when we went into extras.

And not in the good way.

Nerves are frayed
How long have you been a Cub fan? How do you have any nerves left?
Nerves are shot

probably cause I don’t have any Baileys

Shouldn't you be reading the paper??
I have 3 bottles
It is understood

when a golden opportunity to end the game fails miserably.

What did you expect exactly?

Now I'm thirsty for Mich Golden.
I go to eBay when bad guys bat

and only come back it i is “safe”, so behave now while I am gone

What are you bidding on?
RUNS!

BID ON RUNS!

Halladay?

Blame Bradley!

Bradley

ran down the line too fast and distracted Fontenot

that should read

*angrily distracted fontenot

Show of hands--

Who wants Stevens to keep pitching?

mine are both up
How are you typing?

You know what – I don’t wanna know.

They call me

“Twinkle Toes”

Ay

Let’s see how he does against the top of the order

Alright

Can someone do some PxP for those of us without the game? Please?

Well. first the earth cooled

and then the dinosaurs came

Not in Kansas they didn't.
Then the Arabs came in their Mercedes Benzes
Bourn flies out deep to Sori. 1 Out.
I am still angry with Lou

What the hell

scary catch by soriano

1 out

pop out to Sori
would call that anything but a pop out

Soriano caught in backpedaling on the track

I was talking about that one

I see the future

was that a reverse skip?
Stevens pitching to Bourn....fly's out to Fonzie in front of the well.

1 out.

I yield the PxP to SWL.

Can I do the rambling color commentary with vague references like Ron?

that's right.....
don't forget the cursing under your breath
"holy shit i caught it"

-fox (looking down at his glove)

Matsui FO7 NH
Another fly out to Soriano 2out
Soriano catches

pop out by Matsui

Butt Holes FO 7.

2 out.

alright, i don't really want to face Lee again, so lets get Tejada out
After 3 strikeouts

2 long fly-outs to Soriano.

Tejada up.

Remind me again

Who’s the emergency catcher now that Fox is in?

Randy Wells
randy wells i think
pretty sure

its fontenot

ahhh forgot ole randy

i suppose he would make more sense before fonty

So it isn't me?
Lou told us both we were emergency catchers?

Oh man, dissent a-brewin.

I am.

And I’m in MO right now.

This is all part of Lou's master plan

to make us miss Miles

Brenly
dad or kid

We were discussing that tonight. If Hill pulled something tonight, what would they do roster-wise?

Marmol

He was a catcher, but he has been used too.

Hector Villenueva
Farney
We still have him?

Is he the ghost-runner on third?

Yep and

He told Fonte to bunt.

do not want to walk miggy with cub killer #1 on deck
poop 3-1 on miguel
Tejada doubles to LF
Tejada with a double
Double by Tejada
Miguel Tejada does steroids and cries.
Masking Agent doubles again
Tee-ha-da doubles to left.
geez

El Caballo with Tejada on 2nd.

walk lee, stevens

oh wait geoff blum loves these situations

Pathetic Reed Johnson...

For those who would like to see what I’m talking about…

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=johnsre02&year=2009&t=b

Great month of May, but worse than Jose Macias every other month of the year. So let’s lead him off, Lou!

but...he's due!
For a trip to Iowa?
Write your Congressman
replace him with Saint Fuld

his OPS+ is like 200

Or just leave the hot Kosuke in...

And I’m fine with RJ starting against LHP sometimes… but to bat him at the top of the order is absurd.

1st base open for C Lee
Marshall up in the pen.
For the love of God, put Lee on!
Could it be?

Marshall up!

up to

Geoff Blum

AGAIN

argh....we need to get him out one of these times
Stevens stays in

To IBB Lee

ball 3 in the dirt
Soriano would have swung at it.
I hate Tejada

Liar (Congress) and a cheater (steroids)

i've heard

he isnt that fond of you either

and supplier if I recall correctly
This has been way to difficult

bad execution by this team.

But…this has been one of, it not, Lou’s worst game. No two ways arond it

Jake Fox was the ONLY choice to cinch it there. the only one.

He'll get his chance next inning maybe.
i sure hope so

hope it is not too late.

pretty important game to be mismanaging.

No, Fontenot could have won it

Of course, he put together a rotten lineup by batting Johnson first. And he let Zambrano hit in the 7th.

Lou isn’t blameless, but Fontenot should have bunted the ball.

the bunt

should never have been called

there are so many ways that AB can go where we win just by letting it play out, he was forcing something that wasn’t necessary with a pitcher who was struggling to find the plate (making it even more difficult to execute)

And ironically

the pitch he whiffed on was right within distance.

Of all the bad things that happen there — foul bunt, bunt pop-up — the last thing I expected was a whiff.

the point is

there are a lot more bad things that can happen on that play than in a normal AB

no point to squeeze there

I agree

but Fontenot has never shown to be good with the bat. He hits for power, thats about it

Marshall in to face Blum

1st and 2nd, 2 out

For a quick oil change, go to Oil Express!
Any changes from when I left the game threads earlier?
Jake Peavy on to pitch.

Brian Roberts playing 2nd.

Fred Merkle at the plate.
He hasn't seen much action

In the last 90 years or so…

And he still has a...

…you know the rest.

no, still plenty

of bitching going on

Depends

when did you leave?

Right after the bottom of the ninth.
ah

yeah… things have kind of deteriorated.

hopefully, singing commences soon.

batting .380 right handed, and you elect to pitch to him that way?

god i hope this works

well, it is a small sample size
Stevens was great tonight...

Which means we won’t see him again for a few weeks.

Guy are always like that...they say they'll call, but they never do.
You haven't been paying much attention

Stevens has been pitching quite a bit lately.

A week ago...

In the Philly blowout?

have you been paying attention

he hadn’t pitched in a week

He's pitched three times

in the last eight games, I think. That isn’t Patton-esque.

But I forgot, you guys didn’t want Stevens in the first place, since he came over in the DeRo deal.

If given the choice

knowing what I know now.

I’d prefer DeRo. Even though I like Stevens.

Of course

Of course.

I gotta ask Bruce

if the Cubs did get DeRo, what WOULD you have done?

I guess

we’ll never know, now will we?

and one

in the last 6….

fun with endpoint bias

From the king

of endpoint bias.

example?

feel free to provide one

Question

How many innings has Stevens been in?

Overall it's like 4 or 5
Not enough
as a Sabrmagician

I hearby declare its time for Blum to revert to the effin mean

I'm a Stevens fan as much as anyone

and it pains me to say the following:

His fastball, while sharp, has little movement. His best pitches are the high heat and that little curve of his.

But hitters can figure him out. The last 3 batters all had hard flies to left.

two words

sample size

I'll give you that for sure
i got your sample size ri'here!
Tonight

He is king!

1 more strike Marshall
Geoff Blum quickly behind 0-2 on 2 curveballs.
Attaboy Sean!
THAT IS SEAN BLEEPING MARSHALL!!!!

YOU WILL RESPECT HIM!

Marshall is clutch.
Marshall strikes out blum on 3 very nice
K swinging,.

innning over.

beautiful!!!!
Marshall Ks Blum on 3 pitches
K!!!!!!!

LET’S WIN THIS THING NOW!!!!!

THE MARSHALL PLAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE OF THE GOVERNMENT PBLANS I HTINK WE SHOULD REDO MORE MARSHALL PLANS ALSO ADAM LIND COULD BE A PLAN TOO

Wow. Huge strikeout.
I just want

Milton to hit one out this inning…

that would be quite the shocker
I THINK I MIGHT NEED SOME BETTER BRAKES
Now, LETS WIN THIS SUCKER AND GO HOME!!
Rami, Bradley, Sori, Foxy

3rd times the charm

Good job marshall!!!
Hey, how are things in Utah?
I'm actually in Cali at the moment.

I travel a lot in the summers. :P

Where in Cali?

I’m heading out there in a few weeks (SD).

Excuse my language but...

FUCK YA!

Just got home from watching the Cards beat on the Dodgers

NOW LET’S KEEP PACE! :)

Marshall

has been STELLAR out of the pen.

that was

pretty darn impressive

Time for "you know who" to do "you know what".

What's Voldemort going to do????

AVADA KEDAVRA!

The Ministry of Magic approves of this message.
Could we just end

this game like NOW?

Yes, let's score one run this inning!
i would leave marshall

in for the duration.

Hopefully we won't

need to worry about it.

Nats just won!

Brewers back at .500

Nats figured out how to hit tonight.
Nats have a really good offense

last i looked they were 5th in the league in OPS and dead last in ERA.

Willingham with 2 slammies
I saw both of them

in a bar in Superior. Impressive.

i thought they said 3 run and a granny
nope

sportscenter showed it. back to back innings with GS from Willingham

word....Pat is a liar!
Washington 14, Milwaukee 6
Flags blowing straight out?
wow

sick slider

Rami on first via the error!
error by matsui
NICE! NICE! NICE!
Rami singles to RF
Josh Willingham just earned some money tonight.

Watch BBTN if you don’t know yet. Pretty fantastic . . . I’m waiting for those here to advocate for a trade

Let's bring him in!

Go Cubbies!

single past matsui
i can see why Jim Hendry wanted Matsui

he would drive us nuts as a cub

My offer to lay off Bradley still stands.
gonna have to wait another day
I'm guess a FC doesn't trigger it
The fissures must have been acting up.
Bradley hits into fielders choice

Bradley on 1st, one out.

Following on gamecast

Hopefully we can end it now.

Is anyone else depressed when you see Bradley and Sori back to back in the order?
stole my thunder
No

thanks for asking though!

It's all part of the master plan.

Can’t say I am

No...s

Omeone else make something up snarky 4 here, I’m tired

Milton Bradley with the FU to Aramis
I think I've seen this before...

n/t

I am back at least for the rest of the inning

I don’t like going to eBay. I can’t afford any of the rare movie stuff I would like.

Just surf porn like the rest of us
I can't afford that either.
THAT IS ALFONSO FREAKING SORIANO

YOU WILL RESPECT HIM

There, Worf thought positive. Now shut up.

ONLY 5 YEARS & $90,000,000 MORE!
Im only paying in time.
(Channelling Captain Sisko)

Be positive, Mr. Worf! That’s an order!!!!

how does Sori take so many strikes today

and not be able to lay off the low and away stuff

Stop being stupid!
Sori 5-3

2 out, man on 2nd

thanks
Sori thought it was foul

didn’t leave the batters box

That doesn't do it justice

Soriano hit it, stood at the plate, and didn’t move. He thought he fouled it off his foot.

Thank God Bradley was heads-up.

thank god milton ran on that

thanks sori…

Okay Jake

Play hero, baby!

LOL....HAHAHAHAHA....OH MAN....I'M CRYING!!!
Why?
Look at him...

…do you really need to ask?

I don't have the game....
Pinch hit with fox!!!!!
Um

Fox is in the game already

Did he hit it off himself or not?
That's twice right?

First the bat now the foot? I think I played this game awhile back, except I was drunk.

Bit of a "Duh!" moment there for Sori

Didn’t run ’cuz he thought it was foul

I thought he thought he fouled it off himself?

hopped and looked at his foot

Could be

Looked weird either way

Please end this now Jake.
Come on, Jake.

Do what you could/should have done in the 9th…

Stand there with the bat on his shoulder?
Fox, do what Lou should have put you in the game to do with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th
No chance.

Intentional walk.

Who is coming in next?

soriano thought he fouled it off his foot

didn’t run it out. Thankfully MB did

you're right

good heads up play by Bradley.

Exhibit A on what is wrong with Soriano

Fox get's his chance.
We could dream...
IBB to Fox
but....but...but....
They should outlaw the IBB
How can Fox become a modern folk hero if he's intentionally walked?

Don’t they know how this storyline is supposed to play out?

IBB to Fox

and Lou Fails at Strategery

LEAVE MARSHALL IN

GODDAMNIT

Fox IBB

1st and 2nd, 2 out, Blanco to PH

be a hero andy white
Pinch hit Harden

He is pretty good and don’t use the last guy on the bench.

i'd rather see Sean hit

than Blanco….

Cecil is managing rings around Lou
Lou is a better AL manager than NL manager
Not hard to do

but good job considering it is a tie road game for him.

That is hard to do.

Those must be rather large rings.

Blanco it is
I'm confident?
Fox should have used a longer bat.
I miss the ol' chap @ 2B.

The happy one that played his heart out.

Bobby Scales?
Yes, that'd be the fellow.
He's gotta figure out how to hit a curveball

But I’m sure he’ll be back on Sept. 1

Todd Walker?
I think he means Sandberg.
Is

Fuld not on this team?

Nope

In Iowa

When did that happen

I totally missed that move…

To Shark will pitch the bottom of the 11th....

i’ve seen this game before.

you mean top o the 12th
yeah....either way...i've seen how this ends already.
Then why are you still here?
I like horror movies!
If they don't score I don't think I will be coming back from eBay this time
If Blanco walks or non-RBI single it's Fonte up for redemption
soriano is distinguishing himself tonight
the bat is out

of Jakes hands AGAIN… this is on the manager. Lou should have let Fox bat on the double switch that put the leprecon up for the failed squeeze

only he didn't put Fonty in the game to MISS the bunt.
that's a pretty poor argument

i’m guessing he didn’t put blanco in there to ground out to second, but that was a pretty probable result given history

He didn't put Milton in the lineup to suck the 1st half either.
and that

is diverting attention from your poor argument

well done

my arguemet isn't poor...

your whining about a play 3 innings ago is.

If Gonzales had turned that double play in 03......
then address it

and why is it wrong for me to talk about the play but right for you to talk about the play?

I'm only responding to WHY it wasn't a bad move.
and i'm

only responding to WHY it was…

and round and round we go with hypocrisy and diversion

so we disagree....
But at least SWL has a sense of humor...
Where does Milton fit in here?
Your comparing apples to oranges

The squeeze was a busted play man…it’s NOT Lous fault font didn’t execute

A sac is a hell of a lot more predicable

than all the things that go wrong with a squeeze.

its his fault

for putting a player in a position he’s not accustomed to executing

not too mention in a situation that didn’t need a squeeze

80% of the possible results in that spot end in a run scoring

Font isn't capable of a bunt because it isn't a "usual" situation for him?

He’s a major league 2nd baseman!!

Talk about stupid arguements!! Lol

do you know how many sac bunts Fontenot has in his career

FOUR

He should still be able to lay it down!!!

It’s a bunt for chrissakes!!! I don’t care how many times he’s done it, he should be able to do it

and i don't care how many times a manager

makes obvious mistakes

his job is to put players in the best position to succeed

for example doing things they’re accustomed to doing successfully

that is his job

while fontenot failed at his job, so did the manager by putting his player in a position to fail

There are many major leaguers that can't lay down bunts.
Hank White 4-3

End 11, 1-1

andy?
Yes, Andy

Hank’s hurt somewhere else

Mannn what a rough game
this has been really depressing
but our pitching has been great!
that it has

unfortunately we’re burning through everybody

No

It’s been baseball.

Wait... what did Blanco even do with his at bat?
Grounded out to 2nd
I must've blinked.
grounder to 2nd
The only good thing about this game

is that I had to sit through the earlier version last Wed in Philly.

Not watching the rest of this crap

game shoulda ended in the 9th, i am gonna waste my time w/ something else tonight before i punch a hole through my wall.

Are you sure the wind was blowing out tonight?
This game will never end.

Damn it, I’m tired! I want to go to bed!

Lou is shellshocked

The failed squeeze left him in a drooling stupor.

Would it really be that bad to release...

Sori and eat his salary…

I’m just saying…

grrrr...

the [sarcasm] [/sacasm] went missing

oh

had a pissy reply all written

yes...yes it would
this game was going so fast!!

damn it. figures. the first game i might get a chance to follow in nearly a week… and its a bitching fest. :-(

I know...

for a sec I thought I was reading a transcript of The View.

I'm getting a snack
me, too

buttered sweet corn for me

is tomorrow a day game?
Nope

7:05 start

My contacts have Spidey-like suction on my eyes

BRB

haha i did that like 15 min ago
why shark
What, you want Justin Berg instead??
lou's decided

that 1 1/2 pitches is enough to get HIS lineup out… why not someone elses!

Shark in the water
a fire in the sky...
he'll get the job done

if called upon

This is why you do NOT manage every inning like a playoff game

You try to think AHEAD and remember you MIGHT STILL NEED a bench player or pitcher.

I actually think the complete opposite.

We coulda won earlier if our bench players were used. Like Fox.

When Lou PH LBR, it was the right move... if LBR makes contact, game over... That's on Fonty.
Correct

Have to get down the bunt. That play was worth the try.

I agree that the play in and of itself was a good idea.

But the pitcher had walked THREE guys that inning. Why try something like that when it’s proven that the pitcher can’t get the ball in the strike zone?

This.

Seemed like a needless call to make.

OK

What would YOU have done?

Put in the guy that's not hitting OPS+ 73 this year...

…and tell Fox to take a few pitches.

i would have liked to have seen us use our bench/lineup a little better

not using our best pinch hitter in the 9th ((with the bases loaded) when you knew he had to go in for Hill anyway….using Marshall for one batter….

I wish I was a wizard.

I need a bottomless Nalgene of booze.

want fries with that?
Guz and Gregg are the only ones left, right?
Berg too
I'm completely blanking.

who’s Berg?

Where we're going...we won't need them.
and the berg man
plus Berg

but Gregg’s gone 3 days in a row (1.2IP) Guzman 2 in a row (2.1IP)

Hope this doesn't end...

the same way the last one did when Shark pitched in extras.

At least it can't be a walk-off...
have faith

shark is learning quickly

nice quiet

night from the bride of frankenstein

Coste his a 410 foot foul ball
Ok, ok I'll leave so the Cubs can win...Goodnight all
Chris Coste's picture:

“Just happy to be here.”

Coste FO3
is that 3 outs?

or have i lost count?

If the NL would just adopt the DH

then we wouldn’t be subject to overmanaging and incessant Match Game L/R crap.

and then we could sign DUNNNNNNNNNNNN
BLASPHEMER!
yup, I said it...

The NL should adopt the DH. It’s crazy to have two sets of rules in the same sport.

The AL doesn't play the same sport.
if lou would get over his handedness

we wouldn’t be subject to the overmanaging and obsession of matchups.

Keppinger in to PH in the pitcher's spot
Fox doing a real nice job behind the plate
Impossible...

He was supposed to be horrible and emergency only.

Keppinger bloop single to CF

1 on, 2 out

Single

 by Keppinger.

rj theriot and soriano

0-15

theyre due!!!
i'm so tired of Reed
Uhhh, our pen has the following:

Berg
Gregg
Guzman
Harden
Hart
Wells

Who’s Berg?

Ice...

secret weapon

called up when theodore roosevelt went on the dl
guy called up when

lilly went out.

but i know nothing else about him

called up when Lilly went to the DL

good ERA in Iowa, but too many walks

Who is warming up for Houston?

Oh God, let it be Russ Ortiz!!

He's scheduled to start Thursday
Pudge 6-4

Mid 12, 1-1

who's due up for us?
eww

Fonte, Reed, Riot

ugh

the scrap heap

SOUNDS LIKE RUNS!
Uhhh, our bench has the following:

-
-
-
-
-

Use Z to pinch hit!

Oh…right.

I guess Wells

is our designated PH?

nope

he’s the emergency catcher

Hes now our backup catcher so I’d guess no.

Harden is hitting .250 and can run a bit.
Let's finish this. It's past my bedtime.
And now to the bottom of the 12th

Fontenot, Johnson, Theriot

11 pitches or 12 to get out of this inning?

We'll get 'em in the 13th!
meh, I'm not even gonna say it
Let's Get Some Runs!!!
Character building game

Houston’s in the thick of this tight race. Every game counts now even though there’s 65 games left. NL central is going to end up having the most exciting race in baseball towards the end.

Overflow FanPost time!

JUMP!

redeem yourself fontenot
weak grounder to short
Go RJ...

Walk off FTW…!

i still remember reed's walk off HBP
Reed seems to be very good at getting hit
I'm back

eBay sucks anyway. Used to be a great place for very rare movie stuff now they only care about people who sell crap in high volume . Need somewhere to go for distraction.

We jumped without you

To HERE

reed robbed of a hit by pence
F an A

man, F an A!!!!

There's always one

JUMP!

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