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Overflow Thread 3: Cubs vs. Astros, Thursday 7/30, 1:20 CT

From Wednesday's game.

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Atkins pitched pretty well

I like games like this. :-)

Its lonely

in here.

Just us girls
Pillow fight?
morphing into a tickle fight
Oh no, I peed a little...
In your fantasies pervert
I'm here

What’s up? How are you?

I'm good

How are you?

Not bad

Enjoying a few minutes of peace before I have to get back to work.

He will have a nice memory to take on the plane to Iowa tomorrow.

That and a nice chunk of change for making the MLB roster.

Blow-outs are refreshing

The one run nail-biters have been rough.

This is why I always cut my nails short
Thanks for the jump, SWL
Is this going to be a "Victory begins with V" thread?
And stars Sylvester Stallone
There's everybody
raining?
In Mississippi Yes.
Len said it was starting to a bit

not surprising. the summer of rain continues!

not going to matter, is it?
for the game?

no not really.

i’m just tired of rain.

Has been really dry in the last month in the city
Not here in NW IN

we’ve gone maybe 3 days straight w/o rain at any point since March.

One quick thought:

I hate how the Dodgers and the Phillies got so much better. That is all.

Well I wish the Dodgers

would get better tonight.

I hate how the Dodgers played like crap the past 3 days. That is all.
What the hell is Ron talking about?
He doesn't know.....
I wish somebody did
I wish we could

have more awkard moments by Ron……like when he was talking to Denise Richards about Charlie Sheen

I'm happy to see

that the Cubs have done so much to make tickets cheaper for Houston next series.

alright

let’s get this done quickly! I’m blowing off a meeting for this…

blowing off.... uh oh.

SWL image on cue

not quite the same....

"This is a Picadilly Line service to Cockfosters"

The next station is Hatton Cross. Please mind the gap between station and platform.

there goes Fukudome's chance at the cycle

I hope, anyway – we better not be batting in the bottom of the 9th.

i'm sure he's crying

somewhere inside

Chicago Cubs...

30 runs in the past 3 games.

damn.

Can we do more of that please?

apologies for swearing.
the weirdest part of that stat

is that we’re only 2-1 over that stretch

OT: Any homebrewers here?
I haven't done up a batch in a couple of years now

but I keep telling myself that I need to start again.

I need to get off my butt

and do a batch myself. What do you brew most of?

Ambers and Pales, mostly

I tried an Alt last but it didn’t come out the best.

IPA and Imperial's for myself
Your moms a homebrewer!!!

OHH….BUUUUURN!!!

Sorry,

Jk

Better than a snowblower.
dont try to make this a save opp gregginator
Question

can flaming bats travel to South FLA?

Would be really nice to take this show on the road.

They have to be ground shipped.
New TSA security regulations...

prohibit flaming bats, I think.

I'm really afraid of that stupid stadium in the middle of nowhere down in Florida

It always brings out the worst in the Cubs.

I know

I hate that place.

DLee will heat up!
STRIKE THREE!

One out!

One out as quintero strikes out.
Gregg better hurry up. My dogs want to play ball
Tell them I will bring them some yuppie dog treats from New York
stick to the natural stuff--lamb & rice. :-)

these guys only eat good natural stuff and no table scraps. They have great breath. No doggy breath.

Poor things

Typical California residents. You people need some junk food. Maybe I will pick them up something at Pinks.

we go for raw

chicken, pork, tuna, tilapia, they’re spoiled.

My mom mail orders her dog food / treats from Cali...

… so that it’ll be all natural and whatever. The dogs absolutely FREAK at the sight of the UPS guy now.

my poodles like kobe beef

i can’t afford to eat it but i feed it to my two dogs

Coste walks. glad he gets that out of the way up nine.
come on Stinky Ben
Gah.

Why do we put him in these games?!

He hasn't pitched in a while
ah, that's true.

okay. nevermind.

he hasnt pitched since sunday

and only faced 1 batter

he needed work
Who's stinky Ben?

Am I out of the loop?

Gregg
Yup. I was out of the loop.

Don’t know why, but I like it!!!

It was a name we had for a pitcher

who pitched for my highschool. He was good but erratic with the control and had glasses/hair like Gregg. I mentioned that one time when he was blowing saves and it stuck. :)

No more walks, please
Bourn strikes out. two outs.
STRIKE THREE!

TWO OUTS!

2 outs, get em ready people.
Is that going to be three wins for Hart?
Yes.

And each one is like finding a $20 bill in your coat pocket.

Vast speculation on the Pittsburgh newspaper site about the trade...

… which will allegeldy be announced right after the game ends.

http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/pbc/archive/2009/07/30/pirates-talking-grabow-gorzelanny-with-cubs.aspx

Interesting the number of pirates fans who

want “something big” in return for Gorzo. I’ve never been impressed by him

Those poor guys

If we thought we were a tortured fan-base, just read through those comments.

For heavens sake let them KEEP "Gorzo"

Unlike Blou I don’t see him as MLB starter even the back end. We need a lefty arm in the BULLPEN. Grabow will be an FA anyway so let them have something decent for HIM and be done with it.

CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN
Cubs win!

And I’m off to Fargo…

Have fun in Fargo

I’m going up to Fergus Falls on Sunday. Woo!

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

White Flag Time!!!!!!!
YAY!!!!

Go Cubs Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6-1 homestand!!
Best. Song. Ever.
Cubs Win!

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Ok i just stole that for my wallpaper.
I knew Bradley could milk his OBP
Go cubs go!

Go cubs Go!!!!!!

CUBS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bring it on in guys...

KEVIN HART HAS

YES, THAT’S RIGHT, I SAID IT!

so does Dome
Around the world, the masses celebrate a Cubs victory...

I missed THESE cubs

what a fun series that was

FLY IT!!!!!!

thank you!
Sing it loud and proud!

Didn’t have much time today, figured I’d make a cameo appearance to post it.

Haven't seen that one before

Like it though!

I would make this my background on my phone

but I would be worried that it would jinx us b/c of the W flag nature of it…

time to watch MLBTR
In honor of Dragon...

Think they'll say something on

10th inning?

I'm gonna listen to GN and wait til they say something
10th inning thread?? Lol
A trade thread wouldn't be the worst of ideas, actually.
if there is one, can someone link it?
Oops, supposed to be to sue

Dang it! I always mess up talking to the ladies!!

I'd be nice if they did

My new favorite

Thank you!

I wish the real W flag was that big
8 games over .500

hope FLA doesn’t kill our mojo

I hope we keep it up.
Not too bad for a .500 team.
lets hope hendry fleeced the pirates again
CUBS WIN!! CUBS WIN!! CUBS WIN!! FLY IT!!
Confirmation on Grabow from ST

nothing yet on Gorz

Linky

Have a good afternoon All

White Flag Time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think it'll come down

to the six games we play the mutts in aug/sept whether we take 1st place or wc. would love to see heilman ‘spot-started’ and throw the 1st nono at shittyfield in flushing, ny

hah ah!

HUH?
Yea, you lost me man, lol
i'd like to see heilman

get a chance to start against the mets. we play them 6 times in late aug/early sep. we cewrtainly shall have iced down a playoff spot by then. it would be ironic were aaron to throw a no-hitter gainst his former teammates?

ironic? There's literally no chance of that happening
if we have had a playoff spot guaranteed (or nearly so)

i think lou would do it

Heilman sucks
thanks

that adds a lot

dude, if we want to win against the Mets

then Aaron Heilman should not see the freaking field

Doesn't sound like Gorzo is part of the deal after all
we better not have given up something good for just grabow. :(
source?

if thats true… i have gained some of respect for jimbo

Is gorzo not that good? I am having a stupid moment, sorry
AAAA player i hear
Reminds me of Rich Hill in many ways
he hasn't been very impressive so far, and is actually in AAA right now
WGN Radio said Grabow with no mention of Gorz,

Sun Times is saying Grabow with no mention of Gorz.

Haha!!! Anyone else see the "joining our show, already in progress"

On wgn? The next thing heard was " I’ll kill you bitches!!!" on scrubs, I laughed hard

Scrubs is a great show!
Never watched it, but that was the first thing I heard on the show

And I laughed hysterically

Scrubs?

God. I had a 14 year old repeat of “The Wayans Bros”.

Astros Released Russ Ortiz

Today’s performance was apparently the last straw.

Didn't take long

Wow

Just saw that

Glad the Cubs were able to pound the final nail in his coffin today.

Lol i just saw that too
So, no one has said if these wins count against the Astros.

Where’s Blou when you need him?

4:43pm: Finally a possible name as part of the package going to Pittsburgh. Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus, via Twitter, hears pitching prospect Jay Jackson may be in the deal.

i dont know how if thats a good deal or a bad deal

Just saw

Ascaino and Hart on mlbtraderumors

4:47pm: ESPN Chicago says the Cubs sent pitchers Kevin Hart and Jose Ascanio to Pittsburgh for Grabow and Gorzelanny.
Also rumored to be included is 3B Josh Harrison...
he any good?
not great but hitting .337 at Peoria
6th round pick last year. Played well in low A last year.

Here is what it says on his bio page:

<Was named Northwest League Postseason All-Star…started professional career with Class A Short-Season Boise…batted .351, 27 runs scored, 25 RBIs, 11 doubles, two triples, one homer)…went 4-for-5 with season-high four RBIs in 10-4 win over Tri-City on July 16…played final 31 games of season with Class A Peoria in Midwest League (.262, 15 runs, 4 RBIs).
Stats and info from 2008.

Currently hitting .286 in Daytona.

He's no Josh Vitters
I like Ascanio

Isn’t Grabow like… 40?

that's not a good deal.
Dome has 4 RBIs

Good morning – Dome has 3 hits and 4 RBIs, assisted by personal hitting coach Kyosuke Sasaki? Well, you should hire him and then we don’t have to listen to his horrible commentary on NPB game on TV… :-P

anything to keep

Dome-san hitting the way he is

found W flag

for Waseda univ in anyway…

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