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Overflow Thread 3: Cubs vs. Marlins, Saturday 8/1, 6:10 CT

From Friday's game.

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Brewers signed Corey Patterson.
LMAO

Oh that would be too good. Korey in lead off and CF

Their chances of making the postseason

Just decreased.

he and Claudio Vargas are going to put Milwaukee over the top
was a minor league deal. but I am sure we will see him at one one point in time in a Brewers Uniform.
The "TOOO much good stuff!" thread
Kosuke strikes out. One out.
we missed Reed Johnson there
I am not used to seeing all caps unless it is...

ADAM LIND!

YOU FORGOT ABOUT ROY HALLIDAY
that MAY be the funniest thread of all time

it had me in stitches

ERIC HANNA

OR ROY HALLIDAY?

both really, but i LOVED the "halliday" one
Jake Fox is pinch hitting vs the lefty Pinto.
ERIC HANNA THREAD

HEY EVERYBODY…GOT HERE JUST IN TIME FOR A SONG

fukudome fails to execute
SO EXECUTE HIM!
SINCE THIS THREAD IS ALL CAPS IS IT TO HONER ERIC HANNA?

AND WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ERIC HANNA.

POOR GUY

WE ALL KINDA MADE FUN OF HIM

HE BECAME A LEGEND AT BCB
WE SHOULD HAVE A HALL OF FAME

THE FIRST 3 INDUCTEES
AL
JOSH
ERIC HANNA

ON NEXT YEARS BALLOT IS
SWL
DREW
DAT CUBFAN DAVER

i want in on the 15th AND LAST year of eligibility
NO BLOU OR WORF?
YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER

FOR 2 YEARS.

He brought it upon himself.
I wish I could meet Jake Fox

so that I could taunt him about Michigan football

Jake Fox ahead 3-1. Hit it hard if its your pitch.
Fox walks. first n second one out with D-Lee up. lets try this again D-lee
FOX WALK

LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Man, this guy really is

like Marmol

Except that he weighs about twice what Marmol does.
DLee.... TOOO much good stuff!
wow...were did that miss? nice!
need a little more good stuff here D Lee
2 Down not good
missed the fan cam today...

was IT too much good stuff???

not really. Except there were a couple hot disco girls shown earlier in the game IIRC.
shame...miami usually brings it
HIT FOR RAMI SCORES RIOT

LETS GO ARAM

great job swinging at the first pitch

against a guy who always has troubles throwing strikes and just walked a guy. brilliant.

was not first pitch.
looks like ARAM

actually pays attention to the game. way to take a couple of pitches.

was not first pitch.
d-Lee flys out to right. theriot tags to third, fox holds at first. so two outs and their at the corners for aramis.

just a little base hit bingo Aramis.

we could use a wild pitch here....
this umpire's strike zone + Mrmol = scarey
no reason to throw strikes to Rami

with Milton up next

+1
but he will be batting right handed
true

he’s been killer righty

milton good from right side. pinto is lefty
full count

Come on rami don’t leave it up to Milton

I'm fine with it being up to righty milton

he rakes

Full count to aramis. And aramis strikes out.

going to the 8th Marmol coming on.

And Rami K's

And in comes Marmol to blow it.

chill out

he hasn’t been that terrible lately

are you a cubs fan?
I find myself asking half the people here the same question.
Oh wow

I’m a Cubs fan. I just don’t like Marmol.

RAWR!

remember, hes smarter than you :P
Likely am

Insulting me only encourages me to be more obnoxious.

You got a C for effor last time
wtf...three straight ks for ARam
Rami strikeout
12 Ks

for marlins bullpen. pathetic.

Maybe the key is to get to the starter later in the game
Well, the pitching

is going to have to pick up the hitting.

shouldn't 6 runs do it?
You would think

but sometimes, it doesn’t.

SIGH...

I’M POSITIVE THAT SUCKS

Rammy k's

To the eighth, Marmol in.

Ok bullpen. You're going to have to win this one for us
Marmol

it all depends will we see the good or bad carlos. Good well be ok bad let me go jump off a bridge.

trust the bullpen

they got this

come on marmolade
fasten theose seatbelts

Here we go

Marmol on facing lefty coghlan. 1-1 the count. can tell marlins will be taking early. throw strikes carlos youll be just fine.
Walk

#@#$&T^#%^&^%^&*&^% CARLos

come on....they aren't even swinging....you have to throw strikes
Carlos lead off walk to coghlan.
GAH

WHY HEILMAN WHY

NO NOT HEILMAN
yeah not heilman

he did horrible last night

Marmol walks someone

So let’s get Heilman up.

Do Not Want. Please leave marmol in.
mamol looks terrified

has he been taking body language lessons from aaron heilman?

Marmol hits him first n second no outs.
Just setting up the triple play, it's all part of the plan.
I'm just going to go curl up in a ball....
Heilman isn't going to be any better

a little more leash for Marmol

How much leash would you like?
Zero imho

He can’t throw strikes

officially false

he’s now thrown 2

He consistently avoids the strike zone
Get him out of the game.

I don’t care if it’s Heilman. Get Marmol out of the game.

Bonifacio will probably be bunting.
If he swings at all
If he swings at all
I am waiting to hear the same thing
bunt

that he is

it is like he cannot even take something off his pitch...that was 96
screw this

keep running into the electrc fence lou

I'm flabbergasted by the idea

That somebody is hitless against Aaron Heilman in 14 ABs.

i know right? of all the people heilman dominates
Why bunt?

In four pitches the runners will be moving up anyway.

WOW

8 pitches… 1 strike

bob said it

it’s about time someone said it. you have to think about sending marmol down to work on things.

Good call

No one was covering third. Great.

because clearly larry rothschild doesn't know how to fix marmol's issues
How sad is it that we have to send our set up man down because our Pitching coach cant coach
bonifacio gets bunt down. and we had coghaln at third but aramis was not covering. second n third one out.
one down

ok need a big K

Ummm

Please COVER THIRD!!!!

2nd at least?
Glad to see the Cubs discussed the wheel play.

Ramirez pulled a Fontenot there.

tough play there
why would you every intentionally walk anyone
Our Bullpen sucks

other than Marshall our bullpen is falling apart

The same one

that has been lights out recently until last night, right?

Another diaper-wearer in the house.

why would you intentionally walk him?

let him try to throw strikes

WHY WHY WHY

are we issuing an IBB when we have a pitcher who has thrown 2 strikes

intentionally walking cantu to load bases. uggla will be batter. not sure if it will be marmol or heilman.
Leave Marmol in

Trust me

I will but dont feel comfortable about it
you get mad props for that!!!
walk the hell is Aram doing there?
sticking with Marmol
WTF

why not just have marmol pitch instead of the IBB, chances are hes gonna walk or strike him our anyway

I don't get the IBB

it’s Marmol, it’s an 85% chance of a walk or an out

how about a double play!
Heilman vs. Marmol

Free cardiac arrest for everyone!

Dan uggla is a career .405 hitter with bases loaded.
Marmol or Heilman with runners on base?

Where’s the Pepto?

cmon

we need a double play

yeah

questionable. strikeout is much more likely than DP.

At least that was close
that 1-0 pitch has been a strike tonight
2 strikes...
How bad does Marmol have to be

that I’d rather see Heilman than him right now.

two strikes in the same AB

there we go Marmol

2-2

C’mon Carlos

K!

Go Marmol!!!!!

Called strike 3 uggla never swung. two outs.
wowsers
nasty pitch

but generous call. very very generous.

uggla k's

thank tha lawd

Marmol got a gift call there

We’ll take it.

YES

ONE MORE HITTER CARLOS!!!

caught a break
the only swing has been the bunt...i think
and that foul ball....

finish him Marmol!!!!

0-1

Come on Carlos

5 strikes in 6 pitches
Marmol

only works under pressure

Okay Marmol-justify Lou's faith-step up!
finish 'em carlos

0-2

0-2

One More

Carlos GOT HIM STRUCK HIM OUT. HUGE HUGE HUGE.
I love you Carlos!
unbelievable
thank go he cant keep doing this though
Marmol got out of it

Miracles never cease. Just for that, I might go to church tomorrow.

i'm going to sacrifice my cat
WOOO HOOOOOO
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
unfreakingbelievable.
atta boy Carlos
we knew he had the whole time right Sue?
yep...gotta have faith
Lou has big cojones sticking with him.

I am a big marmol fan and would have pulled him myself. big cojones lou.

Wow

I’d never put him in a single game.

The Aaron Heilman Sucks Fanclub approves of this here message
I am weeping tears of pure agony
Carlos, one day i'm gonna flip on myself.
Can't live with him

Can’t live without him.

Wow.

Left it’s 6-0…came back to 6-5 and the Marmol-coaster. pshew

it almost wouldn't be a cubs game if not for a 1 run nail biter, right?
a sori hand wave would have been appropriate there

:P

marmol loves giving me heart attacks
Somewhere

Mitch Williams is smiling.

Ricky Vaughn would have been proud.

Nice

I just had the Mitch Williams flashback myself

Great Marmol theater

New Cubs tradition? :-)

This hasn't been a perfect game...

but hopefully we can pull it out. That’s one thing about good teams, they can win even when they don’t play their best collective game.

this might be old news but did you guys hear that C-Pat signed with the Brew Crew. lol
KKKKOREY AAAA Patterson

He instantly makes them world series favorites

desperation knows no bounds
Jack on the rocks

and the Three-Run Ninth, please

Had 'em all the way

:)

let's get a tack on run here
Okay, so it looked like Lou was trying to rebuild Marmol's confidence

He took a big chance-hopefully it’ll pay off in the long term

milton is consistently tardy on 83 MPH "heat"
The Fish

Have stranded 13 runners tonight. The way this game is going, if the Cubs win, I expect the number to be 16 after the ninth inning.

Righty Bradley is good at baseball
he is

so why not bat that way all the time. His swing looks just terrible from the left.

Because they pay him to be a switch hitter

Thus he needs to work on his swing from the left.

he wouldn't be as good right vs RHP as vs LHP

and right now he’s still useful lefty, he’s just a big OBP guy instead of a middle of the order slugger.

Good contact, Milton
good job by MB
i got scared that one was coming right at the camera....then it fell in short center...
That's a start

Gimme some insurance.

haha BB with another good quote: "Well that bat died a hero."
that was a funny line

the first six hundred times i heard it. i do like bob though. could do without his wedding advice that never changes.

how bout the way he pronounced humberto quintero?
Fair enough. And i agree about the wedding advice. Overall, I really enjoy listening to him though.
me too

i love bob.

Okay-time for Fonzi to go yard and give us some breathing room
Sori

Just so ya know, center is not a good place to hit it.

3-0

soriano should take TWO

Now would be a good time

for Soriano to go yard.

Didn't happen

Hit it right to Uggla. Very unproductive out.

nice contact...righ at 2nd
fonzi hits it hard but right at uggla. he hit a bullet but it was an atom ball. one out.
1 time uggla catches the ball
Man

He has hit the ball well this series, but in terrible spots.

bad throw...everyone safe
Right at Uggla.

Too bad he didn’t think it was the All Star game. Solid contact.

cantu is the best!
Jorge CanNOT

Make the throw

Everyone's safe

Error on Cantu

Wow how lucky are we. a tailor made DP ball hit right at cantu and hard. but bad throw pulls UGGLA off base. EVERYONE SAFE.
i like how bradley made the safe call
A gift from god!!!
We're on a mission from God
crappy defense ftw
keep hitting it to Cannot
Okay-BIG break there-time to capitalize
can we finally take advantage of

a mistake?

And Baggage calling "safe" before he even reached base

I hate to be part of the negativity here tonight, but I really can’t stand him.

You fit right in

with the other negative Nancy’s who showed up for the game threads tonight. ;-)

Koy

Tough with two come on

cubs hitters are being overly aggressive.

this guy is wild.

gregg will pitch the 9th
Then we're in good shape.
come on k hill
yes, he k'd
That was the Marlins chant

And it worked.

Can't beat the "Let's Go Cubbies!" chant

….in a place not called Wrigley Field

Hill strikes out. two outs. sure would be nice to get gregg an insurance run.
brutal.

how have we not scored a run since the second inning.

how about now

still brutal?

no

not brutal anymore. i mean, we were brutal the last six innings. but that, just now, was not brutal.

That just changed.
let's go Riot
Mr. Cantu

1,000 ground balls at third for you AFTER the Cubs leave and BEFORE the Cards get here.

Horrible

I love Hill as a back up but he’s brutal with the bat

2 run tripple
THE RIOTTTTT

YESSSSS

THERIOT IS CLUTCH CLEARS THE BASES WITH TRIPLE. THANK YOU
Triple for Theriot

He just missed going yard.

that was off the top of that huge wall out there....i will take it though!!!!
YESSIR!! 8-5 cubbies!
some breathing room
i heart theriot...
I'm a big Ryan Theriot fan

I’m not ashamed to admit it.

nice, cause i am in Louisiana tonight....
geaux tigers
You got that right

Geaux Tigers

THE RIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love Theriot

good ball player

Wow!!!

What a shot by Theriot!!!!!

finally

thank you ryan. damn we needed that. damn.

Baker ran into

The catcher there.

THERIOT!!!!!

Cubs 8, Marlins 5!!!!!

Riot gets it done!!!!!
RIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-5
Uh, Waitress...

I ordered the Three-Run Ninth….

Lets pick up one more. waht do you say Kos?
anyone left on the bench in case Dome gets on?
Hoff... anyone else
Did the Bakers almost get into a shoving match?
kinda looked like it
wait what. I am watching locally on WGN did I miss something?
I am too. I just rewound the DVR and it was FL Baker was in CH Baker's way after crossing home plate

No nastiness.

battle of the muffin men
Thats our SHORTSTOP!
"I said 'I Don't Give a Darn!'"
God, I LOVE seeing that

Good teams capitalize on mistakes!!

i must say

i can be frustrated by Riot when he starts swinging for the fences, but he has improved his extra base hitting and sometimes, its a beautiful thing.

it wouldve been a homer in wrigley :D
true enough

easily a homer. assuming no wind or wind blowing out.

i feel the same way

i hate his flyouts. but love his doubles. and triples.

got to give Lou some credit for that, it has added a different dimension to his game....his extra base hits

used to be placed down the right field line, now he is pulling he ball when they give him that….it helps with the fielders “cheating” up the middle

agree

batting avg is only down marginally, but although i dont have the number his slugging has to be up a bunch.

2008 slugging: 359
2009 slugging: 407

40n pitches for Pinero....

no way we see him tomorrow

that would be pinto
argh....oops
Dome walks. at corners with two outs.
I've always liked Theriot

He might not be the best defensive shortstop in teh league but he does okay and he gets some big hits

Dome walks

Hoff to pinch hit.

why hoff instead of fuld

hoff cant hit lefties. at all.

no idea

they are probably bringing Fuld in for D anyway

I get it

didn’t want Gregg pitching in a non-save situation

bad things happen when he does

damn that line is UGLY

174 .208 .261

only 24 PA, but still

Hoffpauir grounds out on first pitch to end inning. gregg coming on.
4-3

Hoffs gone, fasten your seatbelts, Kevin Gregg coming in.

it's a save situation

if they had scored again I’d worry about Gregg

I know what you mean

But any kind of hit could’ve made it a hard lead to overcome.

+1

but when he has a big lead, his job is just to get 3 outs

NAIL IT DOWN GREG!!!

we got this one!

it is as good

as done

I am actually pleased Theriot didnt score

I prefer Gregg in save situations only

Theriot

Thank you Thank you Thank you

Bet the negative group slinks away for tonight now
You'll get no complaints from me if they do.
called strike three. one out.
K for Gregg

2 more outs.

does Guz get this win?
I say yes
i mean, if the Shark would get it, i would say fire the official scorer
i think shark

does get the win

that's a joke right?

Guzman got the same number of outs without allowing a run

i think shark was still in

when we scored our 6th run, right?

cubs scored the 6 runs when z was in
but z didn't pitch

4 1/2 innings

the cubs scored 3 in the first and 3 in the second
I don't know the win rules well

because they are dumb

Whoever in the official scores opinion pitched most effectively, so he would be a good candidate

.

BIG first out~!
K!!!!! One down!!!!
That'd be two down VCF
another strike out. two outs.
I don't think anybody can fault Hendry for getting Gregg
GREGG

is lookin GOOD!!!

one more !!!
gregg AKA rick vaughn
+1

that is awesome

Gregg looks great...SIDDOWN!
Man, Greg has them guessing right now....looks good
K!!! TWO DOWN!!!!!
one more strike
finish him!!!
Finish him!!

haha, that is what i was thinking
Swipe the leg Kevin!
So typical

We pound them out there all day and they get one.

it cant be easy can it?

haha

thank jeebus for the geico
I just saved my self a W

By switching to Geico

8-6 on home run. wow that was killed.
and yet it barely cleared the fence. This stadium is weeeiiirrrdd....
Thanks again

Ryan

I was hoping for a nice hook there...looks like Gregg wanted a heater to end it.
Bear down now KG

Just… one… more… out……

God, how big is Theriot's triple now?
bigger than Volstad
i wwant this night to END
that is ok...it wouldn't be a big lead save unless he gave up a solo HR
let me rephrase big lead....
Just get the one out please
HR might have been worse than a walk for them.
Tying run will come up on a flare base hit
base hit

It is NEVER EASY

Might want to get the pen going

I don’t trust Gregg right now.

dont do this to me gregg
as ron would say

boy oh boy

Damn!

I gotta PEE!!!!

Paulino kills us!
come onGregg....let's get this done
one more strike to go
Please Kevin-enough drama for one night
one more strike~!
come on gregginator
nononononononono
Yikes

I smell a blown save in the works.

base hit DAMN IT
effin' A gregg

one more out

NIck johnson ground ball single through right side on full count .first n third two outs.
i thought it was over....Hill couldn't hang on to that foul tip agains Ronny P
I do not believe this
Base hit...

Bonafacio up as the winning run, at least he doesn’t have power.

you gotta be kiding me!

enough drama!

He looks overpowering on first two guys....

…and now this…

God this is hard to watch
edge of seat....hell i cannot even sit down for this
Oh for crying out loud

Just get him out. Stop nibbling and throw strikes.

is marshall warming up?
greg one more dude plz
3-1 to bonaficio. close call could have gone either way went there way to make it 3-1. foul ball now 3-2 and with two outs johnson will get head start if bonifacio hits one into the gap.
i dont like this ballpark
ARE YOU KIDDING ME
Huh

well would you look at that

MOTHER!!!!!!!!
@#%(*&Q@#%Q#^%(*Q#^%(*!@#^$*&QW$^TR@#()&$^@#*($&^!#*(^#Q*(%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FLY IT!!!!!!

are you being ironic :(
No, I'm not.

This thing posted on me, and I did not hit “post” at all.

fail
Blog fail.

I don’t know how in the world this thing ended up posting.

I did not hit “post”.

it's ok.

i hit post before i read your reply.

Thanks.

I was scrolling down, and then the preview disappeared. I never clicked on “post.”

it's ok

I laughed

I swear I did not hit post to this.

Al: PLEASE DELETE THIS!

I was paging down and the damn thing posted on me!
so now we know who to blame for counting their chickens...

I keed I keed

I had it set up as a preview, just to make sure it was right.

Then, while scrolling down, it posted on me without me ever telling it to do so.

I laughed

but it was a sad laugh

ummmm.

It is my favorite, but not yet!

I may have to email Al about this.

The blog let me down in a big way if you see my comments.

I actually tried to flag this as inappropriate.

No luck there, either.

My flag, not your post.
you tried to flag your flag?
Yes, I did, this time.
get the fucking out Gregg
You never

EVER let a ball go over your head.

I'm sure the negatives will be back on soon
blew 3 runs in bot of 9th?

oh well

all with 2 outs.
They've been driving in most of their runs with two outs
How in the blue hell

do you let one get over your head with a two-run lead and the tying run at first?

have u seen how deep that stadium is. light hitting slap hitter.
"No doubles" defense

ever heard of it?
Or in this case, triples.

it was 3-2 full count with two outs. he was off as pitch was delievered.
He was playing way too shallow yesterday

Unbelievable he was with the game on the line.

the stadium is f'ing gigantics
Jesus Christ

His stuff is good. He struck out the first two batters. Then the home run rattled him. Lou should have had that pen going after that.

are you serious?
Dead serious

You put your reliever in there to throw strikes and get outs. If he can’t do it, give the ball to someone who can. The objective is to win ball games and not coddle players.

he was throwing strikes. and I do not think anyone left in pen had better arm.
Why...

He’s your closer.

You expect him to get the out.

Sparky Anderson would have yanked him too
I think you ended up right that he was rattled

But sheesh he should be able to calm down with a two run lead. That was horrible.

i think greggs a double agent fort he marlins
Fuck

If Land Shark Stadium were to catch on fire with the Marlins in it…I wouldn’t be sad…

Cue the dfa Gregg posts.
"You need to stop blowing saves, Kevin."

Al, ban this poster please

J/K sort of lol

this is the most discouraging game
just one more damn strike
It's not that Gregg is bad

It’s just that, when he decides to implode, he does it in breathtaking soul crushing fashion

landshark stadium: hell on earth
What is it about that place that keeps the Cubs from winning?
got the out

Go Cubs

"This games over"

1 hitter to late

Sigh

or two or three....damn
I truly hate the Marlins...
K Hill must be so excited about extras
*sighs*

Lets win it in 10!

free baseball...

great……..

:(

Heart of the order up

let’s get this disaster won

I did ask for 3 runs....
Almost any other ballpark

And that ball is gone. Thanks for nothing Gregg.

that was a disaster
a disaster is a tragedy we still have a chance on this one
Well the good news is that we have D-Lee and A-Ram due up

and they are due in a BIG way.

wheres daryle ward?
who's in the pen?

marhsall, stevens and heilman? are they all available tonight?

heilman pitched last night

i would go with marshall

It was Paulino obviously, but more than that

those 4 continuous LH batters didnt help either

what a ridiculous

bed-shitting.

Lee unshits the bed
I say bring in Marshall

For more than one inning.

Agreed

Let Gregg qualify for the win. Let someone else get the save. Gregg’s head is not in it tonight.

How about another pie to the face of resident whipping boy/loser Kevin Gregg!!
HE GONE!!!
D LEE BOMB WE HAVE LEAD
ROFL
I believe that is the appropriate reaction.
D LEE BOMB WE HAVE LEAD.
DLee!!!

Take that goat lovers…

dlee has cubs power
F- AN A LEE
THANK YOU DLEE

I LOVE YOU

HELLMOTHERFUCKINYES!!!!!!
there it is

not let’s get eight more

So weird to see him allow all those batters to reach with 2 outs...

Then get the out to end the inning. I’m glad he did, just saying weird he ended at that spot.

The reports of the demise of Derrek Lee are greatly exagerrated...
DLEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9-8
D LEE BOMB UNBELIEVABLE. NOT SURE WHO CLOSES.
DLEE TAKE THAT MARLINS!!!
Lee gives the Marlins the good ole F you..
let's get another and finish this one
another bad play by the Marlins D....

as much as we’re upset with how this game has turned out, the Marlins must be too…

What a game

fun to watch, folks?

WE ARE NOT TO BE DENIED
Can

I get off the see-saw, please???? WIN THE GAME!

Dan Uggla flashing the leather
All-Star play for Uggla
so much bad defense in the nl

this year

guess we don't have to worry about who gets the win now...
Gregg qualifies for it
why Heilman??
heilman...

buckle up

Please

No Heilman for the tenth.

Rammy got pegged
Jeez

Can’t catch a break with injuries at all this year.

Love that Uggla looking defense!
Heilman in for the save?

Can I have a blindfold and a glass of brandy?

Blindfold Heilman

He’ll probably be better.

The best part is

the Marlins announcers are TERRIFIED of him.

aramis is hit. have to wonder if it was on purpose/frustration after hanley and what happened with nunez last night.
I highly doubt it - not in this situation with the game on the line.
Not a chance. Not in extra innings.
Wow.

It’s not a good night for closers…

There was the peg...just waited for the right moment.

That was not an accident.

There's the payback
I am get ready my Kachi flag for last 30 minutes....

while I am translating Dome’s diary in lazy Sunday morning…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonsfanatic/2397385684/

please

be okay

With our luck, he's gonna head for the DL

The injury bug is extremely contagious.

God, whether we win or lose, it's going to be hard to sleep after this one
we might have to put Sori at 2nd...
IS HE OK?
He seems to have walked it off.
looks ok

just a painful bruise I think

still may see Fox there tomorrow....
still holding it....but playing with it
Good News

It’s not the hand. Looks like the forearm or elbow.

let's see the good lefty Milton
Does anyone want

An extra innings thread?

No, thanks.

Let’s finish this game by winning in the bottom of the tenth.

Milton bunts aramis to second. think he was trying to bunt for hit.
if anything has been made clear this season

its that we cannot afford to lose Rami.

Nice bunt by Bradley.

i wish i had one of those cool wavy "W" flags in my photobucket...

i’d “accidentally” post it now for good luck….

:P

J/K vermont

That was not my fault, that was a blog fail.

I never clicked on “post” for it.

just giving you a hard time, fella

this game has me delirious with laughter

Somehow, I can't share in that.

When I realized the flag had posted, I went about as red as I have ever gone.

as long as you dont throw the ball in the stands w/ 2 outs, you'll never be one-upped on here

:P

don't worry about it.

We know you didn’t mean for it to happen.

Thanks.

I tried to flag it, and I asked for Al to delete it.

LOL....Blog Fail
Page up ... you'll see my victory flag.

I had it set up as a preview, but I never clicked post for it. Then, a few minutes later, while scrolling down, the flag posted somehow. I was just scrolling, I never clicked “post” underneath the flag.

Did you accidentally hit the enter key

that will do it too

I may have accidentally clicked the mousepad on my Mac.
Lesson Learned: Never set up Flag on Preview until the 3rd out
or close the preview once you see the formatting is right
While copy/pasting the format so I have it saved.
By the way,

It’s not my photobucket. I believe the flag is in sanantonecub’s photobucket.

And here I was,

So concerned about something I did not post appearing on this blog, that I missed DLee’s home run.

I just hope Aramis is okay.

got him on the left arm too
You just had a premonition of D. Lee's HR...
that

was awesome.

Intentionally walking fonzi to set up DP and force play at first second n third. and to face baker.
uh -oh

Rami is going out

I'll bet he's dehydrated. That is not related to his being hit.
yeah, he looks woozy
You never know...

When I’ve broken bones, I’ve gotten lightheaded and nauseous from the pain and shock.

True...

Which would be most likely if he didn’t just get hit in the elbow, but I just hope it’s nothing serious.

Rammy just called for the trainer
Aramis is done
what's wrong?
He looks dizzy or light headed.
aramis is out. god damn't
He'll probably need an IV

Probably the heat getting to him.

Another Cubbie occurence
oh man - it looks like he's about to pass out :(
this could be bad...

nausea often indicates a broken bone or other injury… I hope it is not a fracture.

That would be our luck

He can’t stay healthy this year.

i hope its just the heat
Unfortunately...

I’d agree with this.

Nausea

also often indicates being strung out from the heat. Which, if you haven’t been playing much this season, is a real possibility.

Hopefully it's nothing too serious.

D:

lou and the trainers to ARAM...

“just give me one more play, billy bob”

What now?

Sori to second?

don't see any other options
hopefully just a precaution
that did not look precautionary and he knows the situation. he was saying his vision was blurry and he was dizzy you could read his lips.
well this will be creative

can Marshall play 3b??!?!?

duh...it is Sean Marshall....of course he can!
At least it doesn't seem to be his elbow
It looked more like exhaustion to me

Getting hit in the elbow couldn’t have helped him.

I hope he's okay.
My guess

Baker to third, Sori to second, Fuld to left.

Baker will play 3b, Soriano to 2nd

No other option

And Fuld in to play LF.
you would hope

its unrelated to the elbow, but it would be mighty coincidental

If you're bordering on exhaustion

Any pain can put you over the edge.

please score runs

Heilman is going in, and he had his good inning yesterday

Heilman in to close

Makes you wonder if Lou really can tell a steroid from a reefer.

Heilman in the 10th

Not confident

he will get it done...he needs to in order to keep his job
Doesn't matter about the defense...

… cuz Heilman will give up bombs…

well that's very optimistic
So negative

Is that Debbie Downer's cousin?
shoot baker hits it hard but ross gets to the line drive. two outs.
i dont know why

Heilman over marshall. I just dont know.

Uggla is due up first righty. who is next?
hermida

lefty

ross, righty

Nunez being an idiot AGAIN.
I think BB wants to kick his arse....
BB is tired of his act.
It did look like Koyie gave him a little bump...

… which I am 100% OK with.

You stand in the baseline, you get hit.

That’s baseball.

Big man......show that gopher ball replay again
The Heil Man cometh

with only a 1 run cushion

But at least he has no inherited runners

Let’s try to be positive here.

Nunez is a jack ass.
that is why it wouldn't shock me if he hit Aramis on purpose.

You can tell he does not fully understand the nuances off the game and what are the right and wrong situations to hit someone. D-Lee just took him deep he was frustrated and angry. Maybe he was thinking back to the Hanley being hit. Last night him and koyie hill had stare down after he acted like he won world series closing out a 3 run game.

nunez stares down k hill in response for k hill staring him down last night
Was that supposed to look cool or something?
koyie

gave him a little nudge. I like that.

invite him over for home improvement projects, koyie
well

this should be interesting.

Who's going to be pitching for us?
Heilman

was up in the pen.

He who must not be named.
Voldemort?

SERIOUSLY??

NOOOO

YOU SAID HIS NAME

Question:

Who’s worse, Nunez or Jose Valverde?

Could you imagine those two going bowling?
NO GUTTER BALL

F YEAH!!!! WOOOOO!!!!

This is a war of attrition

Let’s pin an L on Nunez

I think it was because he just missed pushing him out of the way, trying to beat out the hit

But it was an assclown move regardless. Brenly told him to siddown…good for him.

"Koyie Hill would break him into 1,000 pieces"
"Run right up his back"
Bob letting Nunez have it
Sori at second

Let the games begin

BB "K Hill would break him into a million pieces"
Bob Brenly
Dan Uggla just saved Nunez’ life because Koyie would break him into 1000000 pieces.

LOL

but then we'd have to use Randy Wells to catch
Man, makes me wish I got those guys more!!!!!!

HAHAHAHA

I love Bob Brenly
I'm usually not a fan of bean-balling...

But if it comes out that A-Ram was hit intentionally, I saw plunk someone tomorrow. Z clearly didn’t do his on purpose. This is becoming chickensh*t.

Tommorrow could be ugly...
+100

Couldn’t type fast enough I was laughing too hard…soooo true.

Come on, Heilman

Just hang in there.

And please have that pen going.

If I were Heilman

And I got the save, I’d go nuts.

Demand a raise.
And do it ridiculously over the top
i'd run to center field and hop w/ the OF'ers
You would really stoop to the level of Nunez and Valverde?
rip the shirt off and run around swinging it over your head?
He'd get suspended

YESSS!!!!

Let's hope we get the chance to see if he does.
9 career saves for aaron

per pat

That's right. Aaron "Lights out" Heilman
This nibbling is getting on my nerves
no breaks for us
One out

Wouldn’t have gotten him if Uggla hadn’t stumbled.

Uggla grounds out to baker 5-3. boy was that nerve wrecking when you saw it was going to 3rd.
Alright

Uggla gone 1 away.

One!

please don’t hit it to second base!

Soriano at 3rd...
I love Lou Piniella
Sori to 3rd!!
what

is going on….soriano 3b

left handed hitter up
God, I love NL ball. This is too much fun
Overmanaging....

If I am Hermedia, I bunt.

Bingo
Sori's got a strong arm

if he gets it fielded it’ll be fine

so did dunston 12
keep fonzie AWAY from ground balls
Wow

I just got a hilarious picture in my head. Picture Sori making a diving stop and a throw from his knees at third.

Lou is flip flopping fonzi and baker(cubs baker) with lefty hermida up.
haha Fantasy owners are LOVING this tonight
Soriano to third?

Who’s in left?

(no Abbott and Costello, please!)

fuld if you are really asking
Fuld

Baker and Soriano flipped because it is a left handed hitter….K!!

now they swapped back with a righty up
No problem, Soriano played 8 games at 3rd

NINE YEARS AGO.

worked out, huh?
worked out like Sean Marshall in left field
haha....what would have been nice is for him to get an assist as a 2nd baseman and a 3rd basemen

in the same inning

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

ya can’t beat fun at the ole ballyard………….

2 strikes now, no bunt.
heilman struck out hermida. two outs.
Two outs

Now please…please…please…

Get that last out.

Heilman sits him down

2 away.

soriano

gets the throw around!

Sori back to 2nd
let's move Soriano to catcher!!
TWO OUTS!

COME ON!!!!!

Wow... The book on Hermida

will always swing and miss at the inside low breaking ball.

fonzi and baker switch back. baker back at third. fonzi back at second.
this is definitely a pro's only night to keep score
ugH, I left off watching the game and it was 6-3

and come back after the movie and this?

this whole game

has been a weird movie…

AARON'S COOKING NOW
2-1

Still nibbling

come on heilman
Why is he afraid to throw strikes?!?!?
What is it with two outs?
ooooo

That was close.

Not sure how that one missed.
FLY IT VERMONT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN
pop up cubs win
White flag time!!!!!
cubs winnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!
Cubs win

Not the prettiest win, but they got it.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN NOT SURE HOW BUT CUBS WIN
CUBS WIN!! CUBS WIN!! CUBS WIN!! FLY IT!!
haha no waaay SOriano goes after that
Kachi

Kachi - the flag for win

Congrats

Thanks Dragon, but you know you are one of us now...

Might as well go buy yourself a Cubs jersey. :)

nice - what does it mean?
a Kanji character for "Win"
:O Nice win!
Yup, Aaron "Lights out" frigging Heilman!!!!

Never a doubt.

Lol...was thinking the same thing, who knew Heilman would do a better job closing tonight

Now let’s just hope ARam is ok, looked to me he was just woozy from the humidity and being sore.

DLee and Heilman pick up Gregg

good teamwork guys

Geez...

What a freakin rollercoaster… thank you DLee. Now let’s say a rosary for Aramis.

If Aramis is seriously hurt

I’m going to go ahead and blame Kevin Gregg.

Instead

of blaming the Marlins pitcher? Nice.

You blame who you want

I’ll blame who I want.

Blame Canada!
hey now

That’s 2/25 of our team, and at least a couple BCB bloggers…

How about blaming nobody

and saying that’s part of the game?

Bring it out Vermont...
YESSSS

CUBS WIN!!!!
Someone make a picture of Milton holding up a dead fish.

HEILMAN IS A MARLINS KILLER

Who knew?

the marlins announcer

called Heilman the “secret weapon”

So secret even we didn't know about it.
FLY IT!!!!!!

dont be too quick next time

you jinx it :P

There ya go

Nice timing this time.

Man, that was embarrassing earlier.

It’s not often I go that red.

look at it on the bright side...

maybe you are a prophet!

I've had it as a preview before, and we lost.

I’ll post it once tomorrow, when we win.

Actually, I did call Soriano's home run in our first series in Milwaukee earlier this year.

It’s one of about a dozen instances when I thought “We need [a play of some sort],” and int happened immediately after I thought it.

my man Monty!
Best Game of All-Time!!

now

fly the flag!!!

some jackass at the game was waving it when Gregg had two outs

Yeah, that was me.
(Page up if you want to know what I'm talking about)
I think he meant someone who was actually at the park.
someone at the game
I absolutely HATE that

Don’t pull out the W flag until the game is over.

Everybody wants to be first......
Cubs win! There IS a god!
Cubs Win!

Now please let Aramis be okay! Please.

One of the most exasperating victories of the season

but I’ll take it. On a night when the Cubs weren’t at their best, I’ll take it.

I would only dislike this win

if something is wrong with Aramis

yeah, not good
I'm guessing it's

dehydration. Remember, he hasn’t been playing much. Perhaps his endurance isn’t up to speed.

ive come to learn this year that everythings possible

Just in case Sue is gone...cutie
cutie
holy cow, Sue

!!!!

what?
what?

after that game, what? :D

Oh, yeah it was a real nail biter.
let's all be nice to aaron

henceforth

DERREK LEE HAS

I think Aaron Heilman deserves that too.
alright. :)

My wife likes him because he wears the right kind of pants and socks.

So...

what’s the chances of a fight breaking out tomorrow.

I wanna see Koyie

Take out Leo Nunez

Bob Brenly: +1000000
Sure was great tonight hearing him tell that idiot off

I didn’t think the Marlins had much class before, but they reached a new low tonight.

I just got back from the game

What did Brenly say?

Basically

that Nunez is a punk

"Dan Uggla just saved Nunez' life because Koyie Hill would break him into 1,000,000 pieces."
Exhausting win here, too

My daughter is having her 17-yr birthday party. I waswatching on the TV in the downstairs guest room, and periodically running up the stairs to the computer in the second-floor study.

So what happend to Z?
Back strain?
back tightness

looked like he tweaked it batting, he pitched another inning then went out.

D-Lee: TOOO much good stuff!
Is the game on MLB EI tomorrow?
Mitch Williams just conceded the NL Central to the Cards

Didn’t know the season ended on August 1st….

blou would like to disagree
Well, for him,

This season ended in April.

Wild Thing has a "wild schwing" for Matt Holliday
Now we hold our collective breaths that A-Ram is okay
Too cute by half on the Soriano swaps

I don’t like swapping guys around in the middle of an inning like that. Baker is a competent fielder, he can handle it. Soriano loses what little focus he has.

Hmm...Lou swapped him with a left hander at bat.

Has Baker played 2nd base before? Seemed like a move to get a better defender at 2nd where a screamer could be hit.

Per Trib Lou was moving Baker to handle a righty or lefty.

I guess Baker must have played 2nd in the minors, cause otherwise you have to think Fonzie would be better there.

The best part about tonight's win is:

Only one more game in Florida this year!!!!!! And it’s tomorrow!!!!!

So, are you going to post the cubs W flag going into the top of the 10th every time now?

No, I will only post when we win.

Which will be after nine innings tomorrow.

Heh.

We won so I think we will be able to let that go.

No, I think we will win tomorrow, too.

Won’t be as entertaining as tonight’s game was, either.

Works for me.
I'm gonna go chill

Good night all.

Getting to their starter early tomorrow would be great

their BP is spent

48 pitches from (Cy) Sanchez
44 from Pinto
22 from Nunez
17 Ayala
17 Calero

also

Nunez threw 17 yesterday

so Sanchez, Pinto and Nunez probably won’t be options.

on the Cubs side

41 for Shark
38 for Gregg
27 for Guzman
23 for Marmol (22 yesterday)
19 for Heilman (16 yesterday)
13 for Grabow (15 yesterday)

We got

Marshall and Stevens left in the pen, right? That’s it.

maybe send down Shark for Berg?
Can't send down Shark soon enough

His sloppy outing sapped all the early momentum in the game.

CUBS WIN!!!!!

Great win tonight. Nice to see Heilman hold on,

gang shooting at a funeral...

WTF, america…seriously…WTF

You have got to be kidding me.

Link?

It's on WGN news
And, seeing as I don't get WGN on my Dish Network....
Well there's no link...

It’s just on the news.

i would go crazy w/o WGN...

i get it on directv, just FYI…

the shooting was just a lead story on the WGN news…

dont have a link, but that’s just awful…

They have WGN on Dish

you just have to pay a few more dollars a month for it along with a few other channels

Ch 307 on DirecTV
that's what i figured, but i'm glad i never switched to DISH network b/c i'd have to buy that package
I had Dish before too as well as Directv

even with the superstation pkg it was still cheaper than Directv. But now you can’t get MLB EI on Dish or the NFL package.

I agree, it is awful

I went to a funeral at the end of May … can’t imagine there ever being a shooting at one.

it's like the Wild West and Capone's Chicago rolled into one
whew

and I do mean, whew!

Heilman

I am sure that Lou knew his great numbers against the Marlins key guys, but it was shocking to the rest of us to see them displayed as they stepped up to the plate.

a swl classic

Here's some Okinawan version...

Nice picture!

Post it again tomorrow after we win, please!!!

alright

I’m gonna go figure out how to lower my blood pressure. o.0

First I was all YAY!
Then I was all uh-oh
Then I was all whew
Then I was all augh!
Then I was all YAY!
Then I was all AUGH!
Then I was all AUGH MOAR!
Then I was all YAY!

GNIGHT EVERYBODY!

+1

I just donated blood on Thursday, so I lowered it a bit, but I am sure that it is through the roof!

and, goodnight sir
night Drew.

This thread is really slow so I’m out too.

This just in...

The Indians are stuck with thousands of Victor Martinez bobblehead dolls right before his special bobblehead event.

Bad planning, and soon the bobblehead market will be flooded. Hmmm…do we have anybody who looks like Victor Martinez?

and Dome's diary is up

as of July 31st edition – with some interesting story between Dome and Kyosuke Sasaki.

See here – Dome’s diary – July 31st

Geez...

…that was tense.

Good win, though!

Fontenot's range

This has been the 2nd night in a row he couldn’t get to a grounder to his left. I’m concerned his range isn’t that great…unless you guys think Nick Johnson’s and John Baker’s grounders were well hit.

Zero chance

he gets Johnson’s.

Len and Bob

Commented that the field was groomed such that the ball shot through the infield like a rocket

They called it

“like astroturf”

gotcha

Good to know in case Joe Morgan starts pontificating about when he played and how we was always able to go to his left…FAIL

Isn't Joe Morgan

The reason they invented the mute button?

Yes.

They invented it during his playing days, in case he gave an interview.

any news on what happened to rammy
praying for just a little dehydration
They went to the...

…news to quick. Len n’ Bob think it might be heat related.

I actually dont want to leave until I know the news is good
I know how you feel.

We don’t need to lose him again for any stretch of time!

Watching it on WGN, the trainers were holding his jersey just to get him pay attention to them, so I am inclined to think that it is heat related. He was doubled over at second, and wasn’t complaining about his elbow…

Caller on WGN Radio...

“Ya know, it’s not just losing 2 games in a row…”

Ummm, we won idiot.

Goes on to say package Z and Bradley in a trade...

Don’t they screen these calls?

And get what for them?
No, Kraplan picks 'em out.

He is a biased hack that doesn’t like Z or Bradley.

any idea if that portion of wgn radio can be listened to on the web?
I would think so...

MLB doesn’t own rights to post-game coverage.

im on wgnradio.com now but its all damn commercials so far
I'm on the WGN Radio website...

And the post-game show is on.

nice, its available online. how long of a postgame show do they usually do?
Well, so technically

it was NOT just losing two in a row.

Next

I heard this call, too

and I just about bashed my fist through the windshield. Reminds me of some of the more ledgy posters around here. Do they just let any idiot on the air?

RAMI!!

I need news!

My guess - we'll know more tomorrow

If it is broken, he’ll need x-rays to determine the extent of the injury.
If it’s not, they are treating it now with ice and we will know more tomorrow.

Unless he left the game due to something else.

Which is what it appeared to be.

Yeah, I'm...

…inclined to believe that it was something else based on what I saw on the field.

I'm not trying to just sugar coat it.

But I really think it was something heat related. I would think they would have at least looked at his arm. He was pointing at his head.

I hope so...

But like it was mentioned before, often times when you break a bone, you can get dizzy and nauseous from it. Hopefully this is not the case.

Yah

He looked pretty goofy when the trainer was talking to him. I expected to see the “finger count” next, but they just hoisted him out of there.

My total speculation is just one option...

As we talked about earlier in the post, nausea is sometimes a side effect when someone suffers a broken bone, even a fracture (I personally have had it happened twice.). That is why I am speculating on a broken bone.

hoepfully you are wrong! :)
Or the possibility that

nausea set in and its not broken. I’ve been hit by 85 on the elbow, no break, and wanted to hurl. Just hope for the best I guess.

But did it actually...

…hit ’im in the elbow? The replay looked like it hit just north of the elbow.

yeah I was wondering that too, I never got a good look at it.
It's definitely possible.

I’m still guessing something heat related based on what I saw on the field. We’ll just have to wait and see.

We're in agreement.
ARam didnt look himself after the 2nd

three straight Ks is very strange for him, wouldn’t be surprised if the heat was getting to him and eventually knocked him out in the 10th

Z and Ramirez are okay!

Per this guy on WGN Radio, take it for what it’s worth.

tell "that guy" thanks
Whoever the host is...

I’m not familiar with him. But he said preliminary reports from Florida are that both players are okay.

any details given on Rammy?
good

i dont know if i could handle the team falling apart again if it was something serious

Lets hope

My inner Hulk was about to come out after that whole affair. Didnt Aram get hit in the same general area in the past week. Cant recall the game. PS. I do think he felt ill as a result of the pain. Knees and elbows…

hes out because of dizziness from the pain

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/12011925

TY

W tomorrow. Good will win!

Pain can do that, specially when you've already been injured recently.

Everytime you add more to it your body as a whole gets closer to overloaded. The way he was sweating when he came out I was sure he was at least dizzy as Bob and Len thought. Trib reported he will play tomorrow…we will see about that, when your body stiffens after sleeping (and any pain killers wear off they may have given him) things may sure change. I’m just ecstatic so far it looks like he wasn’t hurt that much. I think they should keep him out of the starting line up and keep him as a PH just in case…That humidity will just exacerbate pain or stiffness he has.

Smardardzja is a pile of crap and belongs in Iowa.

Bring back Atkins in his place.

By the way, Trib said Z did have stiffness from sleeping in a bad position.

Sure reminded me of when he had stiffness before. I just hope it works itself out before his next start…he said he would so we will see.

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