Bleed Cubbie Blue

Might as well...

put Marmol in…

He can’t f it up worse than it already is…

Endrick - August 12, 2009 reply

You’re beautiful. You’re beautiful.
You’re beautiful, it’s true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don’t know what to do,
‘Cause I’ll never be with you.

Hitting the Blunt

Like Geo…

lololololol

I wish these domino's people would lose the attitude

stop yelling at each other about your crappy food.

Gibbon Jockey - August 12, 2009 reply

NK

yeah

its pretty stupid

Wrigley looks like it did back in the 1980s and 90s

half-empty.

Caridad attack?

He’s warming

L&B think it may just be his day to throw

not necessarily to get him in the game

Esmailín means "for the love of" in Spanish

Ronnie could use that

“¡Oh, Esmailín…!”

That was my lame attempt at comedy

Caridad means “charity” in Engish…. yuk, yuk yuk…

kim ..... you went blonde .... that hurts :(

Not Bruce Froemming - August 12, 2009 reply

hey its marmol time

spursfan87 - August 12, 2009 reply

Well, thanks for the give and take, folks

Like Scarlett O’Hara said, tomorrow is another day. Keep the faith.

Later, buddy

thanks for the dose of faith… at least one of us still has it. :-)

Good night

Well...

Marmol is certainly not throwing his fastball very hard (89/91). I guess if that works….

TheRiot Police - August 12, 2009 reply

9 run bottom of the 9th coming up!

yeah

its been 24 hours since we lost in extra innings.

Bitter?

Oh, a tad…

Me/?

NEVER!

Marmol pitched like the 'old' Marmol

no pressure I guess

JFCubFan - August 12, 2009 reply

NP

i’m usually just bitching about the cubs… i’m not that interesting.

Budweiser Play of the Game

Was not Victorino getting a beer shower. Shocking.

Thank goodness

I would’ve had to write a very strongly worded letter to everyone who’s address I could find.

Ten runs coming up...

next five games maybe

Sori hits ones for the ballhawks

But foul

Is it bad that I hear "Producer of Cubs baseball..."

And I still think “Arne Harris”?

you're old

Or perverted

Or both…

I regret to admit

That I remember that it is 40 years since the 1969 August swoon. I was ten years old, and the trauma is still with me.

Ha! I totally do the same thing.

ScottieG33 - August 12, 2009 reply

Miles has an RBI

On the 3U

Attn: miles has taken 2 pitches

in the same AB.

be aware. The world may explode.

News Flash

Miles DIDN’T swing a the first pitch. or the second

JFCubFan - August 12, 2009 reply

Miles gets an RBI!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT!?!?!??

Hey Aaron Miles got an RBI

I believe he now has A GRAND TOTAL OF 5 RBI FOR THE SEASON.

cubfanwill - August 12, 2009 reply

He was hurt, tho

with a case of hyper extended suckage

12-5

Believe or leave, bitches!

go team

yay

Oh, you're looking for the Bitter table

Allie’s right over there… :P

yep

always need company…

pity you don't drink watching a game like this

nope

but i ate a disturbing amount of chocolate.

Just had my first

Much-needed, I’m afraid.

had two

and am surprisingly tired

We're gonna ride it to victory

Gibbon Jockey - August 12, 2009 reply

Glad to see Pedro from 1999 is back...

At least when he faces the Cubs.

cubfanwill - August 12, 2009 reply

Cubs do just enough

to make you wonder.

why did i pick this team!! ugh!!

Keep scoring bitches

You give me something to live for

Crowd is alive despite the score

JFCubFan - August 12, 2009 reply

Game over

So much for that rally.

They are remembering

The pre-expectations years

Got back just in time for the last out, woohoo.

How about a team meeting, guys?

not much to say tonight

“Guys, I think we all agree that Samardzija is overrated and shouldn’t have been here. But Sean, your horseshit performance won’t help us get him on the bus to Iowa.”

marshall was probably injuried so i don't put a lot of blame on him

injured

was simulating team meeting

oooooooohhhhhhhhhh gotcha

my mistake

I think the whole team is overrated

no kiddin

Tonight, hard to argue

It's sad............

but some of the problems we’ve signed to long term contracts.

I'm still more annoyed with the $$ on role players

good point

That's where the budget got out of whack

We have a budget?

Huh.

well..........

On a positive note..

went on a date instead of watched this crap. Her name, Sue of course.

Is she an attorney?

no. Why, do I need one?

Wasn’t me I swear.

Sue.

Litigate.

Why?

The “of course” comment….

You guys ain't right. That's why I come here

good name...

going out with her again?

hopefully somebody will have lou's post game comments?

Wouldnt' be surprised if there was none

Look, what do you want me to do?

They’re the defending champions and we had a rookie starter. :blah blah blah:

they had 5 runs.. they swung the bats well...

look… what do you want me to do?

I'm sure they will so insightful

maybe someone should ask why we he would expect someone that can’t pitch one good inning to give him five good innings.

DC Cubbie - August 12, 2009 reply

At least we have learned lately

What it would be like if the pitching sucked all season.

We would have given up all hope much sooner.

Great

our collective idiocy is already on deadspin:

Stay Classy, Cubs Fans http://deadspin.com/5336293 #mlb #fans

Hey

The guy was soundly panned here. What can you do? There are always a few douchebags in the crowd?

They should get demographics for that sort of thing

“Let’s see, 1 out of every 4.5 Americans is a douchebag, so if you are at a dinner party with 8 others, chances are that at least 2 of you will be categorized as such at the end of the night…”

I know

I’m just preemptively annoyed by how much publicity he’ll get.

and the fact that we’ll know the name of one fan among many who went after an obviously foul ball but this douchebag will get away being a jackass.

Deadspin is already working on getting the guy's name

Of course, he won’t get the same ostracism as SB…

Yep

I think Liily on a rehab start would have been better then the garbage we threw out there tonight

DC Cubbie - August 12, 2009 reply

Kept them scoreless after the 4th

Though I think they got tired running the bases. Can’t really say as I stopped watching in the 2nd

If I had my druthers...

Shark wouldn’t make the 40-man

he needs work. a lot of work.

I told you that this would be a sweep.

This team is done.

sup blou jr

One game left

Out of curiosity, how much money are you making if Demp blows it tomorrow?

0 dollars.

It was just plain as day that this would happen. The Cubs aren’t a good team unless they are healthy, which they aren’t.

That's like saying

“The sky is blue, unless it’s cloudy.” Of course the team won’t be as good with 2nd-string guys. But if you’re so convinced that they’re gonna get swept that you’ll post about it constantly, at least make a coupla bucks on it…

Ok this I will respond to

How many teams do well when two of their starting pitchers and their top hitter are out ?

I'm not saying they should be expected to do well.

I’m as frustrated as everyone else. I want this team to win.

Ok but sometimes it seems like you enjoy their losing

to prove a point.

I don't at all.

I didn’t mean to come off that way.

Being that guy

who pulls out the “I told you so” doesn’t usually go well with the image of a fan who wants the team to win. FYI.

are you calling them chicken wings?

There's no bait.

I just called it, all I was saying.

Does anyone actually use bait

to get a Goldfish ?

No

but I usually have to use scissors to get the darned bag open.

I use

$2.50 at Petsmart.

your mom must be so proud

Here is an encouraging stat

Cubs have scored in the 9th inning for 4 consecutive games. Ok we lost them all but I have find something good to look for.

I love how as Cub fans

we all try to find something that makes us feel better. :-)

Its a funny coping mechanism…

Riot was 3-5

I didn't poop my pants today.

(Yet.)

ScottieG33 - August 12, 2009 reply

And our boy was getting a nice restful day on the bench

and may even be back tomorrow!!

Wouldn't that be nice?

Not seeing it, though.

which one ?

Check my username

:D

now i get your username...

:-)

Yep. Aramis is spanish for clutch.

i thought it was spanish for kick ass....

Did they say he might ?

I was not watching. Is Lilly going to be back next week ?

They said yesterday he could possibly be back Thursday

and Lilly made a really solid rehab start tonight. So he’s on target.

Lilly had a solid rehab start tonight

BB was very proud his kid was catching Ted.

He was awfully glowy about it

with fatherly pride. It was kinda sweet.

yeah that was neat to hear Bob talk about it

It was nice of Ted to let him catch for him

As we all know he usually handles that himself.

he doesnt want to show up the minor leaguers

#16 in your progams

in my heart. :-P

(Aramis)

rammy

It's a disease...........

and drewishdrewid is the host

And I haven't heard a peep out of him tonight

Get over your hate, old man.

Hate , no sir.....

he seems like a nice lad, but just a little delusional.

It's called being

positive. You should try it sometime.

No it's...........

unrealistic “optimism” or “optimism bias”

Not in touch with reality

As opposed to unrealistic pessimism

Or bias toward same. You may not like it, but it exists, and it helps to resolve yourself to dealing with it rather than rage, rage against the brightening of the light.

Noticed you don’t post so much when the Cubbies are doing well, BTW…

so it's unrealistic.............

to say the Cubs have played like shit most of the year?

Clutche - August 13, 2009 reply

I'll take his optimism

any day over your negative outlook any day. Be very careful aboutthe reality stuff. It could come back to bite you in the ass.

the reality is..........

the Cubs have stunk it up this year and there are no signs of turning it around. Now you can sugarcoat it as you please, but you’re only fooling yourself. You’re in denial and that certainly will bite you in the ass.

Clutche - August 13, 2009 reply

Your comment was

directed at Drew. I was defending his right to feel about this team as he wishes. You were criticizing him and I want you to be careful what you say about others because there are things about you that can come back and bite you in the ass. Know what I mean?

I’m not living in denial. This team is what it is.

sue369 - August 13, 2009 reply

I never............

said he didn’t have a right to his opinion, but it is MY opinion that his defense of this team is: unrealistic "optimism" or "optimism bias"

Clutche - August 13, 2009 reply

I hope we don't get a chance tomorrow.

That would be nice

I wish Lee were not pitching. I have a class so will miss it. Not like watched much of today’s game

I like it when you have no class. :)

I have learned

That it is a lot uglier when your pitching is injured and mediocre than when your hitting is.

Since Lilly and Zambrano have been on the DL, it has been really ugly and it got ugly quick. When your guys are not scoring, it takes longer to see the ugliness of not scoring runs.

Yeah

I thought the earlier games of consistant pitching duels got old… but worn out pitching with crappy offense is worse than solid pitching with crappy offense.

"When your guys are not scoring, it takes longer to see the ugliness of not scoring runs."

Yogi?

Blowouts turn normally sensical people

into Yoda.

Just go with it.

Yoda would be

“When guys are not scoring, the longer the ugliness is to see.”

Wouldn't Yogi be like

“Half the game is scoring runs and the other 2/3 is not letting the other team score”?

"Ninety percent of this game is mental, and the other half is physical."

"The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase."
“And they give you cash, which is just as good as money…”

Ah Yogi

those are golden.

if your hurt and miss work

it wont hurt to miss work

YOGI

“If you come to a fork in the road, take it.”

"You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours."

"Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore - it's too crowded."

CaliCub - August 12, 2009 reply

We've been not scoring...

…runs for quite a while now.

LeSaboteur - August 12, 2009 reply

TWSS