Bleed Cubbie Blue

Great another hitter that shouldn't leadoff, but is comfortable. sigh

that not thing

how exactly did Theriot change his approach hitting leadoff?

unless he’s actually started taking LESS pitches than when he hit elsewhere

McGehee HBP

Clogged, 2 outs

Wow, 3rd time today.

Hope it goes well – I gotta meeting.

WTF is up with the Brewers putting up 5 run inning?

I hope the Cubs can come back.

a grand slam will do that

Cats!

Wait, wrong team

Self fail

C'mon guys, keep them at 5, give us a chance.

fail

sad but true, boohoo

Rivera singles to LF

2 score, 1st and 3rd, 2 out

7-4 Brewers

2nd and 3rd, excuse me

BeltwayCubsFan - September 17, 2009 reply

does anyone know how to pitch with 2 strikes?

grand slam on 1-2 count, that double on a 0-2 count

umm, ya, you hang a breaker over the center of the plate, right?

put that jump link back up

it’s how I feel about this game. and for that matter, this season.

jlpcubsfan - September 17, 2009 reply

headdesk

Why?!?

WTF. If it isn’t the hitting, it’s the pitching.

We're going to win here, and that's the end of the story.

Its a Cubbie occurance

Gas Can Larry out to the mound

Good things are sure to happen.

i predict a walk a HBP a bloop single and a home run

I seriously want to know what it is he tells these guys during mound visits...

“Um, yeah….so….look…I’m gonna need you too…..throw strikes and not give up any hits or run….mmmmkay? That’d be great…..thanks.”

Coach Lumberg

Didja get that memo on the TPS reports?

You mean about the cover sheets?

I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you to leave

I got a meeting with the Bobs in five minutes

I was informed of any meeting with the Bobs

I already told you

I deal with the goddam customers so the engineers don’t have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can’t you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?

what is it you'd say you do here?

It says here that you've been missing a lot of the strike zone Mr. Harden....

Well, he hasn't really been missing it

(raucous laughter)

Canadian Cubs Fan - September 17, 2009 reply

You mean...

…Larry (take your base) Rothschild

MPH73 - September 17, 2009 via mobile reply

That was a GREAT 1-2 pitch.

NRFPT

Not. Ready. For. Prime. Time.

Of course the beer intake will help the lack of pain felt when the ball hits you in the chest.

Escobar 1-3

Mid 7, 7-4 Brewers

I swear I look away for a few minutes...

DAMNIT.

malicedoom - September 17, 2009 reply

Boos are coming down

The question is: aimed at who?

chilango2 - September 17, 2009 reply

all the black players, probably.

Hmmm...

davidalanu - September 17, 2009 reply

Probably because

it took 1,378 minutes to get through that part of the inning.

uh-oh, he's reading the lyrics from a cue card.

Smart guy - I wish they'd all do that

malicedoom - September 17, 2009 reply

C'mon whomever doesn't know the lyrics shouldn't be allowed to sing.

no one should be allowed to sing

the guest conductor has long since run it’s course.

yeppers

Dennis Miller was? Really?

yep, he kept glancing down around the monitor.

2 outs... always with 2 outs...

crap.

hokie316 - September 17, 2009 reply

Why was Bradley pulled?

Late for a dinner appoinment probably

malicedoom - September 17, 2009 reply

he was disinterested

his knee

is inflamed. He’s day to day.

So he wouldn't hear any boos.

L & B said

he got hit in the leg/calf and was not able to run hard to the base so Lou had Scales pinch run for him.

That would explain Fielder's triple.

Good point.

Riot 3U

So I've got the Major League moment that someone asked for hours ago

In a WMV and AVI file – anyone got a good way to convert it to an anigif?

you gotta use the fetzer valve

and some guaze and 30 weight oil. It’s all ball bearings these days

lol

Maybe youneed a refresher course

It’s ALL ball bearings these days

Dome K

comeback time!

DLee FO4

End 7, 7-4 Brewers

I see things didn't go well during my meeting.

So Gerut and now Rivera?

WTF?

Well, you know how we can't cruddy pitchers?

We’ve now extended that to make young and/or unproven hitters look like Ted Williams

These Jalapeno Kettle Chips are kicking my mouth's ass.

Now, that's a anatomical and gastrological feat

Bourgeois FO3

Karl Marx's least favorite player.

Lopez FO9

I could listen to Dennis Miller for a whole game.

davidalanu - September 17, 2009 reply

I don't get a third of his refernces but I laugh anyway.

I think a third of his jokes are just for his amusement anyway.

and I respect that!

davidalanu - September 17, 2009 reply

The definition of being esoteric.

A/K/A the Dennis Miller Ratio

Link

hey, you're hitting .666!

heine41 - September 17, 2009 reply

Don't look at my head.

Put the dog down, Damien

that's mvp level, man

I wish I could see it. Stupid work.

Ripping on Lovitz

Good stuff there.

The only English-speaking comedian who needs subtitles and footnotes

and I’m okay with that

Man Miller has len and bob rolling

heine41 - September 17, 2009 reply

yes he does.

thanks, sue, for sticking

up for me… :)

no problem brian

and the same to

drew…

I'll let him know.

oh, I'm still here

:D

Good :D

I just don't like to see

people talk about stuff when they don’t know the facts.

Facts are, Heilman HAS pitched very well since mid-august.

and he sucked when the team was in contention

Aaron Sosa?

so did the team

many on this team did

the offense

was the real problem, not heilman

im well

well aware of that

yeah, he was out there mowing guys down....

oh wait, no he wasnt

yes, and?

which wasn't the point of my comment

you argued a completely different point, just so you could feel better about yourself

Hart K

Mid 8, 7-4 Brewers

Thank you Grabow.

Thank you for good pitching.

+1

I hope the Cubs can bring him back next year.

Vargas in to pitch for the Brewers

The "Bizarro World" Newman?

"It's Feldman...from across the hall"

what do you think of an alarm clock, that automatically tells you the weather when you wake up?

How about an alarm clock that simulates the weather?

ok, light this clown up like a christmas tree!

Jake Fox FO8

Scales K

#scalesfail

Muffin Man FO8

End 8, 7-4 Brewers

This game has given

me a huge headache.

Who needs a hug?

I need a drink

lol

depends on who is handing them out...

Got any Tylenol?

Think of it this way

our beloved game of baseball is almost over. We will be without it for 5 months, so enjoy the rest of the season whether we go down in flames or not.

Good thing I

love football and basketball.

So you have something to fall back on, good. :)

cheer up, I hope your headache goes away.

thanks

and hockey

both ncaa & nhl…

I have taken

an interest in the Blackhawks the last couple of years.

Medal of Honor recipients

Tooooo much good stuff!

Braun 6-3

Impressive job by Riot

Theriot...damn

Berg on the mound, BTW

blurg

I mean, Berg.

Blerg

justin borg

Contact is futile.

I call him the Iceman.

Fat 5-3

Cameron K

Mid 9, 7-4 Brewers

Bottom of the Cubs order due up vs. Hoffman!

Odds on Miles PH in the pitcher's spot if we get that far?

110%

Good call

Collect your winnings

you called it

remember when people

claimed we wouldn’t see Miles once the rosters expanded?

Good times……good times

Hell's Bells

♪♫ rollin' thunder, howlin' rain! ♪♫

Remember when Gaetti hit the game winning HR off Hoffman in 1998?

Have the Cubs beaten Hoffman since then?

Probably not.

Well done Berg

now get some f$#^%ing runs!!!

"You can't say f$#^% on the air"

Nobody's listening anyway

Ice ice Bergy

Methuselah Hoffman on to pitch

Wonder Hamster K

Ronnie

is having a shitfit about it.

chilango2 - September 17, 2009 reply

It was in the EXACT same spot as the pitch before

Get Blurg. Need to take care of a pet rodent

"Terrible call there! Aw, man..." ~ Ron Santo

Hey SWL, they're booing Fonty and he's white. They didn't get the memo.

reverse racists!

Looking ahead

Are any position players left on the bench besides Miles?

Blanco

Taguchi

Hill FO7 NH

Here's to hoping the bottom of lineup can come through...

NSFW!

eswan9 - September 17, 2009 reply

cheeky

didn't work

but thanks anyway.

FPSM FO8

Game over

its catching on!

I had to decode it first

But, yeah…

"It's up to Aarion Miles to keep the game alive,"

the worst sentence ever uttered.

+1

Miles swings at the first pitch

chilango2 - September 17, 2009 reply

Nice effort today Cubs

How would you like to be Blanco or Taguchi?

And have Miles be selected to hit there instead of you.

I'm sure they realized long ago that Lou is incompetent

damn Cubs

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/gamecenter/gamelog/MLB_20090917_MIL@CHC

Middle 9th
RonStoneRules
Season hasn’t been on the line in 2 months!!! you can tell when the season is over when Lee starts hitting. The king of the meaningless home run!

yeeah…