Game Thread #26b
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:20 PM CDT
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hellooooooooo.....
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
jerry, i'm not looking up if you talk to me in that voice!
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by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ha
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
NIce pic Battlekow
The Wallbangers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!
by 80badger on Apr 29, 2008 9:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 9:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Weeks!
Nice throw! Thanks, Derrek.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Finally, the defense helps instead of hurts..
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
awesome play by hardy
i thought he lost that
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by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 9:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Gameday
really sucking hind tit tonight! Maybe they need a new thread!
The Wallbangers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!
by 80badger on Apr 29, 2008 9:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
come on
hit for the cycle so we can stop talking about chad moeller
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by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 9:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Brewers to hit for the cycle graphic
One of those things was not like the others…
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 9:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. Moeller didn't have a mullet.
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Billy gunning hard for .250!
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If the Brewers do run the shift more often then other teams...
...it doesn’t seem to be too obvious from the hit location data. That’s for all Brewers shortstops in 2007. I guess it would be more productive to look at third basemen…
by cwyers on Apr 29, 2008 9:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Good luck teasing out what's a shift and what's Braun being execrable
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
All that matters is that you get to the ball.
Errors have hit location data too.
by cwyers on Apr 29, 2008 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right, but you have to get to the ball first
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would probably make a shift more obvious, not less.
There seems to be a very mild double bump there, but not very spread out.
by cwyers on Apr 29, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude, your sister is hot
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have no idea how to respond to that.
by cwyers on Apr 29, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Thanks"?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Here's her number..."
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Billy's heating up...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Jeepers
How about Pinero with a one-hitter so far tonight?
Plus – is the cult of Cueto disbanded now?
by 400metres on Apr 29, 2008 9:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hmm..
15 hits doesn’t add up to runs like it used to.
by UWbrewball on Apr 29, 2008 9:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Double play balls and ground outs with 2 and 3 on will do that to you...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope. Otherwise it'll take me even longer to find the mound.
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that just makes me laugh
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by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Look what happened to Zorro after he got an X-Box and stopped exercising.
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I ran into Lou at Gibson's last year in the hallway
I said, nicely, “Go Brewers”
He smiled and nodded. Then my boss prostrated himself to him about the Yankee days.
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nicely done.
By both you and Lou.
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So with this newfound bench depth, you'd think we could have found a right-handed ex-manager to hit for Gwynn here
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think I would have gone that way here too.
A little bit surprising they are wasting Marshall for Gwynn. I mean Fielder could be up in an important situation later.
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was a ball.
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 9:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Marshall makes it so the ump can't even help him
by ol Pete on Apr 29, 2008 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now that I look at it Nauert seems to give the inside corner when lefties are batting
Few umpires will call those strikes. That said, that was a ball by any umps strike zone.
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow that looks a lot better on my ump card.
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
look at how friggin far to the side some of those are
I wonder if this isn’t a Questec stadium, they don’t get graded.
by ol Pete on Apr 29, 2008 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about some
Kendallacing around the bases here
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 9:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
We need a Lasik moment...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The cubs pitchers
are throwing a lot of green squares
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 9:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That was a particularly choice one
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice RBI Kendall!
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 9:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm evil.
I can’t stop chuckling after that walk…
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
More bad luck
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
he really has been hitting some hard
and so I curse – BABIP!
by ol Pete on Apr 29, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
love him
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cameron
A grand slam would put the cherry on top of a good debut.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
2 RBI single works, too.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yay!
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by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Welcome to Milwaukee, Mike
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Guess who's getting a standing O his first AB in Milw
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Barry Bonds?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Cwyers:
How’s Theriot’s arm? Seriously. It’s looked weak to me tonight…
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
About as good as my "hot" sisters.
Like I said in the last thread: he covers for it by not having the range to make it that far away from first base.
by cwyers on Apr 29, 2008 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's more than one?!
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, the bat plays
Uh…
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
dolt Cub fan talked about our bullpen being "delectable"
Hope he enjoys the taste of his World Series quality pitching
by ol Pete on Apr 29, 2008 9:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What, is Hannibal Lecter a Cubs fan?
by 400metres on Apr 29, 2008 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
let me think
bleedcubbieblue, some fava beans and nice Chianti. Hey I could go for a glass of Chianti and I don’t have one.
by ol Pete on Apr 29, 2008 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could go for some Chianti and Giordano's
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just got home
great to see the crew kicking butt, but the stat line on Sheets has me worried: 4 runs and 7 (!) walks in 5 innings. Did it look like he was pitching hurt or compensating? Is there reason to think this triceps is more serious than we thought?
by keephopealive on Apr 29, 2008 9:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It seemed like he might be hurt
But then again the 40 degree weather could be playing a role too. This has to be the most walks in Sheets’ career, anybody have the stats to confirm that?
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
by SRB on Apr 29, 2008 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
for what it's worth,
the cubs announcers are talking about how it appears hard for the pitchers to grip the ball tonight
by 400metres on Apr 29, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a career high
His previous was six.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't see anything to make me think he aggravated his shoulder...
... but I don’t think that matters. My guess is his shoulder feels pretty close to the way it did when they pulled him. His control was poor early, but I thought it actually got better as the night went on. The strike zone was tight low in the zone, which cost him a couple of strikeouts, and one of the runs and at least one of the walks came after errors fom Prince and Hall.
I don’t like that they ran him out there for 108 pitches, and I wish they would have sat him down after that long break after the 2nd. But I didn’t see any sign of a new injury…
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It would be nice
To feel a little more confident about the bullpen holding a 5+ run lead.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 9:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sure would.
But this is more exciting.
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cameron
I think our offense is gonna look a bit different with him in it…oops I guess we can all see that.
by UWbrewball on Apr 29, 2008 9:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
My guess is he won't have 3 hit nights ever night....
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're right
He’ll have 4!
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
by SRB on Apr 29, 2008 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's my nature.
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow
I like the score, I don’t like the fact that I had to miss the last 6.5 innings. (we’re only at the stretch, 2:45 into a sheets start?)
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 29, 2008 9:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ben was wild and off-velocity
Cameron, Hart, Hall
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
7 walks for Sheets
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
NORM
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Van Der Beek
is a trader. He is a fan of Wisconsin sports:
http://deadspin.com/sports/justin-timberlake/the-packers-are-bringing-sexy-back-310229.php
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 9:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i love reading the comments lol
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by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bill talking about Gagne pitching?
that makes no sense to me.
by ol Pete on Apr 29, 2008 9:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Makes more sense now
Ugh.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cam does give the Crew a new dimension that I like - veteran presence I guess
by 400metres on Apr 29, 2008 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
MORE GRIT!
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's like granola in a sand box...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Matt Murton
He does exist!
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 9:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Mike Fontenot? Really?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
our bullpen
the opposite of good
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In theory Mota for the 8th and Gagne for the 9th and we go home
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe its just me and maybe its irrational
but Mota scares the heck out of me
by ol Pete on Apr 29, 2008 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh..
Come on guys.. Bury a team once in awhile.
by SgtClueLs on Apr 29, 2008 9:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Kieschnick is gonna win it in the 13th
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 9:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
fielder get on and corey get the cycle
my plan for the inning
"They're trying to make me the escape goat"-Michael Scott
by dux2bux on Apr 29, 2008 10:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Driving me nuts
Not sure whether to eat my fishsticks or start counting them
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 10:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Now that it is a two run game it will be interesting to see who Lou has pitch
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 10:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Jon Lieber?
Well, okay.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Prince, where was that last time?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's like a softball game out there tonight...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Guy's a homer away from the cycle
BUNT HIM!
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That hit a big hunk of dirt
Must have fallen off Kenny Rogers’ hand.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fielder going the other way again
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 10:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Except for that one time
...with the bases loaded.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok you are right
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man I love watching Hart play...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Theriot once again makes the routine look close...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Turning outs into
outs?
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, I know he got him.
Point taken, but…
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know what you mean
The ball follows a discernible arc when he throws.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eye Juice
Billy needs to talk to Kendall’s surgeon, time to juice the eyes, contacts have been bothering him all year.
Personally, I think we got hosed on that one! - Harry Doyle
by reverse24 on Apr 29, 2008 10:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He's getting it after the year
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man that zone is erratic....
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't you, like, get tossed for arguing balls and strikes?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You're supposed to
But Lou was crafty enough to take an hour or so to get the mound earlier to set up the “I’m just lost” routine there.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Past Lou's bed time
he is cranky.
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 10:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
that pitch
hasn’t been a strike all night long.
by James Stanley Cocanower on Apr 29, 2008 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lieber looks like he was cursing at Soto through the glove...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
at least he didn't bite his thumb at him
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue
by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or give him the "I'm crushing your head" thumb and forefinger mash...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or beat him up in the dugout
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, give Zambrano some credit
He waited until the clubhouse to break Barrett’s jaw.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What the hell
Did I miss something?
My non-embarrassing thoughts on the Brewers:
Two Fisted Slopper
by nmc on Apr 29, 2008 10:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I didn't know Bill Schroeder posted on this site...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good time for JJ's second homer
Personally, I think we got hosed on that one! - Harry Doyle
by reverse24 on Apr 29, 2008 10:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
that'll do...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he got the RBI
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boy, Fielder's a big 'ol matzo ball sitting out there
by 400metres on Apr 29, 2008 10:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hahaha hahaha nice!
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by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or an RBI single
Personally, I think we got hosed on that one! - Harry Doyle
by reverse24 on Apr 29, 2008 10:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Reed Johnson
Did he just save Sotos life by not throwing to home?
by SgtClueLs on Apr 29, 2008 10:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if he would have loitered around the plate with Fielder coming like he did with Weeks...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fielder wouldn't have tried to do too much with him
Just knock him gently into the Brewers’ dugout
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was a very satisfying bleeder
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The slow exsanguination of the Chicago Cubs
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Counsel's stance is slowly morphing back to what it was, I think...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
his hands get higher every time I see him....
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's trying to compensate for his utter lack of bat speed by going back to what worked in the past
Which makes no sense.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mota?
What about him makes one think set-up guy?
by ol Pete on Apr 29, 2008 10:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The other available options
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
by SRB on Apr 29, 2008 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The fact that he's sitting out there with TBow, McClung, Gagne et al?
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is no way
we could score ten runs and lose…right?
by James Stanley Cocanower on Apr 29, 2008 10:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
or
pay $10 million for a crappy closer
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
FWIW
The Brewers haven’t scored 10+ and lost since May 20, 2006.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was at that game
I will never be able to forgive Ben Hendrickson.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
gotta love hendrickson's line there
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by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like that the Brewers used seven pitchers
Only one of whom is on the roster two years later.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uecker miffed at the fans
“Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate.”
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They're just mad because they have to piss in troughs
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, they're bitter because they're very basic.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure Uecker's mood isn't improved
By the fact there’s no TV in the visitors’ radio booth…although that sounds more like a Powell complaint.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lots of announcers getting miffed at Cub fans this year....
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who else?
Not Brent Musburger on his disgraceful pro-Cub opening day ESPN broadcast.
by James Stanley Cocanower on Apr 29, 2008 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Marty Brennaman
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tell me - is there anything more fun to listen to
than Ron Santo melting down?
by 400metres on Apr 29, 2008 10:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
answer
No.
But forget Santo. Isn’t it funny how the Cubs have collected all of the second-rate Brewers announcers of the last few years?
by James Stanley Cocanower on Apr 29, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, I love Pat Hughes
Love how he sounds professional while sitting next to a dribbling idiot all game long. I liked him when he was with Uecker, too.
by Et tu Brewte on Apr 29, 2008 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm old enough to miss Hughes from his Brewer days...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
really nice guy
i ordered two of his baseball announcing series cd’s (uekcer and carry) and in the envelope was a personal thank you and then signed signature from him. not that commercialized fake signature thing, real ink, i thought it was cool and above what i expected. i wrote him an email thanking him
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue
by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol.... now I'm laughing and I can't even hear him...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can you imagine Santo caught in traffic?
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You do realize
That Zanardi is a super-cool dude.
Funny though
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I used to live near chicago
And one of the radio stations isolated his grunting during what appeared to be a cub scoring the game trying run until he fell down rounding third. They got him into a run down and he almost scored. It was like 30 seconds of a man having a heart attack.
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OOOOOHHHHHHH
JJJJJJEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZ
OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH
by ol Pete on Apr 29, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bad
Who thought “Nellie’s Nuggets” was a catchy/appealing title?
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
ha...
haha….
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The vaunted Cubs bullpen has given up 5 runs already.
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 10:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
ours not doing much better
"They're trying to make me the escape goat"-Michael Scott
by dux2bux on Apr 29, 2008 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just Torres though...
Riske wiggled off the hook…
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Torres gave up some BS hits before the Fontenot dagger, too
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and while Torres was not good
at least one of those hits was really cheap. the one hardy snagged up the middle was weak, too.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 29, 2008 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not to make the "it's just one of those nights" argument, but
it’s just one of those nights. I’m not going to freak out over runs the pen gives up tonight as long as it’s fewer than what the Cubbies need.
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They haven't been overworked enough
Obviously.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah.
Marmol’s awesome, and Woods has been decent so far, but other than that they don’t impress me…
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder about Marmol as well
His stuff is obviously very good but he kind of reminds me of Turnbow. All of a sudden people stopped swinging at his slider and the wheels came off. He never has been this good in the minors.
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was a starter in the minors
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
but he started in the minors
it would sure be nice if somebody had play-by-play and figured out how marmol did against batters their first time against him.
(silence…)
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 29, 2008 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chicago TV guys
they sure don’t let the game get in the way of their mind numbing conversations about nothing.
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 10:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
tell me about it
watching them on wgn is awful. actually, the sox guys are much worse. “the hawk” barely even calls the game
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue
by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well when your 7th inning is a talk show what do you expect?
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My favorite baseball moments ever are when basketball/football players that hate baseball and know nothing about it go on during the 7th inning
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I prefer the dim-witted Bonnie Hunt types
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But the awkward, what-do-we-talk-about-now silences are so priceless
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i love that he's silent
when there’s action during the game lol
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue
by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not that our outfield is bad but I kind of wish we had spent out 10 mil on him instead.
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd rather have Torres closing and Fukudome playing in the outfield for sure
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure
But it’s not a one-year deal. Gagne is. That’s all.
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
I’m pretty happy with Cameron (even prior to his nice debut)
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
by SRB on Apr 29, 2008 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cameron was a great signing given the context
But I think Fukudome is really quite good.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure looks that way...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sold
His defense isn’t impressive and his offense probably won’t hold up. There’s only one Ichiro.
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
by SRB on Apr 29, 2008 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Extremely good
and quick!
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
by roguejim on Apr 30, 2008 1:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One other thing I have noticed
On two strikes he wants to go the other way all the time. Bust him in.
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
good observation
"They're trying to make me the escape goat"-Michael Scott
by dux2bux on Apr 29, 2008 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mota would probably hit him and ignite a riot
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am good with that
The Wallbangers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!
by 80badger on Apr 29, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Honestly I think we might be close to that.
There was a lot of staring and muttering going on after Braun’s slide into Theriot…
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
speaking of riots
I can’t believe the Cards and Stros emptied their benches…
and then everyone just talked
by ol Pete on Apr 29, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The classic baseball "brawl"
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did the bullpens run in?
That’s my favorite.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wainwright threw behind Ausmus
and he started jawing.
Wainy gave him that “let’s go mfer” look
and then pfffffttt
by ol Pete on Apr 29, 2008 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he keeps fouling off, Ned's going to order Mota to drill Fukudome...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
KosuKe!
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Uecker on Fukudome
“Struck him out. There goes his popularity.”
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He knows the Cub fans...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Screech is up.
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
the Nationals mascot?
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, the village idiot of Port Washington
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not worth it...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dustin Diamond
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
who looks somewhat like Gagne...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
we don't like him...im from there
"They're trying to make me the escape goat"-Michael Scott
by dux2bux on Apr 29, 2008 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Ted Kennedy should be the Nats mascot
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 29, 2008 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah! He comes with a ready-made giant head...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aren't
there bridges on the way to the stadium over water??
The Wallbangers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!
by 80badger on Apr 29, 2008 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes
I’m hoping for the best.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 29, 2008 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm hoping with ya bud!
The Wallbangers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!
by 80badger on Apr 29, 2008 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Big question
What’s the condition of the pitcher’s mound? Did it have a manicure recently?
by keephopealive on Apr 29, 2008 10:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I actually still like Gagne....
But that comment put the french in french-canadian….
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Favre?
Is that a reference to Hasselbeck’s story about Favre?
by keephopealive on Apr 29, 2008 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hasselbeck told reporters
that Favre and his wife got manicures on a trip to NYC. Crazy, but true.
by keephopealive on Apr 29, 2008 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just got back from Wrigley...
I’m a Brewers fan in Chicago and just got home after leaving a 9-4 game (it’s cold and I have to get up at 5am and I’m going tomorrow – that was just to make me feel better). As a Brewers fan whose gone to many games at Wrigley the last few years, I must say that there are a lot of Brewers fans that enter this stadium and become stupid.
Maybe it’s the luck of the draw on my seats, but never see Brewers fans act so stupid at Milller Park. Whose been to Wrigley lately? What do you think?
by Big In 2015 on Apr 29, 2008 10:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I used to live in Wrigleyville
Always tried to be cool. Never put up with any crap, but didn’t really give it either.
Never saw much obnoxiousness personally.
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think its a disease that goes both ways
since I’ve been to plenty of Brewer games where Cubs fans act like total assholes.
by 400metres on Apr 29, 2008 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, that's just a given. Can't I have higher expectations for Brewers fans?
We’re the same people that pee our pants for fun.
by Big In 2015 on Apr 29, 2008 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok 3 run lead and the bottom part of the cubs order
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 10:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope you don't have to finish that sentence.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 29, 2008 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soto
cranked that ball
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 10:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That was a weird bounce
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He can hit
They got a keeper there.
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
But he is playing over his head right now. Actually most cub hitters are over their heads right now.
by dixieflatline on Apr 29, 2008 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
look who've they have played
"They're trying to make me the escape goat"-Michael Scott
by dux2bux on Apr 29, 2008 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he had a near record strike out streak going
till the Brewers pitchers arrived
by ol Pete on Apr 29, 2008 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Relative for the position
Not much out there
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ward started swinging at that one before it left Gagne's hand.
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
not a good at bat from him
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
K
"They're trying to make me the escape goat"-Michael Scott
by dux2bux on Apr 29, 2008 10:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ward to Brewers
Hall to Reds
Not today.
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 10:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
anybody else think
Cubs fans are about to start booing strike calls on swing-and-misses?
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 29, 2008 10:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
lol
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
they are booing
the head of the Writers Guild for calling a strike
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kasper
“A lot of tail on that pitch”
hehe
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 10:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Finish Him!
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
by SRB on Apr 29, 2008 10:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
somebody watched Karate Kid earlier...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or played mortal kombat
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue
by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
leg sweep
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on
I can’t handle this every night.
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 10:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
ugh
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Uek
by dux2bux on Apr 29, 2008 10:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh crap
the roller coaster slowly rides up the hill
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 10:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Gagne
Come on, don’t make Reed Johnson a hero.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
get him here
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
by dux2bux on Apr 29, 2008 10:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fly that flag baby!
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hall!
Have an Old Style!
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2008 10:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
FLY IT!!
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
by dux2bux on Apr 29, 2008 10:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thankfully
Braun wasn’t playing 3rd
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 10:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Redemption for Hall...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 10:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fly it Jay!!!
The Wallbangers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!
by 80badger on Apr 29, 2008 10:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
jim flys it lol
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue
by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Goody
Nice to get a win. Tomorrow maybe we can do it without the stress.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 10:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
that's about as likely as javier valentin stealing a base.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 29, 2008 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah right
Good time for Prince's fifth homer
by molitorfan on Apr 29, 2008 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
phew
phew phew phew.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 29, 2008 10:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey Brenly
Defensive substitution for Hall?
Wanna stay with that?
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 10:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
number of whiny inaccurate posts about umpiring at BCB
300 I’d guess
by ol Pete on Apr 29, 2008 10:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Karma for Ben
Goes for it in awful weather, post-scare, throws an ugly game.
Gets that W he earned in the opener. (Not that a pitcher W matters much, but…)
by Lake County on Apr 29, 2008 10:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Class Cub Fan Comment Of The Game
from the other BCB:
“does anyone think sheets looks like a fag with his long sleeves that dont reach his wrists? Devin Hester, you are rediculous! -Jeff Joniak
by ARAM FOR MVP on Apr 29, 2008 11:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs”
Sheets was the second person whose sexuality was questioned during the game over at the other BCB. There was much infighting, including an 8 post (or so) exchange over whether it was appropriate to announce you were leaving before you did so. Interestingly, the poster who previously insisted he was leaving because the Cubs suck, and who then insisted it was OK to announce he was leaving via post, never left.
To be fair to the more rational posters over there, the comment about Sheets drew several condemnations in the thread, and I’m pretty sure the guy got flagged more than once for his efforts…
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 11:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cub Fan
On the other BCB, a fan created a post that complained about other fans disrespecting the cubs. I think it had to do with the picture at the top of the page.
I added my thoughts on the subject, which will probably lead to my banning on that site.
by brewfan2 on Apr 29, 2008 11:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i just posted there in response
i’m sure my signature tag will get me banned :)
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue
by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw that. The guy who put it up is the chucklehead who said he was leaving, argued about saying he was leaving, and never actually left.
So consider the source.
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i wish i had known that
before i posted lol, ah well.
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue
by Michael M on Apr 29, 2008 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously I'll admit...
... that I cruise through the other BCB’s game threads when the Cubs play the Brewers, mostly because I always find something that makes me laugh, and also because I’m a bitter guy. But I’ve never posted over there. It seems to me the best practice is to leave them to their own devices and hope they leave us to ours. The infighting in the threads at that site, which I’ll admit I find amusing (tonight was particularly funny), would be enough to drive me from that site if I were a Cub fan. There also is ALWAYS a comment or two like the one I posted above, which doesn’t seem to happen here (at least not to that extreme). That may be because there are just fewer people hitting this site than those who hit the other BCB every gamethread.
I don’t like it when they troll over here, so I choose not to troll over there. It seems like the best practice. I don’t mind cwyers so much because he generally has intelligent things to add to the thread, but occasionally even he comes over here with the obvious intent to annoy. I don’t do that and my effort to avoid doing so has resulted in my simply never posting there at all (mostly because I know myself well enough to know that even if I posted there with good intentions I’d end up being irritating), the idea being if I don’t post there, I won’t irritate them. BUT, if they want to come over here, read our gamethread and get offended, there’s nothing I can do about that, and that’s their problem. Not mine. As I said, I cruise their gamethreads too, periodically, but instead of getting righteously indignant about it, I do it for laughs and maybe the occasional rueful shake of the head.
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for pointing out that the homophobic comment was almost universally condemned.
And you’re also right about the ledgejumpers who crawl out of the woodwork whenever the Cubs happen to be trailing (“which happens a lot”, just to pre-empt). Some people just refuse to make the effort to be positive and almost always roundly derided for doing so. You’d think every loss signaled the coming apocalypse by some of the comments over here. But hey, they care about the team, so I guess I can’t really judge the ways they do so. But I can disagree.
Good game last night, here’s hoping we get you guys tonight.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
by northsider on Apr 30, 2008 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
D'oh.
...to be positive and are almost always roundly …
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
by northsider on Apr 30, 2008 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fair enough.
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 30, 2008 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, but the acceptable answer would've been
Fans of other teams hate Cubs fans because we’re the most PASSIONATE and dedicated fans in baseball. Those other losers can’t carry a Cubs fans jockstrap when it comes to cheering the home team. Sure, we boo sometimes but it’s only because we’re jaded over the years of getting so close but being so far from a championship and knowing theirs always next year. They all wish their team could have won 10000 games but we did it first and we will cheer them for 10000 more wins because we’re the best fans in the game and everyone else is just jealous of our tradition and history and the respect and honor that comes from wearing Cubbie blue. Maybe if they all grew up and learned what it’s like to obsess about a team for your ENTIRE lief, they’d know what it is to be a real fan.
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by TheJay on Apr 29, 2008 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ha...
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Surprisingly,
I have no desire to carry a Cubs fans jockstrap.
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 29, 2008 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Better late than never
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
by roguejim on Apr 30, 2008 1:12 AM CDT reply actions 6 recs
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