4-3 road trip. I'll take that. 40 wins, 50 more and we should be a safe bet for the playoffs. Long, long way to go, but I like what I've seen from this team so far. D-Ro comming up clutch tonight. It's someone different every night. Wasn't a huge fan of throwing Marmol in the 8th, the 2/3rds of an inning in the 7th was enough I thought. We can't keep throwing him all the time, or he'll be shot in August. Wood looked solid again. Time to go back home and hope the dominance at Wrigley continues.
I am definitely fine with a 4-3 road trip, especially with the way they had been playing on the road. No major setbacks.
I'm with you on Marmol, actually Wood too. Seems like both have been used a lot recently, and we all know Wood's injury issues. So far so good though.
Ladies and gentlemen, the starting catcher for your 2008 National League All Starts, Geovany Soto!!! It'd be a damn shame if he isn't!! Glad to see him come through in the clutch, and spare us from using Wood tonight. I like this guy more and more each game.
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Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
Ladies and gentlemen, the starting catcher for your 2008 National League All Starts, Geovany Soto!!! It'd be a damn shame if he isn't!! Glad to see him come through in the clutch, and spare us from using Wood tonight. I like this guy more and more each game.
He probably will be the starting catcher...
Soriano, Fukudome, and Zambrano are shoe-ins right now
I don't know about Ramirez....
I doubt if D Lee makes it because there are so many 1B in the NL (Berkman, Pujols, Adrian Gonzalez) who are just hitting lights out. This is a shame because in the end D Lee is the leader of this team who does all the right things in clutch situations.
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Well I went to my first Cubs game yesterday.. The rooftop seats where about the coolest thing I've ever seen, but other than that I wasn't too impressed with Wrigley Field. It didn't really live up to the hype for me. It felt very cramped and confined. It reminded me of the old Comisky, but there's a reason they knocked that place down.. And for every die hard Cub fan that watched every play religiously, there were 2 others who acted like there wasn't even a game going on.
Well I went to my first Cubs game yesterday.. The rooftop seats where about the coolest thing I've ever seen, but other than that I wasn't too impressed with Wrigley Field. It didn't really live up to the hype for me. It felt very cramped and confined. It reminded me of the old Comisky, but there's a reason they knocked that place down.. And for every die hard Cub fan that watched every play religiously, there were 2 others who acted like there wasn't even a game going on.
I agree with you as far as the cramped feeling. this is not a place for overweight people. McDonalds was not around when they built it so the obesity problem we are having in this century was not expected when they built it.
I also agree with your ratio of Die hard fans to people who do not pay attention. It is a cool place to be for some of the college kids that moved to the neihborhood just to party.
As for the rooftops I disagree. They look cool from inside the park but to go and watch a game from there is not that big of a deal. You end up watching it on TV and the delay throws everything off. All you can eat and drink is the best part of the rooftops. Great food on every one that I have been on. I have been lucky enough to never have to pay to get on them which always helps the experiece too.
I am going tonight. It is my first game since opening day so I am way overdue.
GO CUBS!!!
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I am going tonight. It is my first game since opening day so I am way overdue.
GO CUBS!!!
Glad you got to see a win. Dempster going the distance and saving our pen was huge. Losing Soriano for 6 weeks is gonna hurt, but hopefully not too bad. They scored like mad when he went down in April but that was only 15 days. This team is deep so I think they will be ok, plus Puljos is out for 3 weeks and I think that hurts STL more than Soriano out hurts us. Time to see what Hoffpauir can do.
In the realm of thing there's a handful of players that I think would hurt a lot more if we lost them (Zambrano, Marmol, Wood, and Dempster with the way he is pitching, and as far as position players go Lee, Ramirez, Fukudome, and Soto. I'll miss his bat, but not his fielding. We have guys who can hit for power, whoever takes his place just needs to hit for average. Don't get me wrong, I'm upset he's hurt, and I do think it was intentional too. There is some bad blood between these two going back to last year in ATL with them hitting Soriano after he hit 3hrs, Lilly getting tossed in the 1st inning and Renteria pulling that bush league bull shit sliding into 2nd on Fontenot.
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Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
Glad you got to see a win. Dempster going the distance and saving our pen was huge. Losing Soriano for 6 weeks is gonna hurt, but hopefully not too bad. They scored like mad when he went down in April but that was only 15 days. This team is deep so I think they will be ok, plus Puljos is out for 3 weeks and I think that hurts STL more than Soriano out hurts us. Time to see what Hoffpauir can do.
In the realm of thing there's a handful of players that I think would hurt a lot more if we lost them (Zambrano, Marmol, Wood, and Dempster with the way he is pitching, and as far as position players go Lee, Ramirez, Fukudome, and Soto. I'll miss his bat, but not his fielding. We have guys who can hit for power, whoever takes his place just needs to hit for average. Don't get me wrong, I'm upset he's hurt, and I do think it was intentional too. There is some bad blood between these two going back to last year in ATL with them hitting Soriano after he hit 3hrs, Lilly getting tossed in the 1st inning and Renteria pulling that bush league bull shit sliding into 2nd on Fontenot.
I don't know if he meant to hit him, but he at least was trying to push him back. Soriano's face was directly over the plate.
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I don't know if he meant to hit him, but he at least was trying to push him back. Soriano's face was directly over the plate.
Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. I just know there's bad blood between these teams, so I wasn't surprised when he did get hit.
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Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
That was a purpose pitch. Sucks to lose him with interleague play coming up. He could have been DH. Looking forward to seeing Micah Hoffpauir get some playing time but thought he would be called up this weekend anyway.
Dempster was on last night.
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Well the plan was going to be to play Hoffpauir at 1B, DH Lee, LF, DH Soriano, DeRosa @ 3B DH Aramis. Not sure if that will be the plan now with Soriano out. But no quesiton Hoff should get more ABs. I still think Lou will just have a makeshift lineup perhaps having DeRosa bounce from 2B to LF, giving Cedeno and Fontenot more time at 2B.
Since Ward still isn't ready to come off the DL, I'd imagine we'd call up Hoff AND another OF (Murton, Pie, patterson types). But with Edmonds hitting better, Reed Johnson, Hoff, we'll see.
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!! Just another day, just another win for baseball's best. Huge pitching by Eyre and Marmol, and a big HR by Edmonds.
Alpine Valley 6/26/98, Alpine Valley 10/8/00, Champaign 4/23/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Grand Rapids 10/3/04
Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!! Just another day, just another win for baseball's best. Huge pitching by Eyre and Marmol, and a big HR by Edmonds.
Just a fantastic game. Sucks Zambrano didn't get the win, but the pen was just fantastic. Are they playing .800 ball yet at home? Getting pretty fucking close! I think its been about a month since the last time they lost at home.
2/3 in TOR, I'll take it. Already getting pumped for Saturday's Cubs Sox game as I'm going. Then Tuesday night after work I head out for a 5 in 5 (5 parks, 5 cities, 5 days) with 3 friends. Were hitting up.
STL @ DET
CIN @ TOR
TB @ PIT
CIN @ CLE
and finishing with the Sunday night Cubs @ Sox game. Can't wait!!!
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Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
Well that was a terrible fucking series. First time the Cubs have lost 3 in a row all year. Glad KC handled STL while the Cubs were getting thumped. Lets hope Z isn't hurt too badly.
YESSSS, Rami, Cubs win. Going tomorrow and can't wait!! A buddy emailed me at work today saying he was looking for tickets for Sunday's game. He found some decent seats for a little more than I wanted to pay $100 a piece but I said fuck it so I'm going Sat. and Sunday this weekend, then next Sunday at the cell. Can't wait. GO CUBS!!!!
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Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
Up for work after getting home at 1 last night after the long drive home following the game. Still loving the sweep. Damn tired but it was SOOOOOOOOOOO worth it. After Saturday there is no way I can hate Jim Edmonds anymore, all is forgiven.
On a side note, I thought Ozzie would pitch to Edmonds anytime. Therefore how come he intentionally walked him last night when the game was out of hand already?
Alpine Valley 6/26/98, Alpine Valley 10/8/00, Champaign 4/23/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Grand Rapids 10/3/04
Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
Up for work after getting home at 1 last night after the long drive home following the game. Still loving the sweep. Damn tired but it was SOOOOOOOOOOO worth it. After Saturday there is no way I can hate Jim Edmonds anymore, all is forgiven.
On a side note, I thought Ozzie would pitch to Edmonds anytime. Therefore how come he intentionally walked him last night when the game was out of hand already?
It was a lefty vs lefty matchup and 1st bast was open so he was setting up a possible DP. I have to say edmonds is coming around. As long as he comes up with big hits I will be cheering for him. He is wearing Cubbie Blue now after all.
Bring on Baltimore.
GO CUBS!!!
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I am definitely fine with a 4-3 road trip, especially with the way they had been playing on the road. No major setbacks.
I'm with you on Marmol, actually Wood too. Seems like both have been used a lot recently, and we all know Wood's injury issues. So far so good though.
Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
He probably will be the starting catcher...
Soriano, Fukudome, and Zambrano are shoe-ins right now
I don't know about Ramirez....
I doubt if D Lee makes it because there are so many 1B in the NL (Berkman, Pujols, Adrian Gonzalez) who are just hitting lights out. This is a shame because in the end D Lee is the leader of this team who does all the right things in clutch situations.
I agree with you as far as the cramped feeling. this is not a place for overweight people. McDonalds was not around when they built it so the obesity problem we are having in this century was not expected when they built it.
I also agree with your ratio of Die hard fans to people who do not pay attention. It is a cool place to be for some of the college kids that moved to the neihborhood just to party.
As for the rooftops I disagree. They look cool from inside the park but to go and watch a game from there is not that big of a deal. You end up watching it on TV and the delay throws everything off. All you can eat and drink is the best part of the rooftops. Great food on every one that I have been on. I have been lucky enough to never have to pay to get on them which always helps the experiece too.
I am going tonight. It is my first game since opening day so I am way overdue.
GO CUBS!!!
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Glad you got to see a win. Dempster going the distance and saving our pen was huge. Losing Soriano for 6 weeks is gonna hurt, but hopefully not too bad. They scored like mad when he went down in April but that was only 15 days. This team is deep so I think they will be ok, plus Puljos is out for 3 weeks and I think that hurts STL more than Soriano out hurts us. Time to see what Hoffpauir can do.
In the realm of thing there's a handful of players that I think would hurt a lot more if we lost them (Zambrano, Marmol, Wood, and Dempster with the way he is pitching, and as far as position players go Lee, Ramirez, Fukudome, and Soto. I'll miss his bat, but not his fielding. We have guys who can hit for power, whoever takes his place just needs to hit for average. Don't get me wrong, I'm upset he's hurt, and I do think it was intentional too. There is some bad blood between these two going back to last year in ATL with them hitting Soriano after he hit 3hrs, Lilly getting tossed in the 1st inning and Renteria pulling that bush league bull shit sliding into 2nd on Fontenot.
Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
I don't know if he meant to hit him, but he at least was trying to push him back. Soriano's face was directly over the plate.
Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. I just know there's bad blood between these teams, so I wasn't surprised when he did get hit.
Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
Dempster was on last night.
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Since Ward still isn't ready to come off the DL, I'd imagine we'd call up Hoff AND another OF (Murton, Pie, patterson types). But with Edmonds hitting better, Reed Johnson, Hoff, we'll see.
Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
Just a fantastic game. Sucks Zambrano didn't get the win, but the pen was just fantastic. Are they playing .800 ball yet at home?
Now lets get to 500 (or better) on the road!
STL @ DET
CIN @ TOR
TB @ PIT
CIN @ CLE
and finishing with the Sunday night Cubs @ Sox game. Can't wait!!!
Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
Sox win at least 2 out of 3. Good luck frat boys!!!!!!!
Sounds like you are from boys town so you should not have far to go.
Looking forward to a fun weekend. Working from home today so I can watch the game.
GO CUBS!!!
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oh SNAP I forgot about this game today! Fucking sweet!
I just hope the Cubs can start winning again... no excuse for this team to get swept... let alone get their asses handed to them.
Time To Pull Out Your Broooooooms!!!!!
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Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
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On a side note, I thought Ozzie would pitch to Edmonds anytime. Therefore how come he intentionally walked him last night when the game was out of hand already?
Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
It was a lefty vs lefty matchup and 1st bast was open so he was setting up a possible DP. I have to say edmonds is coming around. As long as he comes up with big hits I will be cheering for him. He is wearing Cubbie Blue now after all.
Bring on Baltimore.
GO CUBS!!!
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Huge catalyst thus far
I have used that comparison recently too. I beleive Gaetti hit a home run in the 1 game playoff against SF that year.
Why didnt we get Mike Schmidt on the Cubs before he retired?
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