I witnessed a fascinating thing on Friday afternoon at Wrigley. Yes, the game was awesome and we’ll get to that, but the truly fascinating thing was getting a chance to see a real life Yellon interacting in its natural habitat.
Most people know that Al Yellon has been a season ticket holder in the bleachers for years, always sits in the top corner of the left field bleachers, and writes/edits/lords over the blog, Bleed Cubbie Blue. People who know that about him might assume that he does those things out of a love of the Cubs or Wrigley Field or both. But, from what I saw on Friday, he sure doesn’t seem to be enjoying himself very much.
I happened to get my hands on some extremely rare, and totally unavailable Cubs/Yankees tickets for the first game of the series up in Aisle 403. That is the very last Aisle on the left field side of the Upper Deck, so we were sitting pretty much right above Al’s favorite seat and we could see him clearly as he diligently kept score throughout the game.
The first thing that I really noticed was in the bottom of the 7th inning. Doug Davis had somehow miraculously managed to shut down the Yankee lineup and was going along with a 3-0 lead. With one out in the seventh, Davis came up to bat, and a large part of the crowd rose to give him a rousing ovation for providing, what was to this point, the absolute highlight of the Cubs season thus far. As I rose to applaud, I happened to look down towards Al, and there were his companions, likewise standing and cheering, but Al was just sitting there with his scorebook on his lap, looking like he may have been having some intestinal distress.
I thought that was odd, but I thought maybe I had missed him clapping briefly. Or maybe he just plain doesn’t like Doug Davis. I know he’s pitchng in the spot in the rotation that Al felt should have been Kerry Wood’s, so maybe he’s bitter. I don’t know. But it intrigued me that he was one of the few Cubs fans in the park not acknowledging the minor miracle we were witnessing on the field.
The game played on and in the top of the 8th, Davis got one more out and then gave up a double to Nick Swisher. Quade came out of the dugout and as Davis walked off the mound, he got another even more rousing, well-deserved ovation from the crowd. I again snuck a peek down at Al as I clapped and sure enough, he was sitting there scribbling in his scorebook. He was probably writing in Davis’ totals, and as I mentioned, maybe he has something against Davis. So what did I expect?
Marshall then struck out Curtis Granderson after a battle and the crowd loudly cheered. Al quietly penciled in the K in the scorebook (presumably) with no other acknowledgement. Then after a Texiera single closed the gap to 3-1, the atmosphere got even more tense. Carlos Marmol was called on to record a 4-out save and he proceeded to strike out Alex Rodriguez swinging to end the inning. No reaction from Al. I had officially become obsessed with Al’s non-reactions.
When the bottom of the ninth rolled around, we were treated to a prototypical Reed Johnson circus catch that robbed Robinson Cano of extra bases and brought down the house. Al just looked on.
Now, I was busy clapping and high-fiving my buddy and a few people around me after these events, so it is entirely possible that I missed some applauding or any sort of show of appreciation from Al that occurred before I remembered to look down there, but I don’t think so. His companions were usually standing and cheering, while he just sat or stood there with his arms crossed or taking his notes onto the scorecard.
When Marmol struck out Chris Dickerson to end a victory over the New York Fucking Yankees by the hapless Cubs who have trouble beating the Houston Astros, Al’s reaction was some more scorekeeping and a quick packing up of his backpack in preparation to leave. People around him were jumping, clapping, singing and plain rejoicing and Al was planning his quick getaway from his perch in the bleachers.
He just didn’t seem to be enjoying himself at all. If I didn’t know better, I might have guessed he was doing something like recording barometric pressure readings for a science lab or something.
I was having a hell of a time as I managed to finally witness a Cubs victory for the first time this season. If there were more games like that one, I might feel a twinge of regret for having given up my season package. But there was Al, acting like a robot after a game that could very well be the absolute high-point of the season for the Cubs.
If this game didn’t get your Cubs fan juices going even a little bit, then I have to wonder why you would continue to fork over the kind of cash that it takes to own that season ticket package every damn year. I have to wonder how he manages to pull together the energy to blog about what he witnessed when he doesn’t seem to care that he witnessed it. He doesn’t appear to be savoring every moment.
Once again, I am just plain baffled by Al Yellon.
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Reading about another blogger is not why I come to your website…… lets get back to the subject of Cubs baseball
MikeGQuote Reply
Al isn’t devoid of emotion, he’s just being professional.
SK inpluggedQuote Reply
MB, I can’t seem to log in on the mobile site.
SK unpluggedQuote Reply
No cheering in the bleacher press box apparently. (dying laughing)
I was at the game yesterday too and I really don’t know how you could contain yourself if you were a Cubs fan. It really was an electric atmosphere late in the game, just as you describe. I know that it’s a lost season but it really was a lot of fun, all part of the emotional rollercoaster to .436 I suppose.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]No cheering in the bleacher press box apparently. (dying laughing)
I was at the game yesterday too and I really don’t know how you could contain yourself if you were a Cubs fan. It really was an electric atmosphere late in the game, just as you describe. I know that it’s a lost season but it really was a lot of fun, all part of the emotional rollercoaster to .444 I suppose.[/quote]
More accurate.
I enjoyed the win, but I wouldn’t have been too disappointed if they lost. They’re now 9 games back but still have a long ways to go if they really want to get to the playoffs. I’m not sure that’s such a good thing because that would vindicate Hendry for building this disaster of a team (dying laughing)
I don’t have a problem with scorekeeping during the game, but I think Yellon takes his journalism and blogging a little bit too seriously and has forgotten how to just enjoy a ball game. Or maybe he’s channeling his inner Vulcan.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=MikeG]Reading about another blogger is not why I come to your website…… lets get back to the subject of Cubs baseball[/quote](dying laughing)
You must be new here. Or you just don’t read the comments.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS](dying laughing)
You must be new here. Or you just don’t read the comments.[/quote]
This is the part where mb or SK ranks some obscure Showtime show that I’ve never heard of.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
What’s Showtime? (dying laughing)
Suburban kidQuote Reply
From Ace:
http://www.bleachernation.com/2011/06/18/larry-rothschild-love-carlos-zambrano-and-other-bullets/
I thought the point of the bleachers was to mingle. If they wanted to be more private they should’ve used a suite or two.
Did you see this too, Aisle424?
Also, it sounds like there were a lot of Yankees fans in the park yesterday too. But the cheers suggest it was mostly Cubs fans which is nice.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]
Also, it sounds like there were a lot of Yankees fans in the park yesterday too. But the cheers suggest it was mostly Cubs fans which is nice.[/quote]
The few times that the Yankees did something good the cheers were pretty loud but I expected it to be more Yankee dominated than it was because they have so many fans nationally. Maybe it’s because their colors aren’t as noticeable but it didn’t seem to me like they were as prevalent as Cardinals or White Sox fans when they play in Wrigley, even the Twins had a large vocal contingent when they last played here. There were a lot of Yankees fans on the street and hanging around the neighborhood so maybe they just didn’t have much to cheer about. I guess I expected NY fans to be more loud and obnoxious and I never got that vibe at all. In fact some of the Yankees fans by us in the park and those we met at local establishments were very friendly and talked about what a great time they were having in Chicago.
melissaQuote Reply
I’d expect more traveling NYY fans to be there on the weekend, especially today.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=SK unplugged]MB, I can’t seem to log in on the mobile site.[/quote]Let me check it out.
mb21Quote Reply
I don’t know why anyone would want to go to a sporting event and not cheer if their team was winning. I’m probably not like a lot of you in that I don’t go crazy or anything, but I’m definitely more animated than Alvin.
mb21Quote Reply
I was able to login on the mobile site, but it’s a little goofy. It took me to a 404 error page, but if I went back to the home page I was logged in. I’ll have to look into that.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I was able to login on the mobile site, but it’s a little goofy. It took me to a 404 error page, but if I went back to the home page I was logged in. I’ll have to look into that.[/quote]
I had this same problem on Thursday on my phone. It logged me off when I would click the link at the bottom of the page to go to the new post. It wouldn’t let me log back on either, had to go to the home page. I got the 404 error page as well.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I was able to login on the mobile site, but it’s a little goofy. It took me to a 404 error page, but if I went back to the home page I was logged in. I’ll have to look into that.[/quote][quote name=melissa]I had this same problem on Thursday on my phone. It logged me off when I would click the link at the bottom of the page to go to the new post. It wouldn’t let me log back on either, had to go to the home page. I got the 404 error page as well.[/quote]
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I’m not really sure what I did, but if I login now it takes me to the registered area of the site. No more 404 errors. At least not the 5 times I just did it after I made some change which you wouldn’t think would have affected it anyway. Let me know. I’ll take a look at it later on.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=melissa]I had this same problem on Thursday on my phone. It logged me off when I would click the link at the bottom of the page to go to the new post. It wouldn’t let me log back on either, had to go to the home page. I got the 404 error page as well.[/quote]Thanks, Melissa. It definitely shouldn’t be doing that so I need to figure it out. Just not sure when I’m going to have time. I’m kind of busy today and then I’m going out of town tomorrow and won’t be back for a week.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Thanks, Melissa. It definitely shouldn’t be doing that so I need to figure it out. Just not sure when I’m going to have time. I’m kind of busy today and then I’m going out of town tomorrow and won’t be back for a week.[/quote]
Enjoy your travels although this seems a little similar to how Ricketts left on African Safari last season when the team was struggling. (dying laughing)
I just tried it and it is logging me off when I click the new post link at the bottom of the thread. It did allow me to log back in though. It’s not a concern for me just wanted to give you the info if you’re addressing the problem and because I’m a nerd. (dying laughing)
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]Enjoy your travels although this seems a little similar to how Ricketts left on African Safari last season when the team was struggling. (dying laughing)
I just tried it and it is logging me off when I click the new post link at the bottom of the thread. It did allow me to log back in though. It’s not a concern for me just wanted to give you the info if you’re addressing the problem and because I’m a nerd. (dying laughing)[/quote]Hopefully Ryno doesn’t put me in that forest gif.
I think I might know what the problem is, but I’m not going to make any changes until after I get back. It would be easy to do, but if it fucked something else up then I wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.
mb21Quote Reply
Tyler Colvin had a cycle taken away from him when the scorer changed his single to an ROE.
ACTQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Hopefully Ryno doesn’t put me in that forest gif.
.[/quote]
He already has to add Tim with binoculars, watching Alvin, so it probably wouldn’t be much more work.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=ACT]Tyler Colvin had a cycle taken away from him when the scorer changed his single to an ROE.[/quote]I didn’t know he had a cycle.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=MikeG]Reading about another blogger is not why I come to your website…… lets get back to the subject of Cubs baseball[/quote]
They still suck.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]From Ace:
http://www.bleachernation.com/2011/06/18/larry-rothschild-love-carlos-zambrano-and-other-bullets/
I thought the point of the bleachers was to mingle. If they wanted to be more private they should’ve used a suite or two.
Did you see this too, Aisle424?
Also, it sounds like there were a lot of Yankees fans in the park yesterday too. But the cheers suggest it was mostly Cubs fans which is nice.[/quote]
I didn’t notice a sectioned off part of the bleachers. What I did notice was that the bleacher boxes were kind of sparsely occupied, so maybe that’s what Ace was talking about. But there were a couple of areas that had a surprising number of open seats. Lots in the infield upper deck.
When my friend and I got there, someone was in our seats, but there were a couple of empty rows in front of our seats. So we sat there and just told the people that they were in our seats, but they could stay there as long as we didn’t get kicked out of our new seats. We didn’t ever have to move.
/cool story bro’d
Aisle424Quote Reply
MB, I was able to log in now after a few glitchy attempts.
Also, MO, my engine has a transversed quadratic bezier poly with q-linear anti-aliased motion blured fractal generated landscapes and wings!
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]The few times that the Yankees did something good the cheers were pretty loud but I expected it to be more Yankee dominated than it was because they have so many fans nationally. Maybe it’s because their colors aren’t as noticeable but it didn’t seem to me like they were as prevalent as Cardinals or White Sox fans when they play in Wrigley, even the Twins had a large vocal contingent when they last played here. There were a lot of Yankees fans on the street and hanging around the neighborhood so maybe they just didn’t have much to cheer about. I guess I expected NY fans to be more loud and obnoxious and I never got that vibe at all. In fact some of the Yankees fans by us in the park and those we met at local establishments were very friendly and talked about what a great time they were having in Chicago.[/quote]
Yeah, I think its because they didn’t have much to cheer about. It really was a fantastic performance by Doug Davis.
Saturday will be interesting because I think a good part of the stadium actually was sold by the Six Pack plan, so it seems unlikely that many of those would fall into Yankees fans’ hands. But the season ticket people trying to get a bit of their investment back may have sold quite a few. This is probably the only game all season where getting tickets for face or less might have been slightly difficult.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Davis has a 3.43 FIP despite walking over 5 per 9. He hasn’t allowed any home runs, which likely won’t continue, but his control should improve. He’s not a bad pitcher by any means. He was as unlucky as some others have been for the Cubs early on. He’s not good either, but he’s OK.
mb21Quote Reply
I don’t know if Davis was getting any help from the ump yesterday but several times Yankees hitters were bitching at him. Swisher was particularly indignant at one point nearly bumping the umpire as he walked between the ump and Koyie back to the dugout. It really was a nice start by Davis, I was just a little surprised Quade didn’t start the 8th with Marshall.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]I don’t know if Davis was getting any help from the ump yesterday but several times Yankees hitters were bitching at him. Swisher was particularly indignant at one point nearly bumping the umpire as he walked between the ump and Koyie back to the dugout. It really was a nice start by Davis, I was just a little surprised Quade didn’t start the 8th with Marshall.[/quote]
I’m surprised he didn’t leave him in there until the Yankees were breaking windows across Waveland.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Suburban kid]MB, I was able to log in now after a few glitchy attempts.
Also, MO, my engine has a transversed quadratic bezier poly with q-linear anti-aliased motion blured fractal generated landscapes and wings![/quote]
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa] Swisher was particularly indignant at one point nearly bumping the umpire as he walked between the ump and Koyie back to the dugout. [/quote]The pitch FX showed it to be a strike. Even Joe Torre agreed it was a strike.
ACTQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Davis has a 3.43 FIP despite walking over 5 per 9. He hasn’t allowed any home runs, which likely won’t continue, but his control should improve. He’s not a bad pitcher by any means. He was as unlucky as some others have been for the Cubs early on. He’s not good either, but he’s OK.[/quote]
He’s arguably better than the pitcher the Yankees started yesterday
BerseliusQuote Reply
I think they’re both a bit below average, but totally useable as fifth starters.
ACTQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]He’s arguably better than the pitcher the Yankees started yesterday[/quote]
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
RF Fukudome
SS Castro
2B DeWitt
3B Ramirez
1B Pena
CF Johnson
LF Soriano
C Soto
P Dempster
As usual, the order has me scratching my head.
ACTQuote Reply
[quote name=ACT]RF Fukudome
SS Castro
2B DeWitt
3B Ramirez
1B Pena
CF Johnson
LF Soriano
C Soto
P Dempster
As usual, the order has me scratching my head.[/quote]The “Let’s See What Happens” strategy has led to 2 straight victories, so Let’s See What Happens.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
New Unobstructed View: http://obstructedview.net/unobstructed-views/general/jeffrey-ross-roasts-ryan-dempster-and-the-cubs.html
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=MikeG]Reading about another blogger is not why I come to your website…… lets get back to the subject of Cubs baseball[/quote]
Interesting point; I come here to beat it to pictures of disabled seniors.
If you can maybe hook me up with a few old folks in wheel chairs doing the nasty, I will totally talk some Cubs.
Chris DickersonQuote Reply
Aisle424Quote Reply
I wonder if the media will rip Dempster if he doesn’t pitch well since he went out to a comedy show the night before such a big start.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Dempster getting smacked around already.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Everything is up for Dempster. He’s going to get crucified of he doesn’t get the ball down.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Ugh.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Ugh.[/quote]
Well, the Cubs are up against Burnett so their patient offense should be able to make him pay for his wildness….nevermind
BerseliusQuote Reply
Way to pitch out the jam, Demp!
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
That last pitch to Swisher was just nasty.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Nice finish, funnyman.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Well, the Cubs are up against Burnett so their patient offense should be able to make him pay for his wildness….nevermind[/quote](dying laughing), Good chance he throws less than 10 pitches here. (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Against Cano and Swisher, that’s the best Dempster has looked this season. It’s Dempster at his best.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Against Cano and Swisher, that’s the best Dempster has looked this season. It’s Dempster at his best.[/quote]
On a vaguely related note, Z had some of the best strikeouts I’ve seen from him this season against Braun and Fielder in the last series.
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Against Cano and Swisher, that’s the best Dempster has looked this season. It’s Dempster at his best.[/quote]Yeah, really good those two AB.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
3 BB, 1 IP for Demspter
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Tim McCarver thinks Russell Martin is catching for the Cubs.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Dempster got lucky. That was a shitty pitch.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Moreland seriously has a problem with pronouncing the ñ.
It’s Eduardo Noonez to him.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Nice adjustment by Castro to a bad bounce.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Who the fuck cares if a fan is cheering or not cheering? Jesus fucking christ.
NittanycubQuote Reply
[quote name=Nittanycub]Who the fuck cares if a fan is cheering or not cheering? Jesus fucking christ.[/quote]
I found it interesting. The man confuses me is all.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Nittanycub]Who the fuck cares if a fan is cheering or not cheering? Jesus fucking christ.[/quote]I think the point was that he didn’t appear to be having fun. I don’t think it was meant for anything other than that.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I think the point was that he didn’t appear to be having fun. I don’t think it was meant for anything other than that.[/quote]
Exactly. I just don’t get it.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Hennepin may have dethroned Pranqster as my favorite beer
BerseliusQuote Reply
That’s a really nice play from Pena sticking with that ball, and good work by Dempster getting over.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Hennepin may have dethroned Pranqster as my favorite beer[/quote]Nice! Try Le Chouffe Dubbel
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Dempster playing with fire again. 3 times in 3 innings.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Nice! Try Le Chouffe Dubbel[/quote]
I’ll keep an eye out for it. I need to figure out if I can buy Hennepin bottles individually here. I’ve had it on tap before at a craft beer / bbq place in Madison but so far I’ve only seen it as part of an Ommegang sampler case at Costco here.
BerseliusQuote Reply
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/06/yankees-have-zero-interest-in-zambrano.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Sullivan has a sad.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Dempster playing with fire again. 3 times in 3 innings.[/quote]tough lineup. Need Doug Davis to get through it.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Nittanycub]Who the fuck cares if a fan is cheering or not cheering? Jesus fucking christ.[/quote]
http://www.whothefuckcaresifsomeoneelsecaresifafanischeeringornotcheering.com
melissaQuote Reply
Only a matter of time. Dempster’s been wild, and he’s been wild up.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
melissa has won the innernetz
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Dempster has been awful in the control dept today.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
DeWitt never got over, and Soto couldn’t throw the ball when he wanted to.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
How do DeWitt and Castro not know who is covering 2nd on that play?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]How do DeWitt and Castro not know who is covering 2nd on that play?[/quote]
How do you expect a left fielder to cover 2nd?
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]How do DeWitt and Castro not know who is covering 2nd on that play?[/quote]With a RHB at the plate, it’s DeWitt, and he just never got over.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
65 pitches through 3 for Dempster. No bueno.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]How do you expect a left fielder to cover 2nd?[/quote]
(dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]65 pitches through 3 for Dempster. No bueno.[/quote]
He’s no Doug Davis, that’s for sure.
melissaQuote Reply
Q should have put out four fingers for Demp vs Nunez. He’s so wild today that he’d strike him out while trying to IBB him (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Q should have put out four fingers for Demp vs Nunez. He’s so wild today that he’d strike him out while trying to IBB him (dying laughing)[/quote]It just might work.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Words Keith can’t pronounce:
Gallardo (Gardo)
Jaramillo (Haramillio)
Peña (Peenya)
Nuñez (Noonez)
Arroyo (Arro-oh)
Loyola (Lo-ohla)
binkyQuote Reply
I love Soto’s stance and that two-handed swing. Like a beer-league softball player. (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
It would be hilarious if that’s how he actually pronounced it.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Keith has some vendetta against the letter y I guess (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]With a RHB at the plate, it’s DeWitt most of the time, and he just never got over.[/quote].
mb21Quote Reply
What happened to Demp, Fundamental Bunter?
BerseliusQuote Reply
Carl Crawford ———–> DL
/evil laugh from b
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Is Rosenthal trying to look olde tymie with the bow tie at Wrigley? Not feeling it, Kenny.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]What happened to Demp, Fundamental Bunter?[/quote]He left with Demp, Controller of Pitches
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Carl Crawford ———–> DL
/evil laugh from b[/quote]
With a leg injury, no less!
BerseliusQuote Reply
Does anybody here watch Archer? I just watched the first season on DVD yesterday.
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Does anybody here watch Archer? I just watched the first season on DVD yesterday.[/quote]
I stopped watching when he got traded for Garza.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Keith has some vendetta against the letter y I guess (dying laughing)[/quote]
He doesn’t care much for Rs either. Error–>era
I was listening to Uecker on Thursday and he was saying Peenya too for the first couple of innings. I was afraid Moreland had infected him. Then all of the sudden he started pronouncing it correctly, I assume he has a producer that has enough sense to correct him. I’m willing to bet he had heard Zonk and thought it was pronounced Peenya.
/cool story bro’d
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]I stopped watching when he got traded for Garza.[/quote]
(dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
I wonder if Moreland can’t pronounce it correctly. It’s too odd that he’d mispronounce every name like that even with Hughes saying it correctly.
mb21Quote Reply
McCarver has a new theme today when talking about Castro’s walks.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Good Lord, Dempster. If he throws that pitch to anyone else bu Gardner, it’s in the fucking street right now.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Gardner is bitching about the called strike 3. After yesterday, I want to know why the Yankees are allowed to argue balls and strikes incessantly. It’s bullshit.
melissaQuote Reply
McCarver now talking up the curse, using his planned trip to the Billy Goat Tavern as subterfuge. Fuckface.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]Gardner is bitching about the called strike 3. After yesterday, I want to know why the Yankees are allowed to argue balls and strikes incessantly. It’s bullshit.[/quote]
Maybe it’s because their org knows how to populate its roster with players with good batting eyes (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]Gardner is bitching about the called strike 3. After yesterday, I want to know why the Yankees are allowed to argue balls and strikes incessantly. It’s bullshit.[/quote]Because ninja, that’s why.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Nittanycub]Who the fuck cares if a fan is cheering or not cheering? Jesus fucking christ.[/quote]Will you fagets stop talking about me? I’m trying to watch a baseball game.
AlvinQuote Reply
Nice throw
mb21Quote Reply
Damn. That was one helluva throw by Soto.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Alvin]Will you fagets stop talking about me? I’m trying to watch a baseball game.[/quote]*fart noise*
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Alvin]Will you fagets stop talking about me? I’m trying to watch a baseball game.[/quote]
Knock it off. These are human beings you’re talking about and they’re trying to watch you watch a game.
melissaQuote Reply
The fact that my Android now auto-corrects “faget” is going to one day get me in trouble, methinks.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=Alvin]Will you fagets stop talking about me? I’m trying to document my witnessing of a baseball game.[/quote]/fft
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Batters are not supposed to argue balls and strikes and when I see nearly every guy in their lineup bitching about called 3rd strikes yesterday and today it really pisses me off. Swisher probably should have been thrown out yesterday for the way he acted. I don’t know what he said but you could see he was being a real douche about it and went out of his way to get in the umps face.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Damn. That was one helluva throw by Soto.[/quote]Meh.
AlvinQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]The fact that my Android now auto-corrects “faget” is going to one day get me in trouble, methinks.[/quote]
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melissaQuote Reply
I was just looking at the defensive metrics for Castro since I hadn’t done so in awhile.
UZR: -2.7
fDRS: -8
rDRS: -8
TZ: -16
His defense is worse this year than it was a year ago. Not a good sign.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]The fact that my Android now auto-corrects “faget” is going to one day get me in trouble, methinks.[/quote](dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
PEENYA!
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Moreland is just butchering words to make up for Pat’s over-pronouncing.
It’s Pat, so I forgive him, but the long “o” in “occasionally”, the “ee” in De(e)Witt, and the T in MurTon require a sidekick who can’t say shit.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
PEENYA. FUCK YEAH
melissaQuote Reply
PEENYA!
BerseliusQuote Reply
PEEENYA!!!
Aisle424Quote Reply
Are we going to have a Pena trade value post?
GBTSQuote Reply
Peni!
I’m going to start pronouncing names the way I want to. Fuck English.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=melissa]
Flaggedfaget [/quote]/autocorrect
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]PEENYA Just in time for Keith to say “Peenya” four times in one sentence.
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Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Are we going to have a Pena trade value post?[/quote]We already did, fuckface!
http://obstructedview.net/chicago-cubs/projections/trade-value-carlos-pena.html
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]/autocorrect[/quote]Damn, I faget to make that joke myself.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]/autocorrect[/quote]
Absolutely correct, autocorrect
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Damn, I faget [/quote]If you say so.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
I think that’s the sequel to I, Claudius
BerseliusQuote Reply
McCarver just gets the words, “they’ll have to throw Soriano a strike,” when Sori swings and makes contact with a ball that should have landed in the dirt in front of home. (dying laughing)
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]I think that’s the sequel to I, Claudius[/quote]Or the alternate title for Guccione’s Caligula
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Soto swings at a 59 ft. curveball.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]We already did, fuckface!
http://obstructedview.net/chicago-cubs/projections/trade-value-carlos-pena.html%5B/quote%5DWell I want an update after that last home run.
GBTSQuote Reply
The so-called unfair schedules of interleague play for the Yankees, Rays and Red Sox is a myth: http://www.rlyw.net/index.php/RLYW/comments/al_east_interleague_strength_of_schedule_june_17-july_3_2011
A difference of .29 wins is all.
mb21Quote Reply
Wow, Soriano seemed to be laboring quite a bit hustling down to first. One of the announcers did say he’s still limping a little from his injury.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Atrocious AB from Soto.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Suburban kid]Wow, Soriano seemed to be laboring quite a bit hustling down to first. One of the announcers did say he’s still limping a little from his injury.[/quote]His legs are cashed. Limping is his stride now.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Well I want an update after that last home run.[/quote]You ask and we here at OV deliver: http://obstructedview.net/chicago-cubs/projections/trade-value-carlos-pena.html
mb21Quote Reply
The Keith and Judd inning is coming up. Time for a drink.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Does anybody here watch Archer? I just watched the first season on DVD yesterday.[/quote]Yeah, really great show. Season 2 is even better,
WaLiQuote Reply
[quote name=Suburban kid]Wow, Soriano seemed to be laboring quite a bit hustling down to first. One of the announcers did say he’s still limping a little from his injury.[/quote]There have been times late last year and earlier this season where it seemed he was limping even when he wasn’t hurt. He looks horrible running these days.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]You ask and we here at OV deliver: http://obstructedview.net/chicago-cubs/projections/trade-value-carlos-pena.html%5B/quote%5D(dying laughing)
WaLiQuote Reply
[quote name=WaLi]Yeah, really great show. Season 2 is even better,[/quote]
I was kind of iffy on it for the first few episodes, but the second half of the season was great
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]You ask and we here at OV deliver: http://obstructedview.net/chicago-cubs/projections/trade-value-carlos-pena.html%5B/quote%5DThanks for crunching those numbers so quickly. (dying laughing)
GBTSQuote Reply
TOOTBLAN
BerseliusQuote Reply
What the hell was A-Rod doing?
mb21Quote Reply
DID YOU NOT GET THE MEMO, A-ROD?
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]What the hell was A-Rod doing?[/quote]
He must have been watching tape on Rickie Weeks
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]I was kind of iffy on it for the first few episodes, but the second half of the season was great[/quote]Yeah it is one of those shows you really have to watch a few episodes of before it becomes hilarious.
WaLiQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]TOOTBLAN[/quote]That’s more like Thrown Out On The Bases Like A Fucking Moron
mb21Quote Reply
I think A-Rod’s sunglassed were too dark. There is no other explanation.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]What the hell was A-Rod doing?[/quote]
It was one lazy latin fake hustling to 2nd while another more crafty lazy latin faked loafing after the ball only to throw the first lazy latin out. Very sneaky.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Thanks for crunching those numbers so quickly. (dying laughing)[/quote]You’re welcome. We try to please our most valuable
customersreaders.mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=WaLi]Yeah it is one of those shows you really have to watch a few episodes of before it becomes hilarious.[/quote]
The cast is great. The first few episodes leaned too much on Archer, and he’s too much of an asshole (dying laughing). Once we settled in with everone else it realyl hit its stride
BerseliusQuote Reply
And thus, the TOOTLAFM is born.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=Suburban kid]I think A-Rod’s sunglassed were too dark. There is no other explanation.[/quote]Maybe he went temporarily blind. That was awful.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Suburban kid]And thus, the TOOTLAFM is born.[/quote]It has a ring to it.
mb21Quote Reply
I’ve heard of LAMF, but LAFM and even more potential. (dying laughing)
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]The cast is great. The first few episodes leaned too much on Archer, and he’s too much of an asshole (dying laughing). Once we settled in with everone else it realyl hit its stride[/quote]The second season focuses a lot on Krieger, so it is hilarious.
WaLiQuote Reply
Larry needs to go out there and tell Demp to, “throw fucking strikes.”
melissaQuote Reply
Dempster over 100 pitches.
No one up in the bullpen.
Let’s see what happens.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
104 pitches thru 5. I bet Quade sends him back out, and I bet he gets lit the fuck up.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Starlin = Starling
/WKMCP
Suburban kidQuote Reply
AHAHAHAHA, Quade lets Demp lead off the inning. I have a feeling this game is about to get ugly.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Does Mike Quade not know what a fucking pinch hitter is?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Does Mike Quade not know what a fucking pinch hitter is?[/quote]It seems not to be the case.
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(dying laughing), Z just walked down and corrected Rosenthal for lying about him. Nice.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Burnett better buy Martin a steak. He’s beaten him up pretty badly today.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Fuck you, Joe Buck. Fuck you and your fucking hairplugs. You are the lesser son of a greater sire, you bilious fuckwad.
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I don’t think he lied, MO. What I read that Rosenthal quoted said he wanted to stay in a Cubs uniform. I think Zambrano just wanted to put more emphasis on that part.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Fuck you, Joe Buck. Fuck you and your fucking hairplugs. You are the lesser son of a greater sire, you bilious fuckwad.[/quote]
What did he do this time?
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[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Fuck you, Joe Buck. Fuck you and your fucking hairplugs. You are the lesser son of a greater sire, you bilious fuckwad.[/quote]
I fond it odd that he was acting like Z was going to go punch Rosenthal when he didn’t even look overly animated when they were talking.
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[quote name=mb21]I don’t think he lied, MO. What I read that Rosenthal quoted said he wanted to stay in a Cubs uniform. I think Zambrano just wanted to put more emphasis on that part.[/quote]Eh. Maybe. Rosenthal didn’t bother to mention that part on TV today.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Way to take a breaking pitch off the plate, Starling.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]I fond it odd that he was acting like Z was going to go punch Rosenthal when he didn’t even look overly animated when they were talking.[/quote]Exactly.
[quote name=Berselius]What did he do this time?[/quote]Z went down to talk to Rosenthal between innings to clarify his comments about waiving his NTC, and Buck basically intimated that Z was physically threatening Rosenthal.
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Goddamn, that was a nice swing from Castro.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Z went down to talk to Rosenthal between innings to clarify his comments about waiving his NTC, and Buck basically intimated that Z was physically threatening Rosenthal.[/quote]
Yeah, his “good thing there was a fence between you two,” and implying that Z was going to beat his ass seemed off and it also seemed like he was calling Rosenthal a pussy in a way. Odd.
melissaQuote Reply
Castro is the best guy to have up in a hit and run (as long as it’s a hit and run count).
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Eh. Maybe. Rosenthal didn’t bother to mention that part on TV today.[/quote]Maybe not on TV, but he did include it in the article he wrote. Did Rosenthal say that Zambrano wanted to be traded or did he just say what Zambrano did? i didn’t see the pre-game so I don’t know, but as long as he quoted Zambrano and didn’t imply he WANTED to be traded, I’m fine with that.
And the truth is that Zambrano wants to be traded. A player doesn’t say what Z does at this point in the season unless he’s telling ownership to trade him. What he said was the best way to put it at this point, but you don’t bring that up unless you want to be traded.
I’m sure the Cubs got the point and I’m sure the Cubs told him he’d be hard to trade.
mb21Quote Reply
McCarver, “there is no reason Fukudome can’t make Curtis Granderson throw him out at third on that play.” Well the one reason might be that he doesn’t want to make an out at 3rd when he is the lead run on 2nd in scoring position.
melissaQuote Reply
Swisher = Switzer
/WKMCP
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]Yeah, his “good thing there was a fence between you two,” and implying that Z was going to beat his ass seemed off and it also seemed like he was calling Rosenthal a pussy in a way. Odd.[/quote]Buck is just an asshole. His dad must roll over in his grave when he does that shit.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I’ll add that I wasn’t a big fan of the shot that Zambrano took at Derrek Lee. Clearly there’s still something going on between these two and they don’t like each other, but there’s no reason to bring it up.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Maybe not on TV, but he did include it in the article he wrote. Did Rosenthal say that Zambrano wanted to be traded or did he just say what Zambrano did? i didn’t see the pre-game so I don’t know, but as long as he quoted Zambrano and didn’t imply he WANTED to be traded, I’m fine with that.
And the truth is that Zambrano wants to be traded. A player doesn’t say what Z does at this point in the season unless he’s telling ownership to trade him. What he said was the best way to put it at this point, but you don’t bring that up unless you want to be traded.
I’m sure the Cubs got the point and I’m sure the Cubs told him he’d be hard to trade.[/quote]He made it sound like Z had demanded a trade. And I think Z wanted to make it clear that wasn’t the case.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
No way would Fukudome have been safe if he went to third on that play. McCarver is a fuckass.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=Suburban kid]Swisher = Switzer
/WKMCP[/quote]
You are the official OV blog, Zonk translator. (dying laughing)
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Suburban kid]No way would Fukudome have been safe if he went to third on that play. McCarver is a fuckass.[/quote]McCarver is not known for being an intelligent human being.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I’ll add that I wasn’t a big fan of the shot that Zambrano took at Derrek Lee. Clearly there’s still something going on between these two and they don’t like each other, but there’s no reason to bring it up.[/quote]It is what it is. Z obviously wants to go, and he’s just saying things he’s probably wanted to say for a long time. I can’t wait to see what he says when he leaves. (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Not an intelligent human being = fuckass. (dying laughing)
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]He made it sound like Z had demanded a trade. And I think Z wanted to make it clear that wasn’t the case.[/quote]He probably shouldn’t have done that, but I’m sure Rosenthal has been around long enough to know that when guys bring this up this early in the season it’s almost always a demand to be traded.
One of Z’s close friends told the media that he’d accept a trade to Siberia at this point and that was days before the comments yesterday. Zambrano wants out. I don’t blame him. I’d want out too.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=melissa]You are the official OV blog, Zonk translator. (dying laughing)[/quote]It’s a step up from Janitor. (dying laughing)
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]McCarver is not known for being an intelligent human being.[/quote]There’s a story that he went to see Bob Gibson on the mound once, and halfway between HP and the mound, Gibson shouted to McCarver, “Get away from me. The only thing you know about pitching is that you can’t hit it.”
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[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]It is what it is. Z obviously wants to go, and he’s just saying things he’s probably wanted to say for a long time. I can’t wait to see what he says when he leaves. (dying laughing)[/quote]I agree he wants out. I hope he doesn’t take any unnecessary shots. Not even at the organization. I doubt he will. I think he’s got more class than Ryan Theriot and Sam Fuld combined.
mb21Quote Reply
(dying laughing), wow
BerseliusQuote Reply
How much longer will Demp stay in?
WaLiQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]He probably shouldn’t have done that, but I’m sure Rosenthal has been around long enough to know that when guys bring this up this early in the season it’s almost always a demand to be traded.
One of Z’s close friends told the media that he’d accept a trade to Siberia at this point and that was days before the comments yesterday. Zambrano wants out. I don’t blame him. I’d want out too.[/quote]
Yeah, I don’t know what is going between he and Lee, but I think Z has had enough of this org constantly throwing him under the bus (Quade being the lone exception as far as management is concerned), and of this org sucking ass.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Suburban kid]It’s a step up from Janitor. (dying laughing)[/quote]They passed me over for janitor? Who do I contact about that bullshit?
mb21Quote Reply
I’ve never seen that before in a bazillion years of watching this game.
Neither has Zonk.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
I didn’t know a ball could bounce back fair.
WaLiQuote Reply
Who is Greg Gardner? Buck is morphing into Dick Stockton for fuck’s sake.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=WaLi]How much longer will Demp stay in?[/quote]How many pitches can Mike Quade’s pitchers throw?
One more.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I think I just saw a pig fly by my window after seeing MO compliment Cuey (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
In Quade’s mind, the starter throws 120 pitches. Period.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=WaLi]How much longer will Demp stay in?[/quote]As long as he wants to.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I agree he wants out. I hope he doesn’t take any unnecessary shots. Not even at the organization. I doubt he will. I think he’s got more class than Ryan Theriot and Sam Fuld combined.[/quote]Yeah, that would be unfortunate, but given that way he’s been treated over the last 2-3 season by the org, it wouldn’t surprise me.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=WaLi]I didn’t know a ball could bounce back fair.[/quote]
Peenya had to touch it in foul territory and couldn’t get to it before it bounced back fair.
/Also, if it’s in front of the base at first or third it can bounce back fair.
melissaQuote Reply
It’s a good thing Cashner got injured after one start. His career would be over by now if that hadn’t happened.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Yeah, that would be unfortunate, but given that way he’s been treated over the last 2-3 season by the org, it wouldn’t surprise me.[/quote]No, it wouldn’t surprise me, but I think he takes the high road. I hope so anyway.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]I think I just saw a pig fly by my window after seeing MO compliment Cuey (dying laughing)[/quote](dying laughing), Hey, Quade was the only person in Cubs management that treated that situation like what it was: a media-driven nothing.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]It’s a good thing Cashner got injured after one start. His SP career would be over by now if that hadn’t happened.[/quote]But his career as a middle reliever would be taking off
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder](dying laughing), Hey, Quade was the only person in Cubs management that treated that situation like what it was: a media-driven nothing.[/quote]
Likewise for Silva in ST, from what I remember
BerseliusQuote Reply
What a fucking play
mb21Quote Reply
HOLY SHIT, CASTRO SAVES THE RUN!!!! WHAT A PLAY!
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]What a fucking play[/quote]
Castro had Buck faked out.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Likewise for Silva in ST, from what I remember[/quote]Yep, then, too.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Would have been a lot sweeter if he threw out the speedy Gardner, but little chance of that. Wow.
mb21Quote Reply
Castro just saved Demp from the L.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
“A magical pick up by Castro…”
/Pat
Suburban kidQuote Reply
By Grapthar’s Hammer, Castro has range
BerseliusQuote Reply
Russell is lucky the wind is blowing in. Any other day, that’s a 3-run shot.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Russell has actually been pretty good as a reliever. Small sample size of course.
mb21Quote Reply
TOOTBLAN! (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
The Cubs need to have rundown practice every day.
mb21Quote Reply
That was heads-up from Russell to slow down a bit. I think Gardener thought he had him timed up.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Another Little League fucking run down.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]The Cubs need to have rundown practice every day.[/quote](dying laughing), seems like it takes the entire infield every time.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
(dying laughing), Bruce Miles referred to that as a telephone number rundown. Haven’t heard that one before
BerseliusQuote Reply
Just a run of the mill 1-3-4-3-4-2-6 pickoff.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]That was heads-up from Russell to slow down a bit. I think Gardener thought he had him timed up.[/quote]
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Just a run of the mill 1-3-4-3-4-2-6 pickoff.[/quote]It’s A Way of Life
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Let every fielder participate in rundown, Let’s See What Happens
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]Let every fielder participate in rundown, Let’s See What Happens[/quote]
Sharing is caring.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Just a run of the mill 1-3-4-3-4-2-6 pickoff.[/quote]Are you looking at Al’s scorecard or something?
mb21Quote Reply
Don’t they say 3 throws in a run down? That’s two in the last week that have taken the Cubs 6 or more.
mb21Quote Reply
Dance, Peenya, Dance
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Don’t they say 3 throws in a run down? That’s two in the last week that have taken the Cubs 6 or more.[/quote]Yeah, but at least they got the other key thing right in tagging him on the way back to the base he started from.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=RLYW commenter]Too amazing for words. He’s actually a worse base runner then Posada. This team is the 1927 Yankees of bad base running. I feel like I’m watching an absurd Sci Fi baseball movie called Doctor WTF
mb21Quote Reply
Johnson almost commits on a pitch three feet outside and in the dirt.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
The Yankees found the one shortstop who wasn’t just worse than Jeter at fielding, but significantly worse.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Keith Law]Tough play for Nunez. After all, it was hit right at him.[/quote]
(dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]Dance, Peenya, Dance[/quote]Dance, magic dance
Put that baby spell on me
WaLiQuote Reply
Nunez would be a terrible fielder at 2nd base. He might even be bad in LF.
mb21Quote Reply
Come to think of it, Nunez is a lot like Soriano.
mb21Quote Reply
Jesus Christ, it’s only the 6th inning?!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Jesus Christ, it’s only the 6th inning?![/quote]That’s what happens when the pitchers walk everybody they face.
mb21Quote Reply
Nice catch (dying laughing). good thing he had a glove
WaLiQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Jesus Christ, it’s only the 6th inning?![/quote]
Yes.
Jesus ChristQuote Reply
It’s like watching the Cubs vs. the Cubs.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Jesus Christ]Yes.[/quote](dying laughing)
WaLiQuote Reply
Yankees —–> Cubs
TOOTBLANs + errors + WTF
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I didn’t know Jesus Christ was an OV commenter. When did that happen?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I didn’t know Jesus Christ was an OV commenter. When did that happen?[/quote]
Presumably after the Rapture
BerseliusQuote Reply
Yankees have been Cub’d, it started with Jeter’s pulled calf. Now this shit show.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Presumably after the Rapture[/quote]
I approve of this comment.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Presumably after the Rapture[/quote]Was that the one in 1994, earlier this year or the one later this year?
mb21Quote Reply
Cub;d
BerseliusQuote Reply
Cubs 3, Cubs 2 after 6
mb21Quote Reply
Sounded like it was a dumb send
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Sounded like it was a dumb send[/quote]
Soto hit it way too hard.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
In the end, Cubs out Cub the Yankees. (dying laughing)
melissaQuote Reply
Wow he had no chance
WaLiQuote Reply
Pena should have just gotten in a rundown. Since the Yankees are emulating the Cubs, that may have worked out.
mb21Quote Reply
At least Pena made Russell earn the out.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Sounded like it was a dumb send[/quote]Probably, but I think any 3rd base coach send the player on that play.
mb21Quote Reply
Yawn.
AlvinQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Probably, but I think any 3rd base coach send the player on that play.[/quote]No way. That was in shallow LF and Pena is slow. Stupid stupid send.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
secure = shecure
/WKMCP
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=Suburban kid]No way. That was in shallow LF and Pena is slow. Stupid stupid send.[/quote]
It looks like Pena was looking and went on his own?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
The Cubs that was a good scoring opportunity, so they cut it short.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Sounded like it was a dumb send[/quote]
game is on fox, rain delay in atlanta
GWQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]It looks like Pena was looking and went on his own?[/quote]Could be.
[quote name=GBTS]The Cubs that was a good scoring opportunity, so they cut it short.[/quote]
They were loving it.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Gardner’s throwing arm has been horrible this season so it’s possible the Cubs saw that and wanted to test it. I don’t know. I don’t think it was a terrible send.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Gardner’s throwing arm has been horrible this season so it’s possible the Cubs saw that and wanted to test it. I don’t know. I don’t think it was a terrible send.[/quote]
That’s reasonable but I think Gardner was coming in all the way and didn’t have to set to unload that throw. He was out by like 20 feet.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Gardner’s throwing arm has been horrible this season so it’s possible the Cubs saw that and wanted to test it. I don’t know. I don’t think it was a terrible send.[/quote]You clearly have no faith in Montanez.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21] I don’t think it was a terrible send.[/quote]You and I often agree, but, in this case, we don’t.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=Suburban kid]You and I often agree, but, in this case, we don’t.[/quote]You can disagree with me because you hold a higher position for OV than I do. I’m not even a janitor.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]You clearly have no faith in Montanez.[/quote]
This might have been part of the plan. Now they can save Montanez for another bases-loaded fail.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]You can disagree with me because you hold a higher position for OV than I do. I’m not even a janitor.[/quote]
Considering your analysis of sending runners on 3rd, we now know why you aren’t even janitor. (dying laughing)
melissaQuote Reply
Carl Crawford didn’t even wait until the second year of his contract before breaking down.
/berselius hate meme
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Suburban kid]You and I often agree, but, in this case, we don’t.[/quote]What you, Suburban Kid, just did there, I see it.
AlvinQuote Reply
Castro is going to go yard here.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Castro is going to go yard here.[/quote]And Alvin will sit quietly.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Alvin]What you, Suburban Kid, just did there, I see it.[/quote]
I think Alvin should have a different profile picture as he does not seem to have the emotional capability to facepalm.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]And Alvin will sit quietly.[/quote]
I can’t argue with you today.
melissaQuote Reply
Posada gets a big cheer.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
I don’t really care what Pena did to Martin, but what’s so different about that than what happened to Posey? Both runners went in high when they could have slid. The only difference is that Posey didn’t yet have the ball and was in a terrible position (his fault) whereas Martin had the ball and was in great position.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Suburban kid]Posada gets a big cheer.[/quote]Not from Alvin.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Not from Alvin.[/quote]
That would be unprofessional.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I like how Samardzija has to load the bases before he can induce the double play.
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[quote name=mb21]I don’t really care what Pena did to Martin, but what’s so different about that than what happened to Posey? Both runners went in high when they could have slid. The only difference is that Posey didn’t yet have the ball and was in a terrible position (his fault) whereas Martin had the ball and was in great position.[/quote]
To me there is a big difference because Martin was standing in the baseline with the ball so Pena had the right to run through him. Posey was not in the baseline and the runner launched himself out of the baseline and into Posey.
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8 balls in a row.
Let’s see what happens.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]I like how Samardzija has to load the bases before he can induce the double play.[/quote]Clearly my feed is a bit behind. (dying laughing)
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Apparently Sean Marshall = DNE
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Is it going to be Curtis Grandslamerson?
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[quote name=Suburban kid]8 balls in a row.
Let’s see what happens.[/quote]
Shut you right up…Soriano’s arm still shall not be tested.
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If I left now, I could really beat the traffic.
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[quote name=melissa]To me there is a big difference because Martin was standing in the baseline with the ball so Pena had the right to run through him. Posey was not in the baseline and the runner launched himself out of the baseline and into Posey.[/quote]The runner doesn’t make a last minute decision to run over a catcher. It’s made before he even starts running. I can’t remember the player for the Marlins, but I doubt he had any idea where Posey was. Catchers generally block the plate and on plays like that the runner is looking at the catcher.
Rules need to be established to prevent catchers from being in the baseline. If that happens, runners will start looking at the plate. Until then, they’re going to look at the catcher (that’s home plate to them).
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[quote name=melissa]Is it going to be Curtis Grandslamerson?[/quote]
Smarge (Q’s cutesy name for him) shuts me right up
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[quote name=Berselius]Apparently Sean Marshall = DNE[/quote]Yeah, why isn’t he in there?
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[quote name=Alvin]If I left now, I could really beat the traffic.[/quote]I’m guessing……GBTS.
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[quote name=mb21]Yeah, why isn’t he in there?[/quote]
Even weirder, Grabow is the one up in the pen
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[quote name=mb21]Yeah, why isn’t he in there?[/quote]
How many days has he pitched lately?
melissaQuote Reply
That could have been stupid (dying laughing)
Nice play, Peenya.
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Hasn’t Marshall been less awesome lately? Maybe he needs some time out to think about it.
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[quote name=melissa]How many days has he pitched lately?[/quote]
I don’t recall but he seems to have pitched in every game that I’ve followed for the past week.
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DNE —-> does not exist?
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Marshall has thrown 51 pitches over the previous 2 days. That’s why he wasn’t up.
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[quote name=mb21]Marshall has thrown 51 pitches over the previous 2 days. That’s why he wasn’t up.[/quote]
You keep up with this kind of contribution and you’ll be a janitor before you know it.
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[quote name=melissa]You keep up with this kind of contribution and you’ll be a janitor before you know it.[/quote]I don’t want to get my hopes up, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit excited about the possibility.
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Buck refers to The Girl and the Goat as the “Goat Restaurant.” He’s such a condescending fuck, if he doesn’t know about it, it ain’t worth knowing.
melissaQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
There’s the Ryan Dempster Harry Caray impression again.
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Is this sort of a TOOTBLAN?
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Must-See-Padres-load-first-base-after-great-cat?urn=mlb-wp9869
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Did I pack a second sandwich? I thought I packed a second sandwich. Wait, did I eat two sandwiches?
AlvinQuote Reply
[quote name=Alvin]Did I pack a second sandwich? I thought I packed a second sandwich. Wait, did I eat two sandwiches?[/quote]
Check the men’s bathroom
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Reading about another blogger is not why I come to your website…… lets get back to the subject of Cubs baseball
WaLiQuote Reply
[quote name=WaLi]Reading about
another bloggereating bologna sandwiches is not why I come to your website…… lets get back to the subject of Cubs baseball[/quote].melissaQuote Reply
Mo time
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[quote name=Berselius]Mo time[/quote]
Cubs lose.
And (dying laughing) @ that pitch. WTF was that?
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Nice of Martin to get out of the way of the ball for the umpire.
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[quote name=melissa]Nice of Martin to get out of the way of the ball for the umpire.[/quote]Yeah he definitely pulled a wussout
WaLiQuote Reply
(dying laughing), of course
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Jeez Reedz
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(dying laughing) @ Rivera about to blow a save (dying laughing) (dying laughing)
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ROFLCERAPTOR, Buck calls it a tie game on Reedz’ solo homer. What a fuck nut.
melissaQuote Reply
That sucked.
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McCarver saying Soto can’t sac bunt because he doesn’t know how. What a fuck head. Soto could have won the game with one swing, that’s why he didn’t sac bunt.
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Damnit. Why couldn’t the Cubs tie it up on a solo shot?
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[quote name=melissa]McCarver saying Soto can’t sac bunt because he doesn’t know how. What a fuck head. Soto could have won the game with one swing, that’s why he didn’t sac bunt.[/quote]
I agree, though he probably should’ve waited for a better pitch.
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new shit: http://obstructedview.net/chicago-cubs/articles/2012-cubs-payroll-outlook.html
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