As the first half of the season winds down, things are suddenly looking a whole lot rosier.
Yes, Mike Fontenot and his .230 BA is still at 2B. Yes, our bullpen is still. . . . a bit untrustworthy. Yes, we just lost Dempster for a month (that one really hurts). Yes, Kevin Hart is back on the team. But all that aside, the Cubs are (relatively healthy) and have won 6 of their last 8 and are only two games back of the evil Southern Beer Team.
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abe frohman said:
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JulieDiCaro said:
hey, abe.
berselius said:
Southern Beer Team? I thought Milwaukee was north, or did our compasses all suddenly reverse-magnetize?
berselius said:
Oh wait, Busche Stadium, Cardinals. I am a moran
baturkey said:
Fukudome
Theriot
Lee
Hoffpauir
Ramirez
Soriano
Fontenot
Hill
Zambrano
McLouth
Prado
Anderson
McCann
Escobar
Kotchman
Francoeur
Conrad
Vazquez
Umbra said:
Dempster broke his foot celebrating the victory on Sunday? F that. Make him pitch. Make him pitch good.
JulieDiCaro said:
he says it's a pain tolerance issue. so what's the problem? dope him up and send him out there.
Umbra said:
McClouth was out. Good pickoff move, Z.
JulieDiCaro said:
this is the first time i've seen a night game from the beginning in WEEKS.
Umbra said:
What a coincidence. This is the first time I've made falafel.
Doc said:
And then McCann proves me wrong...
jerk.
Doc said:
cool...Hufflepuff and ToeThumbs in the lineup...
that's a winning combination!
Umbra said:
Best name for a band ever: We Were Promised Jetpacks.
Doc said:
hmm...
That was the worst first inning in quite a while for this team.
Umbra said:
Saturday's 1st inning?
Doc said:
That doesn't count because I've blacked that game out of my memory.
Doc said:
Ok...nothing will stop A-Ram now!!!
MVP...here he comes!
Doc said:
I need to keep you all up to date on important statistics:
Cubs record and Doc without a goatee: 35-37
Cubs record and Doc with a goatee: 6-2
Doc said:
Oh wow...Len and Bob are on Chicago Now as well. I did not know that.
JulieDiCaro said:
don't even THINK about switching teams, doc. i will hunt you down and drag you back to my cave by your hair.
Doc said:
But Bob is so witty.
Doc said:
Well...we don't have any runs yet...
but these guys are making Vazquez work.
Doc said:
And Koyie drives in a run!
JulieDiCaro said:
we do now!
try that again. . . "julie doesn't have a million dollars yet . . . but . . . "
baturkey said:
Fake Max's death for the insurance money!
Doc said:
It's nice to see Z batting left handed again.
Doc said:
well...then again.
JulieDiCaro said:
oh dammit--REEDZ is growing another one of those THINGS on his face.
WHY?!?!
Umbra said:
Soriano has one weakness: curveballs.
Doc said:
honestly, he can't catch up with fastballs right now either.
Doc said:
darn...I thought Fontenot hit that out. Damn wind.
flyball said:
oh crap, I forgot I hit pause for 30 seconds
JulieDiCaro said:
fastballs, i hit them very much.
curveballs. . . bats are afraid.
flyball said:
Z is itching to bat, look at him in the dugoout
flyball said:
Kevin Hart is starting tomorrow? yay!
JulieDiCaro said:
oh dammit.
it took one stupid toenail to completely kill my optimism.
flyball said:
ye of little faith
Umbra said:
Yeeeeah, Koyyyyiieee
Doc said:
I will never say anything bad about Brian McCann again.
JulieDiCaro said:
where did everybody go?
Doc said:
I'm still here.
Just contemplating the Len and Bob blog.
baturkey said:
Post-dinner sleepiness
Umbra said:
Brooks Conrad sounds like my butler.
Doc said:
Let's see that Hufflepuff-Koyie combo score another run here.
Doc said:
and Hufflepuff lets me down...ugh.
Doc said:
Yea Fonzi!!! A hit!
JulieDiCaro said:
my kids think mike fontenot is owen wilson.
lol.
Doc said:
Um...maybe Owen Wilson's nose.
Doc said:
why aren't we winning yet?
JulieDiCaro said:
i think derosa is just afraid to come in here as a cardinal.
JulieDiCaro said:
pitch count?
Doc said:
Someone shoot me if I were to ever go to a game in a suit and tie.
JulieDiCaro said:
i've gone in a skirt and heels before. when you skip out of work, you go in whatever you're wearing.
Doc said:
And someone had better kill me if I go to a game in a skirt and heals.
baturkey said:
Eh, if I was working and got tickets for that night's game I wouldn't go home and change.
Doc said:
And I'll add...
Someone shoot me if I work a job where I have to wear a suit and tie.
baturkey said:
Okay, that I can get behind.
Doc said:
Cards are up 4-0 in the bottom of the 5th...damn brewers.
JulieDiCaro said:
well, either way we pick up ground on someone.
Doc said:
I'd rather it be the Cardinals...I don't consider the Brewers a serious threat.
JulieDiCaro said:
i'm amazed that a professional athlete can break his toe jumping over a tiny little fence. lame.
baturkey said:
The wily Dutchman Jair Jurrgens injured himself walking out of the dugout at Wrigley last year.
Doc said:
That's actually not difficult to do...
Those stairs are all crack and falling apart. The visitor's dugout is quite hazardous.
Hear that, Ricketts Boy? Build a new ballpark!
flyball said:
or you know, build new steps
Doc said:
Baaaah....
just replace the whole stadium...just to be safe.
JulieDiCaro said:
then again, i was a competitive gymnast and, after my career-ending ankle injury, i sometimes injure myself while a) standing still, b) sitting down, c) walking.
Doc said:
I often injury myself while sleeping. I injure others while sleeping as well, according to Jeanna.
flyball said:
I twisted my ankle doing a charity walk, it was kinda embarrasing
JulieDiCaro said:
once you twist your ankle badly, you can do it anytime. once i did it spinning around in my chair at work.
flyball said:
no
flyball said:
this has been a very long half inning
Doc said:
Ok...
Tom Dreesen is a well known Cub fan...
And is a popular Chicago celebrity...
What the hell has he done?
He's a comedian...I know...but what has he done?
Seriously.
Someone please tell me.
JulieDiCaro said:
he knew frank sinatra.
JulieDiCaro said:
yooohooo, flyball.
my snappy title made the home page. so there.
http://www.chicagonow.com/
Doc said:
Great...
you are on the front page with Child Porn and Erik Estrada
JulieDiCaro said:
i feel like we've finally made it.
Doc said:
I'm not included in that "We"...
leave me out. I wish I never participated in that thread.
JulieDiCaro said:
fine. more CHIPS and child porn glory for me.
flyball said:
c'mon Cubs, lets win!
flyball said:
woohoo Rammy!
JulieDiCaro said:
dresen can never NOT mention sinatra.
Doc said:
I bet Len and Bob would never talk about that stuff.
JulieDiCaro said:
perhaps you didn't watch the youtube clip. . .
Doc said:
oh...I watched it. I unfortunately watched it.
Doc said:
This pitcher is the Sergio Garcia of baseball.
JulieDiCaro said:
come on, marshall! you want to be a starter again someday? throw some strikes!
Doc said:
The cubs are still losing...
This isn't right.
JulieDiCaro said:
theriot has a noodle arm.
Doc said:
That's being kind.
JulieDiCaro said:
oh aaron.
sigh.
how can you expect me to continue to defend you when you pitch like this?
Doc said:
Nice play by Fontenot...
But Soriano would have made it look routine.
kiwibob said:
I wonder if the Swedish Fish still have a bit of mojo left in them?
JulieDiCaro said:
come ON, jerks!
JulieDiCaro said:
aramis is going to re-separate his shoulder swinging that hard.
Doc said:
I was afraid Ramirez was going to dislocate his shoulder again after the first swing in this AB.
flyball said:
seriously
flyball said:
sigh, I'm having issues staying positive about this one
Doc said:
you have a lot of issues about a lot of things.
flyball said:
you have no idea tha half of it
flyball said:
oh well, there's always tomorrow
JulieDiCaro said:
i'll think about that tomorrow. tomorrow is another day!
JulieDiCaro said:
oh god, it's all up to lightning mcqueen.
JulieDiCaro said:
damn.
i blame brian mccann.
Doc said:
I'm not sure how...but the braves actually won this game.
How was this possible?
Hufflepuff and ToeThumbs started the game.
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