Oh, dammit.
I hope you all enjoyed our little dalliance in DC, because tonight we have to play a real team. Unlike the Gnats, who are currently toiling at the bottom of the NL East, TWENTY-SIX games out of first place, the Phillies are firmly in charge of their division, up by 6.5 games.
Alas, things HAVE seemed to have picked up lately, even if we were playing a team that would have trouble with the Kane County Cougars. More people are hitting the ball with their bats, the starting pitching continues to be strong, and even the bullpen seems to have gotten it sorted lately. Let's just hope it lasts, because I really fear for the emotional well-being of a large portion of Cubs Nation if we drop two of the next three.
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flyball said:
its on ESPN? Seriously? somebody loves me today, I thought I didn't get to watch this one.
JulieDiCaro said:
that's what cubs.com says. i make no warranties, express or implied, of what channel may or may not be carrying our game.
MillsChC said:
The Extra innings free preview is still continuing tonight, for those of you want to hear Len & Bob instead of the ESPN douches like Orel Hershiser who just claimed on ESPNEWS that D-Lee is having a HUGE year... I guess Orel's baseball year begins in June.
JulieDiCaro said:
I know where two lucky readers can get seats in the 7th row (between home and 1st) Saturday's game at face ($90 per). Email me if interested: leagueofherown (at) gmail (dot) com.
HoboHanson said:
The Philiies pitching isn't much better than the Nationals. The Cub bats will continue dominance.
Also, shame on you for using the term "nation". I can't stand when teams fans are described as nations. Everything has a nation these days. Every sports team. Television shows. Bands. Enough already.
JulieDiCaro said:
give me a break--I was writing in a hurry.
HoboHanson said:
Break given.
Carl Heartscubs Gierhan said:
I say Cubs 6, Phillies 1.
JulieDiCaro said:
ha. i'll say Cubs 2-Phillies 1. if we're lucky.
HoboHanson said:
Lots of runs on the board tonight: Cubs 9, Phillies 7
JulieDiCaro said:
as you can probably tell, i'm not yet confident in our ability to score runs.
Carl Heartscubs Gierhan said:
Your negativity is bringing them down! Up with boundless enthusiasm!
berselius said:
This has all the hallmarks of a 11-10 game to me
JulieDiCaro said:
chat link:
http://tinychat.com/cubsvphillies
JulieDiCaro said:
From Twitter:
"According to Fontenot a few Cubs are sporting comb-overs or "swoops" tonight, this includes him, Hill, Z, Dome, Theriot."
Uh. . .
Carl Heartscubs Gierhan said:
There goes my prediction...
JulieDiCaro said:
We're all in the chat room!
JulieDiCaro said:
chat room link:
http://tinychat.com/cubsvphillies
JulieDiCaro said:
Just as I feared; whatever the Nats have, it's rubbed off on the Cubs.
JulieDiCaro said:
Oh My God.
Soriano is bad at baseball right now.
JulieDiCaro said:
i'm too disgusted with this team to chat, so i'm back over here, if anyone wants to join me.
JulieDiCaro said:
heh--lou pulled soriano. fox now in left. heh.
JulieDiCaro said:
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JulieDiCaro said:
twitter lied to me, soriano is still in.
MillsChC said:
Good... I didn't wanna see the end of this one anyway.
JulieDiCaro said:
the tv gods are merciful.
kiwibob said:
What a miserable way to bust a winning streak....
JulieDiCaro said:
I knew the Nats would screw us, somehow.
kiwibob said:
What's happened with the podcasts Julie?
Are you too fed up with this team to talk about it?
JulieDiCaro said:
no, it's just been a really busy time lately. we'll get back on track this week.
kiwibob said:
Hopefully we will have forgotten about today by then having been stunned by a blizzard of Cubs runs in the next few games....
On the bright side, at least Houston and Pittsburgh are trying to help us out at the moment...
Doc said:
That sucked.
That really sucked.
millertime said:
I missed the entire Nats series, and I come home to this game. I did not see this coming. Color me surprised.
canopygrl said:
I see the fun has ended in a complete blunder of crap... This sucks, I was so happy when this sucktacular team was winning.
Carl Heartscubs Gierhan said:
I promise to no longer make unreasonable predictions before games.
FRESNO,CA BEAR FAN said:
plain and simple the cubs need new players...I dont think fontenot is a starter, soriano should be at second base again, Jake fox should play left field for the time being just because of his bat, get rid of Jeff Baker and Milton Bradley in a trade for a reliable second basemen..
millertime said:
You forgot about waiving Zambrano.
gravedigger said:
so yeah. i told you so.
millertime said:
So, am I not seeing headlines, or are we so depressed after losing MOST IMPORTANT GAME OF YEAR that we can't even bear to remeber the game through the organized printed word of record in Chicago?
gravedigger said:
im hoping there are no headlines.
are we statistically eliminated yet? my god i can't wait for that day, then the worrying can be over.
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