Pitching matchup
Rockies: Judd Hirsh, star of Taxi and Independence Day (3-6, 5.06 ERA)
Cubs: Carlos Zambrano, star of I Like Punching Mike Barrett (8-6, 4.27 ERA)
Lineups not in yet (as of 11:31 a.m.), but the sad thing is that Jock Jones could be in it. He’s not but he could be. Guh.
Cubs Lineup (from memory):
LF Soriano
2B Fontenot
1B Lee
RF Floyd
CF Pagan
3B Derosa
C Hill
SS Theriot
P Zambrano
LOL…not from “copy and paste?”
no to be honest with you it is from memory, just try and find this online…go ahead try. i actually heard on waddle and silvy, i think.
Waddle and Silvy? Oh…I forgot to mention I don’t live in the Chicago area.
jesus, someone listens to them? maybe we can cut back on constantly pimping their sh***ty show. belch
so that’s why you did that and not that other thing that one time at that place with that guy…
and mack, urko (who?) and harry…name one sports radio show that IS good? and no the answer isn’t mike north…nope not mike and mike…
It’s up on MLB Gameday now… correct as bocaj listed it.
Don’t forget Dear John for the legendary Judd Hirsh.
Guys, is it raining near Wrigleyville?
The real question is, how’s the visibility up there?
brave!
Wasn’t Carlos Zambrano the final boxer in “Mike Barrett’s Punchout”?
I used to rule at that game.
Any chance you can give us 8 innings today, ‘Los? With that plus the off day, we’d be pretty much full strength when the Broo-has arrive.
Carlos loves strikeouts…and walks
8 innings? Sure, that’ll be about 160 pitches
got salad?
this ump is full of shit!
It’s hazy, but the lake is visible, according to Pat.
A lot of borderline pitches so far and Carlos hasn’t gotten a break. He just stared down the home plate umpire and then the umpire exchanged words with the Cubs’ dugout. Popup, third out. All’s well that ends well.
On WGN it looks like a muggy summer day in and out of cloud cover. Wind blowing directly out at 14mph – the flags are howling. Len Kaspar says that rain is expected in the next 2 – 3 hours.
scrappy 10 game hit streak for fontenot…watch out joe!
Visibility is apparently not so good in the shortstop area…
It was cloudy when Fontenot hit his pop up, then the sun came out and Tulo-whatever-his-name-is lost the ball. Never got a glove anywhere near it.
fontenot made the sun come out
Now puts his shades on.
bocaj… am I leaving?
huh?
see you in the bottom of the sixth, trixies
now chatting with Len and Bob. WTF?!
cubs record the rest of the way? thanks Jarod
We are terrible,
Fontenot was robbed. Nice play, Sullivan.
I want to focus on the game…really I do…but the girl at the bottom of the screen sure is distracting
…this damn jack9 ad!?!?!? It’s bugging me.
Don’t get tossed. Couple of those called strikes definitely went the Rockies’ way.
Anyone watching the game care to update us on the umpire commentary? Ron Santo sure is disgusted with the strike zone.
boom!!!
I like this DeRosa guy.
#33 fontenot deserved that after his last “hit”
My positive is definitely increasing on Derosa.
How bad off is Ramirez, if he has to sit the day before a day off?
Carlos has not had the greatest control – however, it appears he is getting squeezed. And then, Pagan was called out looking and several borderline pitches in his at bat were called strikes. It’s probably not as bad as Santo makes it sounds…Len and Bob have mentioned it to some degree, though.
On the lead off man, Lou said that was “the plan” – to rest Ramirez a couple of days, knowing that one of those days is an off day.
My DeRosa splooge knows no bounds.
Fontenot!!!!!!!!!!
i’m not mortal
It *almost* left the ballpark. Hit behind the last row of bleachers.
Anything bad I said about DeRosa is gone. The man is good. I’m sorry Mark. I know how to find you some fat chicks. Follow me!
What does Mike Fontenot have against me?? Geez!
DeRosa made a really nice barehanded play there. Doubt Ramirez woulda made it.
slaky, derosa is married. don’t tempt him!
double play!
Cubs Live? Well, so far…hopefully they can erase that question mark this weekend.
I’m coming as fast as I can!!!!!!
2 innings left in Milwaukee, still tied.
Jock Jones on deck. Petrick apparently coming in in the bottom half.
Here’s comes the $6.6 Million Is Too Much To Dump Man.
And so I begin.
BTW… I’m so friggity-fresh, Gamecast has no photo photo of me.
Lookin’ kinda older than I remember.
So far, I am the balls.
> Gamecast has no photo photo of me.
Quit biting my style, yo.
We serve no Irish in here, Sullivan! Sit down!
Just imagine a rosy cheeked, pale skinned youngish looking white boy.
Best part of the Billy Petrick Era he’s got a freaky tan line on his face and you can see that when he got that tan he had a full beard, so he’s basically got a pale white sideburns and beard set outlined into his face.
And if they make Pirates of the Carribbean IV, George Thorogood can play Keith Richards’ dad. Yikes.
> Just imagine a rosy cheeked, pale skinned youngish looking white boy.
And tall, boy howdy.
This kid looks pretty good.
Right now it’s Mike Fontenot’s world, and we’re all just living in it.
Aren’t I the same guy that got bodyslammed by The Farns in Detroit?
Getting bigger by the day.
Either we’re riding high on the Unexpected Mike Fontenot Magical Mysery Tour or his regression to the mean will send us hurtling to the earth at breakneck speed.
Either way, the guy’s back over .400 with his third hit.
Positive.
Ted Williams is a hack. I’m hitting .408 right now.
Ooh, I get to update my “Cubs record when Felix Pie plays” stat! He’s pinch running! I’m sure the seventh run will be the most crucial!
hey andy look at the blog below, i have a question for you…
Playing the role of me today will be…
Cliff Floyd. With Felix as the wallaby.
Give ’em a big hand, people.
George seems to really be enjoying the Angel Pagan era. Maybe a little too much.
It’s a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball.
I’m not sure who these guys in the Cubs’ uniforms are these days, but I like it.
I’m just hitting N. Evanston at this very moment.
How’s the visibility at Wrigley?
You would think that our music nut announcing team would have gotten “50 States in 50 Dates” correct.
50 states in 50 nights doesn’t rhyme so good.
Looks like Billy found the one way to give up a homer with the wind howling in.
I asked George Thorogood about playing in “50-some” states in 50 days.
This Billy Wagner shit is easy!
Yikes. Them is some dark clouds around Wrigley.
I had the Manny Corpus once. Paris and I went and got some Valtrex to control it.
I’m slamming O’Hare right now.
(Stupid) Pet Trick throws his fastball very hard and very straight. The one Atkins lost was just grooved. He’s kind of Farnsish at this point. I didn’t see his breaking pitch. I was in and out of the room.
I’m up!
I’m ready to do my K-Rod impersonation right away today! I’m not waiting to put two guys on before I let it rip.
Spanish for marble. So we’ve got a foot in centerfield and marble on the mound.
Top 10, First and second, two outs for the Houston Choo Choo Trains that call themselves Astros. Fat Lance just FC’d Chris Burke at Home.
Ryan Dempster will make a fine set up man for me when he gets back.
Carlos Lee at the plate. Grounds out. Brewers go to the bottom 10, top of the order due.
K-K-4-3.
We Got Nothin’.
Yo soy las bolas!
Don’t worry about it Chuck. Fuck Houston. I’ve decided our Cubs will not lose again in 2007.
Hi my name is Carlos, and I’ll be your closer for the rest of the season. Wine list is over here, and I’ll be back to get your drink orders in a minute.
Sweep Sweep. Now hopefully Houston can win in the top of the 28th.
Sittin’ on mass watching the Brews/Stros. Rooting for a terrorist attack.
Prefiero ser la salsa del filete
Even if they lose, if the Astros take it 28 innings, I will be happy. The Brewers get the day off tomorrow too, but it still not be enough to recover their pitching. It would set a league record too, so that would be nice too.
I’m brewing in Brewtown
Damien Miller: hot bat.
My first knock of the season, yo.
Fuck you, Cubs fans!!!