Greg got his 3,000th K and Dusty managed to work Hank Aaron into the conversation…again.
Phil Rogers on Maddux’ effort, and the tag play at home on Alfonzo was impressive. You can say it was bad baserunning by Edgardo, but not many pitchers would have had the brains to field that and realize the easiest play was right in front of him. Then again, it was bad baserunning because you ought to realize that Greg Maddux is one of the pitchers who would have the brains to do that.
Phil had a lot of time during the rain delay and he makes a case for the Cubs to trade for Bob Wickman and Kevin Millwood. It wouldn’t hurt.
Here’s Dusty on whether Neifi gets to keep starting at shortstop when Nomar comes back. Maybe Dusty just figures Nomar’s latest, yet to be determined, injury will come sooner rather than later.
Dave Righetti did what Kerry Wood is attempting to do. Great?
Ed Sherman on Al Michaels’ decision to stick with Monday Night Football (I know it’s on cable, but do you know anybody who would watch Monday Night Football, but doesn’t have ESPN?) I think NBC should bring Marv Albert in to do the Sunday Night stuff, too. He and Boomer Esiason are tremendous doing the Monday night games on radio. Besides, as much as we liked Pat Summerall, it’ll be nice to have somebody paired with Madden who has an actual personality (unlike the very droll Pat, and the annoying Michaels).
Nomar got rained out in Peoria. They have a doubleheader tonight and in the Midwest League those are only seven innings long, so Nomar should have a quick night tonight if he only plays game one.
John Mullin tells us that Tommie Harris is really good. I concur, though Olin Kreutz’s inability to block him doesn’t prove that. Olin doesn’t block anybody.
If the number two receiver job is so open for the Bears, I might just grab some spikes and head down there for the afternoon session. I run a mean “chair” route.
Honestly, I’m surprised even one team wants Chris Duhon, and the Bulls’ public stance that they’ll match any offer for Chandler or Curry seems to have driven their price down.
Greg Couch is just pissed he had to spend a rainy night in Peoria. Speaking of Peoria, you know your city is full of rubes when a rehabbing baseball player is named an “honorary citizen.”
Brad Biggs says Jerry Azumah is the only projected Bears starter (on either side of the ball) not signed through next year. Azumah might get a big free agent pay day, if, you know, he can keep from breaking his neck again.
Mike Kiley’s notes are full of useless crap. Today is Jim Hendry’s 50th birthday. Mike Remlinger hasn’t allowed a run in 18 of his last 25 appearances (that’s not that good, Mike), and Rich Hill hasn’t been named Saturday’s starter yet, even though everybody knows he’s going to be.
Barry Rozner with yet another column about Sandberg and the Hall.
The Red Sox are shrugging off a rumor that Manny Ramirez wants to be traded…again.
Matt Clement took a liner off his head last night. This is bad for several reasons. First, it has to hurt like hell. Second, even though we ripped Clement for being a pansy late last year, I don’t think it applies to taking a liner off the noggin. Third, you hope this doesn’t completely derail his career.
The Twins are looking for a second baseman (since Bret Boone sucks, surprise!) and a third baseman.
John Heyman says that the Mets should trade for Alfonso Soriano. It’s funny, everybody thinks they are building for the future, but some of their more important players (Piazza, Glavine, Pedro) don’t have much future left.
Baltimore is expected to be “very active” this week. How about Kerry Wood for BJ Ryan? That’s active.
Two former Cubs’ duds are back to “improve” the Marlins’ pitching (El Pulpo and Ismael Valdez(s–whatever)), and they turned down the Red Sox offer for AJ Burnett.
The Reds are expected to trade…Rich Aurilia. Ooh, pinch me!
The Reds don’t expect to do much else, even if they do that.
The Pirates are trying to foist Mark Redman on somebody else.
The Astros are peaking too soon (right?) and Billy Wagner says he’s not going to be traded by the Phillies.
Larry Brown is ready to take a five year deal from the Knicks so he can leave after two.
Sammy went yard and tied Frank Robinson, in homers, not age.
The newly svelte Peter King was in Dolphins camp yesterday. I’m serious, I’ll bet Peter lost close to 100 pounds.
Kelly Dwyer is a big fan of the Cavs’ offseason and of cool Cleveland Chamber of Commerce t-shirts.
Jake Luft on Derrek Lee’s chance of winning the triple crown, and click on the link in the text of his story and see where he gets his insightful baseball news.
Can you get a merit badge in “electrocution witnessing”?
America’s finest news source says that a Wisconsin alcoholic is very disappointed in his pothead son.
“Bronzing Roger Clemens? Do you know the amount of money and manpower that would go into that job? I’m sorry son, but tell your daddy that we can’t even give him an estimate. Why do you keep cheering for the Yankees?”
I would watch Monday Night Football, but I don’t have ESPN.
Remember when I lost a couple games while I was wearing my specially made 300 win cleats and 300 win glove? That was funny, shameless self promotion, even for me. My wife and kids took a lot of crap in the stands that day….ahh, good times.
I would watch Monday Night Football, but I don’t watch espn.
I have ESPN, but I imagine I’ll watch “Barely Legal Vol. XVII” like I do every monday night.
I’m on ESPN and I have it. But, sometimes it’s hard to see….on account of the eye!
Oh, I almost forgot, “Boo-yah!” They make me say that. I’d actually like to include 18th century literary references in my highlights.
My future’s so bright I gotta where blue blockers, son.
I had to leave the Cubs to get my 300th win, if I’d stayed, with this offense, I would be going for my 200th this year.
I remember those days, Roger. Heh heh heh! Good times.
Sloth:
Okay, that covers the first 97 seconds after 8 PM Central. Then what?
Everybody thinks we’re building for the future? That’s a new one on me.
Last night, I leave game after Maddux get his 3,000 strikeout so I can get ready for today. I drive my Escalade to El Jardin, where I pick up a burrito and rice & beans to go.
I sit at home and watch game on TV while I eat.
That Dusty Baker. He’s a big fucking retard, mang.
But don’t worry Cub fans. I come back today and we take series. We still haven’t lost a series in three weeks, Cub Fans. Today? I keel the Giants. Buenos dias.
Chasing us is not a bad thing. In 2002 we let the Cardinals catch us. In 2003 we let the Cubs catch us. Last year, you fucked up, you had the lead. We play great with no pressure. Put a little on us and we fold up like a tent.
Kind of like the Cubs in the playoffs.
Hey, what time does the doubleheader start today? I got the best night’s sleep ever last night!
Uh, Carlos….you drive a Hummer. We gave you one for that ourageous comercial you did with Brenly, remember?
dudes, tough loss yesterday dudes, but the cold and wind and rain made it impossible to play good ball dudes. I did the right moves dudes but didn’t work out. Gerut has seen a lot of La troy from their days in the american league dudes.
the state of the team dudes is: we’re playing .510 ball after 100 games. There’s 62 left and I think if we go 36-26 dudes, we’re in with a 87-75 record.
Dudes, how do I see us accomplishing this? simple, dudes:
HOME 23-10
SF 1-0 (today), Ari 3-1, cin 3-0, stl 2-2, atl 1-2, fla 2-1, lad 2-1, cin 3-0, stl 2-2, hou 2-1, pitt 2-0
AWAY 15-14
phi 1-2, nym 1-2, hou 1-2, col 2-1, pit 3-0, stl 1-2, sf 2-2, mil 2-1, hou 2-2
As you can see dudes, this is realistic, and gives us a record of 89-73 dudes, good enough for the wild card dudes.
See? I’m in control dudes.
As far as posts with me all over them go, #16 wasn’t half bad.
You have to go to the bathroom.
You secretly hate your father and want to have sex with your mother.
You eat too much.
You think about sex too much.
I am the Pope.
Hey Cub fans,
I think you wrote my obituary too soon. Serves you right. You’ve got memories smaller than Dusty’s brain. You thought I would just hang it up? Pshaw.
7 Games
6 2/3 IP
1 Hit
1 Walk
Think you could use me now? Michael Wuertz looked like the 2002 version of me for about a month. Since then, he sucks. Novoa? Sometimes good, sometimes not so good. Meanwhile, I’m doing what I used to always do. Keeping hitters off balance, not issuing walks, and basically not shitting my pants. But you guys knew everything. Knew I was done. In spite of my demonstrated perserverance.
Even if you include my lousy Cub numbers, when i was trying to get back in shape and gave up 5 home runs, my numbers aren’t so bad.
18 Games
17 2/3 IP
13 H
2 BB
12 K
ERA- 4.075
WHIP- .0849
Plus, I think you guys are still paying, minus my prorated league minimum. Enjoy the football season, assholes!
We haven’t seen a lot of you yet, Sweaty Joe. But we’ll catch up with you in a year two.
Geez #18, relax the sphincter. We all love Joe, but we couldn’t sit around and watch him serve up gopher ball after gopher ball. He did for 4 consecutive appearances fer chrissakes. And unlike Tampa, we don’t have the patience to wait things out if we’re to make the playoffs.
I hope Joe never gives up another run and wins the AL Cy Young award. Honestly. Now shut up.
We haven’t done a great deal of reading or writing either apparently but we are Hooked on Phonics and in a year or two, we’ll be ready to join the Desipio Book Club.
Dusty, under your scenario, we’d be going 11-0 vs the Pirates and Reds. You really think that’s going to happen? The Reds own you Dusty.
Ouch………
I don’t think Tampa fans need to be me, seeing as how they’ve gotten results from JoBo from the get go.
Yes, but I own the Pirates. 19-4 against them in the last two years.
A game like last night is why this Cubs’ team isn’t a playoff team. You simply can’t go for homeruns when the wind is howling in your face. But they have an ass for a manager that won’t tell them any different.
It was funny though watching Latroy Hawkins get his ass booed that bad. It only took Barrett one pitch to give Latroy some good old fashion flashbacks of his pooping in his pants.
I’m sure the Cubs will be lackluster today and lose the series with a piss poor performance.
Baker Basher
A pissed off Big Z driving around in a Hummer after losing a game 1-0.
#22 dude: we can go 9-2 and still make it.
plus, there won’t be anything left of the reds and pirates after the trade deadline, dude.
Baker basher, nice job, buddy. Keep the pressure on, I don’t want to loose again to that guy like last weekend.
Does anyone know if Rob Mackowiak’s wife is knocked up again? I think she has something to say about the Cubs going 5-0 against the Pirates the rest of the year.
There wasn’t much left of us after the deadline last year either, or before it for that matter. But we beat the Cubs like a runnin’ mule in the last week in low-scoring, extra-inning games. That’s the most humiliating aspect of that meltdown. All your big hitters like Sosa, Alou, Lee, Barrett, they all sucked fat donkey dick in that series and our horse shit pitching OWNED them! HA!!!!! Blame Hawkins and Dusty if you want and they suck too, but your entire team is a filthy, wretched kitty litter box that hasn’t been cleaned out for too long. At least we have the decency to dump ours out before filling back up with shit. You fucking losers.
Who do we kill for this?
Was I an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie?
Len Kasper sucks! It rained for three hours and the Giants pitcher was Noah Lowry and not once did he make a hilarious joke like:
– Lowry spent the rain delay building a big wooden boat.
or
– Lowry was busy during the rain delay walking around Wrigleyville trying to pair up the animals.
Gold!
Trade for me and I’ll do the taunting. I can even play center instead of the second baseman you’ve got out there.
“You fucking losers”
Coming from the Reds? That’s gotta be a joke.
Hey! I’m the second baseman around here, thank you. Forget all the knocks you heard about me from that big, phony jerk Tom Kelly. He said I couldn’t turn a double play but I’ve downright perfected it. it’s a fine art. You just hit the ball hard on the ground directly at somebody and run like hell. I didn’t even hit it particularly well last night but it’s all about placement. I mean, the pitcher barely had to bend over to scoop that up and start the double dip. I rule. Ask me about Sammy Sosa again.
Korey Patterson striking out in front of the league’s top hitter vs. ToDP Walker leaving him in the on deck circle with yet another twin killing. Discuss.
Re: Onion article….so wait a sec, there are people in WI who aren’t alcoholics?
Hey Todd, you and me as a dp combination, spells awesome bro. You can hit into them in key situations, and I can tear parts of my body off the bone hitting into mine. Remember when people said, Walker might not have great range, but he can rake. They also said you were clutch. For a while, you were, what happend?
We are the only people in Wisconsin who aren’t alcoholics.
It’s obviously Dusty’s fault. He waited too long to put me into the 2-hole. The Moran. I mean, it would be pretty hard to ground into two with the leadoff hitter striking out all the time.
I haven’t had a big hit since Monday, and before that it was Sunday. Bite me.
I wish that were true #41, but they are also alcoholics till they die.
not everybody can hit me you know..
Even the most successful players fail 65 times out of 100….
I know, the point was all wisconsinites are alcoholics in one way or another.
I get big hits sometimes too, but I don’t go on blabbing about it though.
I would be much more likable if I would shut up now and then. And if I learned how to play my position.
KA BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
I’m trying to find Sanjay H. As anyone seen him? I wann run a few trade possiblities by him.
Did somebody say something from the bottom of the pile, I couldn’t hear you…
Phil Rogers is an idiot and all, but I would look good in a Cubs uni, no. I just don’t see it happening.
all those reds fans who googled “hank white fan club”
We have computers?
No we can’t field a major league roster or fill a ballpark or beat most decent high school teams. But we can… beat the Cubs. Can’t we?
#55 I wouldn’t bet on that, and you know how I like to bet…
I did crap my pants in the series in 99′, but we all did. As far as postseason stats, mine are pretty good. 6bb and 38k’s in 41 ip, while going 3 and 3 with a 3.92 era, not the best but it’s still pretty good, looks like I’m completely healthy again too. Ah, I’m dreaming…I’m staying here in Cleveland.
I did crap my pants in the series in 99′, but we all did. As far as postseason stats, mine are pretty good. 6bb and 38k’s in 41 ip, while going 3 and 3 with a 3.92 era, not the best but it’s still pretty good, looks like I’m completely healthy again too. Ah, I’m dreaming…I’m staying here in Cleveland.
If I stay healthy, I can be a very nice addition to this staff, as an every other day guy setting uip Dempster. One more pitcher and another bat “leadoff man?” and this team could do some damage…I’m dreaming again, aren’t I?
I apparently like to double post, how the hell did that happen? That was very moranic of me.
Scott, we’ll need to test your arm and make sure you can pitch 3 or 4 days in a row. Have to test that the first week.
Hey Jim,
Sanjay’s busy changing expiration dates on the meat and dairy products. You’ll have to wait for his 5 minute break.
Dudes, how you like my lineup for today? dudes
with macias leading off playing center, we want some speed to confuse the old man dudes.
and dolan, the experiment you propposed in yesterday’s morning dose dude, didn’t work out dude, that’s why we lost yesterday, dude.
So I won’t be taking your advice again dude.
It’s burnitz again between lee and aramis, no aramis after lee dude. See, I need to confuse the old man with righties-lefties-righties-lefties. dude.
Enjoy the game dudes, must win today dudes.
Baker’s son is so cute though, how could he do anything wrong?
Don’t you mean Sanjay’s 5 minute vacation?
Dub Dub, sir. I will pray to Vishnu for strength in predicting bullshit trades.
One again, I will get a Cy Young without throwing a complete game all season.
One again, I will get a Cy Young without throwing a complete game.
Does anyone think Dustys check to the IRS bounced?
Since when does my face speak for me!
I can (and will) pitch FIVE days in a row. I will throw a double header simulated game every day off also.