If I had any balls I would just shut the door on this Benson fiasco.
I would start taking dollars off the table effective today.
Enough of this “pressure” to sign him, for example, the “For Sale” sign on his house.
I would just say:
Look kid, you won’t sign?….OK….try stopping all of this year and entering next year’s draft AGAIN, new combines and AGAIN questions about your character, your commitment, comments about you being the new Ricky Williams bla bla bla……If you cried this year, you’ll cry some more next year. We’ll go with Thomas Jones, you were a mistake, we won’t make another mistake getting you signed, we are ready to move on.
Dave B
on August 26, 2005 at 11:06 am
I don’t mind trying Nomar at 3B as much as I do having Hairston leading off. In fact, if Nomar is healthy enough for the remainder of the season, I wouldn’t mind seeing him at 2B a few times. A lot of the media is writing him out of Chicago for next year, but I don’t see what other option he has other than to return for a smaller base salary and incentives.
Nomar
on August 26, 2005 at 11:10 am
You want me back? Awesome! I can’t wait to come back and prove I can stay healthy. I love $$$, and not having to do anything for it. My back, wrist, groin, and achilles all say I’m ready to go!
Stuff the Phillies and the Tribe, lads. You should come support our unique brand of exciting Welsh baseball played with cricket bats.
Angelo
on August 26, 2005 at 11:20 am
Hey Kid, you don’t want the 17M guaranted? no problem….
what could be done with that money would be:
1. Money back (1 game for free) to all season ticket holders. We know the sacrifice you’ve made, there’s a big possibility will stink again this year, so you deserve something back.
2. A bonus to be determined for every player that makes the roster (or their charities)…courtesy of the kid. Happy players play better, nobody would miss the kid.
3. I heard the Eagles don’t have a running back, how ’bout the kids rigths for TO?
Angelo
on August 26, 2005 at 11:27 am
The funny thing is, if you don’t sign and go back into the draft, you’ll probably be pushed so far back because of character issues, you won’t make nearly the same amount you would have made.
Cedric Benson
on August 26, 2005 at 11:33 am
I don’t care I want respect, clearly I have earned that at the highest level. Gimme my $$$. Oh yeah, ask my minor league coaches and teammates about my charachter…nice pick Jerry, once again you have outdone yourself.
Cedric Benson
on August 26, 2005 at 11:35 am
I don’t spell all that well, either.
Bears Fan
on August 26, 2005 at 11:37 am
As soon as Benson enters the field (someday), he’ll get the “La Troy Treatment”.
#9 UR ddumm
on August 26, 2005 at 11:38 am
Maurice Clarett
on August 26, 2005 at 11:39 am
All I need is a chance, looks like I won’t make the Denver team.
Another Bears Fan
on August 26, 2005 at 11:39 am
He deserves it. That shit don’t fly with Bears fans. We don’t put up with that trash. Fuck him.
Bears fans
on August 26, 2005 at 11:42 am
We are stupid. We blame Cedric Benson for our entire organization’s lack of knowledge in “football team building 101”.
Another Bears Fan
on August 26, 2005 at 11:47 am
That is also true, our ownership and front office are a laughingstock. Angelo should take more of the blame because he picked the idiot, along with a few other busts. He isn’t going anywhere though. At least not any time soon. He’s just dumb enough to be kept around for even longer.
Click on my link. Dusty Baker should feel a little better now.
Baker Basher
on August 26, 2005 at 11:51 am
Dusty’s baffling lineup for today’s game:
Jerry The Lessor-2B
Matt Lawton-LF
Derrick Lee-1B
Jeremy Burnitz-RF
Neifi Perez-SS
Jose Macias-3B
KPatt-CF
Henry Blanco-C
This lineup just explains how fucking stupid and ignorant Dusty can be. This isn’t a joke either. He is that fucking much of a bitch to send out such of a horrid lineup just for spite. I got this to say to you Ducty-FUCK OFF YOU STUBBORN PIECE OF SHIT.
What the lineup should be:
Jerry The Lessor-CF
Walker-2B
Lee-1B
Burnitz-RF
Nomar-SS
Perez-3B
Barrett-C
Lawton-LF
Now if that is not as close as you can get to Dusty’s righty-lefty fucked up the ass kind of theory, I don’t know what else one can do.
FDF=Fuck Dusty Forever
Baker Basher
Baker Basher basher
on August 26, 2005 at 11:57 am
You idiot, I thought maybe you could get through a post without your trademark creepy sexual reference.
“Now if that is not as close as you can get to Dusty’s righty-lefty fucked up the ass kind of theory, I don’t know what else one can do.”
but no.
Anger/Mommy/Sexual Orientation Issues
on August 26, 2005 at 12:11 pm
Baker Basher has my hat trick.
advice to people afflicted with cub fan disease:
on August 26, 2005 at 12:20 pm
Try to be gratefull for the sunshine and bikini tops. You will have nothing else to be happy about for the next year and a half.
Darren Baker
on August 26, 2005 at 12:24 pm
This may be one of the lowest things anyone could do, but if enough people start yelling at the game that I suck, my daddy might cry and then quit as manager.
Hey Darren
on August 26, 2005 at 12:31 pm
Shaddup ya little homo.
Hey Darren
on August 26, 2005 at 12:31 pm
Shaddup ya little homo.
gameday.com says
on August 26, 2005 at 12:54 pm
Fightin’ Katrinas
South Dakota’s Capital, CF
The Barbarian, LF
Cabrera, 3B
Delgado, 1B
Encarnacion, RF
The corpse of Damion Easley, 2B
Evil Gonzalez, SS
Pie Treanor, C
VarGAS, P
Chicago Baseball Club:
Hairston the Lesser, CF
Lawton, LF
MVLee, 1B
Gabby Barrett, C
Garciaperror, 3B
0-4-Jeromy, RF
Neifi; 2B
Ron Ce, SS
Rusch, P
whodathunkit
on August 26, 2005 at 12:57 pm
Of the “coveted” trio of SS…Jeter, Nomar and A-Rod….only Jeter is left playing everyday at SS?
Mark Prior
on August 26, 2005 at 1:05 pm
Holy crap. Have I ALWAYS sounded like such a dope on the radio?
Rick Morrissey
on August 26, 2005 at 1:07 pm
Today’s column might be the worst thing I’ve ever written.
Wayne Messmer
on August 26, 2005 at 1:17 pm
home of the Breeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevvvvvveeeee
Wayne Messmer
on August 26, 2005 at 1:20 pm
Brave
Wayne Messmer
on August 26, 2005 at 1:20 pm
Okay, who messed up my line?
Marlins
on August 26, 2005 at 1:22 pm
Didn’t you guys not suck a couple years ago?
Florida Marlins
on August 26, 2005 at 1:27 pm
Holy shit that was efficient. Two runs in about 90 seconds?
Cubs
on August 26, 2005 at 1:28 pm
HBP
Steal
Double
Grounder to right side
Sac fly
We’d never, ever score two runs like that.
Carrie Muskat
on August 26, 2005 at 1:28 pm
I said that the Cubs would ‘try’ to make up ground on the Marlins. I’ve obviously learned that journalism is the act of perpetuating fraud on your readers.
Crash Davis
on August 26, 2005 at 1:29 pm
Wow – I barely had the Gamecast up and it was 2-0. Glendon, thanks for coming out, but your lightning has officially left the bottle.
Joseph Goebbels
on August 26, 2005 at 1:31 pm
Ms. Muskat,
There is a big difference between journalsim and propaganda. You, Dave Van Dycke, Pat Hughes and Ron Santo are all masters at the latter.
Sieg Heil!
Attenetion people watching or listening:
on August 26, 2005 at 1:31 pm
What the hell are you doing, swinging at a 3-0 pitch? Never do that again!
Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 1:49 pm
Only on a team run by Dusty Baker does Nerfball Perez get the green light on a 3-0 after the pitcher had thrown three straight balls to the previous batter. Inexcusable.
Ron Ce
on August 26, 2005 at 1:50 pm
I’ve got to swing at as many pitches as I can, because I hardly ever play.
And I don’t want Nomar back next year (unless he’s coming back dirt cheap to play left field) I’m just saying he’s the best option at 3rd right now, especially if it gets Cedeno into the lineup.
I Dunno # 80
on August 26, 2005 at 2:03 pm
Either that or methadone. I mean, you can hear a pin drop on the tv.
Jon Leicester, Todd Wellemeyer and Kyle Farsnworth
on August 26, 2005 at 2:03 pm
Why bother, Larry? You couldn’t teach your way out of a box.
Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 2:05 pm
I betcha Dusty thought, for a fleeting moment, of taking Rusch out, but not before flip-flopping Cedeno (the last out) out of the game so his favorite gremlin could lead off the third.
Steve Bartman
on August 26, 2005 at 2:05 pm
You’re welcome, now go back to your Jacksonville trailer and comb the crap out of your mullet. I’m sure you and the other 7 Marlins fans are just a load of fun.
85, I’m kind of glad that I don’t have to listen to Len and Bren.
Are they still trying to get people to believe that the Cubs are in a playoff race or have they reached the moment of clarity we all reached collectively a month ago?
Kyle Farnsworth
on August 26, 2005 at 2:06 pm
Yeah, wait till I blow a save when the Braves need it most, like in the playoffs or something.
They will start in the first week of October when the Cubs season finally ends.
Well #89
on August 26, 2005 at 2:09 pm
I would say “guarded optimism”?…no, I’m sure that they both decided to stay positive because they don’t want the Dusty/Hendry machine to say that they were being undermined from the booth.
Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 2:09 pm
Kyle–
Nobody blows games so spectacularly quite as good as you. Outside of watching the Sux extend their home postseason losing streak to 8 and then 9 games and the Deadbirds falling apart without Rolen, your flaming out and crapping your pants on national TV will rank right up there for my postseason baseball enjoyment. You are a worthless, scum-sucking moran.
Love,
Mike D.
Playoffs
on August 26, 2005 at 2:11 pm
We are what the White Sox have already emerged victorious from.
#95 – I forgot that the players watch the broadcast just like us. But remember, 2004 was the broadcast booth’s fault and 2005 is the anti-Cub website bias. We’re all at fault.
Cubs Fans
on August 26, 2005 at 2:13 pm
Okay, yeah. We booed really loudly. Then WGN cut the crowd mic.
The Cubs
on August 26, 2005 at 2:13 pm
We are absolutely pathetic. What a bunch of no account, excuse making quitters.
And Booing Hawkins
on August 26, 2005 at 2:13 pm
You forgot us, #103.
#97
on August 26, 2005 at 2:14 pm
I was a joke. Read asshats like Kass and Roz, they are already planning the parade route.
Michael Barrett
on August 26, 2005 at 2:14 pm
Maybe it’s because I’m the second-best hitting catcher in the major leagues. Just a thought.
If you’re #2, Mike, I don;t want to see #3. You suck. And Jim Hendry’s been fawning over you for years. We’re stuck with you.
STEVE BARTMAN
on August 26, 2005 at 2:17 pm
I APOLOGIZE MARLIN’S FAN. YOU COME FROM A GROUP OF CLASSY FANS WHOSE TEAM HAS ALREADY WON 2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, MORE THAN MY TEAM HAS WON IN THE PAST 97 SEASONS… A SHARP CONTRAST TO US, THE SLOVENLY, BEER GUZZLING, FAT, BLUE COLLAR LOSER FANS THAT PLAGUE THE MIDWEST.
I’d still rather see Hank White behind the plate. I’ll take a catcher that can call a game over being the second best catcher in MLB. Kind of like being the tallest midget isn’t it?
Jason Vargas
on August 26, 2005 at 2:22 pm
This cannot be William Wallace…I am prettier than this man!
Rally Carp
on August 26, 2005 at 2:22 pm
Since his return to Iowa, Rich Hill’s numbers are: 3-0, 20 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 17 H, 21 Ks, and 2 BBs.
Mrton is hitting .400 (10-25) and has a homer and three ribbies.
A's fan
on August 26, 2005 at 2:22 pm
The Cubs have a boatload of problems and you guys come here to bitch about a catcher who is hitting .289 and will actually take a walk?
You deserve to lose. We’ll take him if you don’t want him.
ESPN Listener
on August 26, 2005 at 2:23 pm
Ahhh… Steve Stone.
Dave B
on August 26, 2005 at 2:24 pm
According to Seabiscuit’s Jockey in today’s Trib, Cub pitchers have a 4.69 with Barrett catching and 3.42 with Hank White.
That’s right Mark, and it’s resulted in your home run total skyrocketing this year.
A's fans
on August 26, 2005 at 2:31 pm
… must think games are played on paper. In-game execution and Barrett sucks. I get sick of hearing how great of a hitting catcher Barrett is. He’s a horrific defensive catcher who shits himself when he has to execute a run-down.
Joe Borowski has yet to give up an earned run with the D-Rays. In two months. Not that the Cubs need bullpen help or anything.
Mark Prior
on August 26, 2005 at 2:32 pm
Yes CT, that and the fact that I’m basically a two, and alot of times one pitch pitcher
Billy Beane
on August 26, 2005 at 2:33 pm
Games are played on paper, now where’s my pocket rocket?
Cardinals Fan
on August 26, 2005 at 2:34 pm
YES WE ARE THE LOWEST FORMS OF LIFE ON EARTH, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE 8 CHAMPIONSHIPS TO OUR CREDIT…..
A's fans
on August 26, 2005 at 2:35 pm
Because clearly, the Cubs formula for winning has been superior to ours.
1 out away
on August 26, 2005 at 2:36 pm
usually means 3 runs will score
Tribune Co.
on August 26, 2005 at 2:36 pm
Hey, we spend lots of cash willie-nillie, so we rule! What are these wins you speak of? I thought we were selling tickets?
Divisional Series
on August 26, 2005 at 2:37 pm
You are right #149, getting into me and losing every other year is still getting into the playoffs.
Glendon Rusch's Mom
on August 26, 2005 at 2:37 pm
I think my son just said “Fuck Me”.
marlins fan
on August 26, 2005 at 2:38 pm
5-0, THANK YOU MR. RUSCH
G-Unit
on August 26, 2005 at 2:39 pm
Wait, when is batting practice again?
Dusty
on August 26, 2005 at 2:40 pm
(waking up from nap)… OK, I guess I’ll go out there now…
A's fans
on August 26, 2005 at 2:40 pm
yes we lose in the divisional pretty frequently, but at least we’ve actually won championships within the past decades…..
ALL CAPITAL LETTERS
on August 26, 2005 at 2:40 pm
BOY, DO I GET OLD.
Itinerary
on August 26, 2005 at 2:41 pm
BP evidently started at 1:20pm CST.
marlins fan
on August 26, 2005 at 2:41 pm
come on alex, finish the cubs off with a double the way you did in game 7 two years ago
Yes #157
on August 26, 2005 at 2:42 pm
If I lived in Oakland that is all I would have to brag about too….ooh, 4 periods….
Colonel Blimp
on August 26, 2005 at 2:43 pm
Today’s lineup should be:
Pierre
Suzuki
Abreu
Thome
Tejada
Rolen
Soriano
Varitek
Zamboni
Mike Lowell
on August 26, 2005 at 2:44 pm
Wy is my remaining testicle posting on Desipio?
A's fans
on August 26, 2005 at 2:45 pm
161#, you’re right. If I lived in Chicago, I could brag about much more. 6 bulls championships! Alot nicer than a world series drought that’s lasted for nearly a century…
T.J. Brown
on August 26, 2005 at 2:45 pm
A Cards fan wrote:
Intrepid Reader: Cardinals Fan
August 26th, 2005 at 2:28 pm
WHEN BARRET CATCHES: CUBS LOSE
WHEN BLANCO CATCHES: CUBS LOSE
WHEN PRIOR PITCHES: CUBS LOSE
WHEN WOOD PITCHES: CUBS LOOSE
WHEN DUSTY MANAGES: CUBS LOOSE
WHEN STEVE BARTMAN ATTENDS: CUBS LOSE
AT EM ALL TOGETHER: MARLINS WIN SERIES 4-3
While Yogi Barrett’s name is misspelled, let’s look at that final line. Now, I know they probably don’t teach the spelling of three-letter words (or mathematics in which you perform the action described by the word you intended to use), but the correct spelling of the verb beginning with “a” that means to create a sum from a group of separate things is a-d-d (much like the disorder you probably have from ingesting too much meth).
No go back to your room. Your cousin is waiting for you.
Cubs Offense
on August 26, 2005 at 2:45 pm
Oh, there’s BP today? We must have skipped that part.
Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 2:47 pm
Speak for yourself, Pat. I DON’T wish that pencil-necked asshole Grant DePorter well.
He’s still in that house? Just shoot the bastard. Sonofabitch fucked up my commute home yesterday.
Sarah Wood, Heather Prior
on August 26, 2005 at 2:50 pm
No. 136, I think when Wood and Prior pitch, the Cubs aren’t loose. But we sure are.
FBI HRT
on August 26, 2005 at 2:50 pm
They should let us talk him out…and by talk I mean send him to the morgue with 2 .45 cal. exit wounds in the back of his skull.
Jim Hendry
on August 26, 2005 at 2:51 pm
Hmm, 169: any of you interested in joining our bullpen?
Cardinals Fan
on August 26, 2005 at 2:51 pm
Mr. Brown, you’re absolultey rigt! we Cardss fans r a bunch of dumasses. we cab’t spel for shid! but one thinfg we can do is vin a NLSC! another thing we can do is win divissions on a yearly bassis!
In short, we are stupid winners, something I’d pick that over 80 losing seasons anyday.
#173 exactly, expending one bullet is a hell of a lot cheaper than wasting tax money on tear gas and a standoff. Especially since there aren’t any hostages. And he shot the dog.
Make him watch the WGN feed and maybe he’ll just off himself for free.
T.J. Brown
on August 26, 2005 at 2:54 pm
Funny, Cards fan, but I don’t recall you playing a big part in any of those seasons. I don’t quite remember what I had to do with the Cubs’ success in any season either.
But I guess that separates me from you. I measure my successes and failures by events which I can control and actively participate in.
#175
on August 26, 2005 at 2:55 pm
And how exactly does your performance on the field ensure the team winning?
Dennis Farina
on August 26, 2005 at 2:55 pm
New morans, why don’t youse guys start ragging on the White Sox? That’s all the regular morans do around here anymore anyways, you can all work as one team and everybody’s happy.
Chip Caray
on August 26, 2005 at 2:57 pm
Hi, Braves Nation! Chipper here with my dad Skip, Don Sutton and his son Daron up here in Milwaukee! Honesty compels me to say Wisconsin produces the greatest beverage on earth: Milk! Yes, I don’t support those heathenous breweries, but I sure like my milk. But kids, don’t gamble with a Major League pitcher that you can down a gallon in an hour.
I must say that after the game between the Brav-os and the Brewers (of near Beer I hope), I have to serve my country by travelling to Villa Park and speaking non-stop in front of a home. They need to get a guy out of there.
Dusty
on August 26, 2005 at 2:58 pm
Man I just love that pitch out thing.
Juan Pierre
on August 26, 2005 at 2:58 pm
Thanks Dusty! Now I steal on the next pitch. You sure are helpful.
#176
on August 26, 2005 at 3:00 pm
Sorry, I live out of state and haven’t been following it. He shot the dog??? Man, just waste him already. Nothing like spending all the tax dollars to sit there and baby sit psycho for 24 hours plus.
No need to steal 2nd Juan, Wuertz will get you there himself!
Jeff Conine
on August 26, 2005 at 3:00 pm
Oh, and thanks for that extra ball. I mean, for the walk, of course. (please keep Lowell away from me).
Miggy C
on August 26, 2005 at 3:02 pm
You could learn how to hit better on the short bus than in the Cubs Clubhouse, I guess.
Joe Borowski
on August 26, 2005 at 3:03 pm
You guys kept Wuertz instead of me?
No wonder you suck so badly.
Gas on the Fire
on August 26, 2005 at 3:03 pm
No, please don’t put in Scott Williamson.
Cardinals Fan
on August 26, 2005 at 3:04 pm
Ok, perhaps I should start talking intelligently. But I can’t! I’ll get dumber as I keep talking because I’m a dumbass! Watch this! everything i say will just get dumber!
“No it’s not loose, it’s lose. And yes, it’s add, not “at.” Bottom line, we cardinals lovers are some of the classiest fans in the major leagues. We have several championships to our credit, but we piously accept that it was our players that won those championships, not us. This league is very competitive and the fact that one particular team can’t win one single championship in a century is no reflection on the team or their fans. In facct, the Cub’s are one of the best teams in the majot Leaguues. Thev r gona win 6 str8t championships, yeth they vill! they gona be breasking the curth of de billy goat taven and are gona becom the bess team in bathball!!! yes theyy will!!! cubs wi! cubas winn!! cubs winn!
Sigh
on August 26, 2005 at 3:04 pm
#190. Just…..sigh.
Cardinals Fan
on August 26, 2005 at 3:05 pm
oh, its 7-0 marlins. who knew?
Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 3:05 pm
Great Lee Smith’s going to join the WGN-AM Propaganda Machine.
Will they have an interpreter? Where’s Barbara Billingsley when you need her?
“Bottom line, we cardinals lovers are some of the classiest fans in the major leagues.”
And this is why you’re sepnding your time heckling on a Cubs website? Makes sense to me.
Lee Smith
on August 26, 2005 at 3:08 pm
oh, I’m here to sing? I brought my glove for nothing dudes.
Overrated
on August 26, 2005 at 3:08 pm
Saves are me.
If you didn’t gag against Steve Garvey, you could have had 4 saves and you’d be forever embraced.
Dusty
on August 26, 2005 at 3:08 pm
Is that really a rookie out there? I didn’t know they were allowed to play!
Cubs
on August 26, 2005 at 3:08 pm
We’re retiring Ryno’s number just in time to stop the swell of public negativity surrounding this team.
Hooray! Go Cubs! Weeeeee!
The Cubs
on August 26, 2005 at 3:09 pm
We should be retired along with #23 on Sunday.
Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 3:09 pm
Good point #200.
However, if ever there was an appropriate time for Ryno’s “Play the Game Right” speech, it’d be Sunday.
#202
on August 26, 2005 at 3:10 pm
Somehow I doubt these morans, from the manager on down, would understand what he said.
Chicago Scoreboard
on August 26, 2005 at 3:10 pm
(flush) What? oh crap. I’ll be right there.
Where’s that “one” at…
Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 3:11 pm
I get infuriated when I hear Pat being enthusiastic about such an insignificant run. He was doing the same thing during Tuesday’s victory. I like Pat, but his unquestioning ability to strap on the knee pads and act as the propaganda machine cheerleader is a disservice to all intelligent fans out there.
How does a pinch hitter strike out looking with the bases loaded?!?
Mark Wiley
on August 26, 2005 at 3:16 pm
And I’ll help me guy out. See? He just struck out Hollandsworth.
Unlike you, Rothschild, who visited Williamson on the mound Sunday in Denver when he was trying to keep the game close. Two pitches after your overrated ass went back into hiding, WIlliamson served up a 3-run dong to George Rock and put the game on the reach, so shut the fuck up you worthless hack.
JHJ
on August 26, 2005 at 3:17 pm
Corey who?
Jerry The Greater (formerly The Lesser)
on August 26, 2005 at 3:18 pm
Respect, bitches!
Larry Rothschild
on August 26, 2005 at 3:18 pm
You were saying, Mark?
Mark Wiley
on August 26, 2005 at 3:18 pm
Well I can’t go out there after EVERY batter.
Jack McKeon
on August 26, 2005 at 3:19 pm
Yeah, nice job Wiley. Go get me another stick of gum.
Wrigley Fans
on August 26, 2005 at 3:19 pm
We’re going crazy! We just don’t care that this team is well under .500! We’ll cheer for anything!
And you probably need to grab another hotdog to go with that beer.
WGN Listener
on August 26, 2005 at 3:23 pm
Did Santo just say, “And this all happened after two outs?”
God is he horrible.
D Lee
on August 26, 2005 at 3:23 pm
Hey, that pitch was close. I had to take it.
Marlins Pitchers
on August 26, 2005 at 3:23 pm
Strike. Three. Called.
Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 3:24 pm
Serves those fans right to stand up for that at-bat.
They’re out of it.
They’re still down by two runs.
Oh, and they paud for their seats. Can’t you make noise without obligating everyone behind you to stand?
How embarassing. Half of the people who go to games nowadays should live in L.A., if they’re that self-important.
aaahh the 5 run inning…
Do yourember when I was the starter of may of these back in 03?
that was the year everyone was happy because K Patt spent most of the season in the DL.
Miss me yet?
Yes, Kenny. I miss you. Well, for one, you are a ball to have around. (hi, lowell, what’s up?). Next, a year without Korey is a year with a real playoff run.
Kenny, why did you have to get in the Gladiator’s ass after Game 7 of the NLCS? If you didn’t call him out for his selfish play, you probably would still be here. Isn’t that right Doughnut Jim?
Hey, Morph, what do ya know? Burnie walked! Course the last pitch was about four and a half feet up.
I would have assuredly guessed zero. Ya know Neifi won’t walk.
Carlos Zambrano
on August 26, 2005 at 3:37 pm
I could have keeled him for you, Keenny
Standing Fan
on August 26, 2005 at 3:37 pm
Any good fan, unless physically unable, should stand for an entire game. It’s what makes student sections effective in college sports – I have no reason to see why it wouldn’t in professional sports. That’s why I stand every chance I get. It’s not self-importance Mike D. – if you can’t be bothered to get off your ass to support your team, that’s self-importance.
Neifi
on August 26, 2005 at 3:38 pm
What’s this walk thing? Dusty never mentioned anything about that.
If I have to support the crap that’s assembled at this ballpark, I’d rather sit.
Dusty Baker
on August 26, 2005 at 3:43 pm
Damn, I wish Lenny Harris was in our on deck circle.
Dusty
on August 26, 2005 at 3:43 pm
See, I is smart. I double switch all d time. Who dey call geeneeus now?
Todd Walker
on August 26, 2005 at 3:44 pm
I should have started anyway.
Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 3:45 pm
#246
It ain’t about being lazy. It’s about watching the game and cheering the results.
Plus, it’s baseball. Why do you think Sammy Sosa never hit a granny at Wrigley? Because every Tom, Dick and Chucklehead would stand and drool and cheer when he’d come up in that situation, putting more pressure on him to do so. He’d squeeze the dust out of the bat and promptly make an out.
And besides, it’s just rude. I’m not lazy or disabled. But do you check every time you stand your obnoxious ass up to see if the person behind you is crippled? I doubt it.
You pay for a seat. If you want to stand, save some money and get SRO. In the meantime, thanks for your impassioned defense of the decline of western civilization.
Yes, I did say that even if Aramis comes back in mid-September and we are out of it, he can always pad his statistics. Well, that’s what I meant to say. Okay, I’m no Chip Caray. But then Chip ain’t no Len Johnson.
Wow Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 3:48 pm
Talk about overreacting. “Decline of western civilization”? That’s reaching man.
Wow Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 3:49 pm
I mean cell phones are worse than that stuff, dude.
El Pulpo
on August 26, 2005 at 3:50 pm
How we miss ye.
King Ad-Rock
on August 26, 2005 at 3:50 pm
I prefer to stand.
Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 3:50 pm
Everyone’s allowed a couple of things that they can obsessively freak out about. Mine happens to be standing up during play. Please pardon my insanity.
Yes, well said
on August 26, 2005 at 3:50 pm
Some 30-yo screaming about “nowadays” and referring to standing at a baseball game as the “decline of western civilization.”
Len Johnson
on August 26, 2005 at 3:50 pm
And I’m no Joe West.
Alf
on August 26, 2005 at 3:51 pm
I think Alfonseca eats cats too. And lot’s of those Wrigley dogs as well.
Damion Easly
on August 26, 2005 at 3:52 pm
Well, that was “easly”. Har har har, thanks for that one Chip.
I’d prefer to shoot the morans that still wave at the camera while on their cell-phones.
That, and they get better seats than I do.
Cell Phones
on August 26, 2005 at 3:54 pm
We are overused everywhere Mike, not just Wrigley.
Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 3:54 pm
You’re right, #273.
But they DO seem more in use at Clark & Addison.
Hidden Flask
on August 26, 2005 at 3:55 pm
I am what makes student sections so effective, not standing!
Well Mike D.
on August 26, 2005 at 3:56 pm
Probably because you are a fan of the team that plays there, hence you care more and pay more attention.
Standing Fan
on August 26, 2005 at 3:56 pm
Mike – first, I am considerate, personally. Tom, Dick and Chucklehead may not be, but that’s not my problem. They should be. And sure, you pay for the seat, but I don’t see why that means you have to use it for 26/27 outs (it is tradition to stand for the last out). Be a fan, cheer, stand – that’s part of the experience.
Maybe it was just the pressure of having the bags full that got to Sosa. To blame him not hitting a granny on the Wrigley fans is ridiculous. It’s like Dusty blaming the Internet for his managerial incompetence.
Now, if ol’ “6-fingers” as my Grandpa referred to Alfonseca can give up a 2-run bomb here… I’ll stand in my cube. :-)
Ronnie Cedeno
on August 26, 2005 at 3:56 pm
Notice how I’m faster than any else in the organization and batted .355 in des moines and i have to beg to promoted? By the way, Murton says hello and thinks he’s trade bait.
The cell phone thing is annoying to see when watching the game on t.v., but I don’t really notice it as much when I’m at the park. I guess I tune it out and focus on the action on the field.
Its just as annoying on the El.
Jack Daniels
on August 26, 2005 at 3:58 pm
Hidden flasks are particularly effective with me inside… But if you’re poor, Wild Turkey will do.
The ESPN team seems baffled that Alfonseca can’t throw strikes. They should know better. Well, Stoney is letting the other two speak like fools about it.
The lineup does look better with two patient hitters, JHJ and Lawton, up before D-Lee gets his hacks. That’s the gameplan they should have been adhering to for the whole season. Not the K-Pat in the one and the free swinging Neifi in the two.
But that horse is so dead, the one in the bed on The Godfather looked better.
Well 1060west
on August 26, 2005 at 3:58 pm
I have been dirctly behind or in front of people carrying on loud conversations, and gesturing with their hands while they talk and it is damn annoying.
$100 million looks like
on August 26, 2005 at 4:11 pm
Hairston
Lee
Barrett
Macias
Burnitz
Neifi
Cedeno
Walker
Rusch
Wuertz
Williamson
Ohman
Novoa
Tribune Co.
on August 26, 2005 at 4:15 pm
Please don’t forget to get a T-Shirt on the way out.
What the Hell did he say
on August 26, 2005 at 4:16 pm
They are trying to complete their comeback?
Ronnie
on August 26, 2005 at 4:26 pm
woo woo the cubs might lose woo woo
but there’s a lot of people that blow woo woo
those include woo woo
in no particular order woo woo
vargas, the guy in the house, angelo and benson woo woo
and to fans woo woo
namely from the A’s, cards and marlins woo woo
let me tell you something woo woo
you also blow woo woo
big time woo woo
I’ll say goodbye now woo woo
but first the last 3 nominees woo woo
of the blowman du jour woo woo
and they are woo woo
in no particular order woo woo
el pulpo, damion easily and the standing and sitting fans that don’t boo woo woo
bozos72
on August 26, 2005 at 4:26 pm
Nice dig at Chuck, too, Mike D, in 255…
Punctuation
on August 26, 2005 at 4:41 pm
Nice use, of me, bozos72, in 307, well done…
bill of goods
on August 26, 2005 at 5:13 pm
Jim Hendry was sold to you as one of me.
Jim Hendry
on August 26, 2005 at 5:19 pm
Whoa, be patient, nothing is wrong with this team. They are playing mighty hard, too hard in fact. You know what happens when you play too hard. Sometimes it will look like you aren’t trying, or that you don’t care, that’s not the case here though. I have madd respect for the entire team for trying too hard, it means they care. Excuses? We haven’t made any excuses for anything, we’re just trying too hard, like I said, plus sometimes it’s been too hot out, and Kerry and the boys have been hurt, stuff like that that gets in the way of trying the exact right amount not to be trying too hard, but none of this is an excuse for why we are trying too hard, for you, the fan comma who doesn’t appreciate us comma and boos us when we try to hard for you period it hurts our feelings and that’s another reason we are trying too hard comma your faults.
WORRY NOT! I will continue to build this team around players with who have had past reputations of having success at the big league level, regardless of age or salary. I build based on gut decisions and whether or not the guys we are bringing in are “good guys” and whether or not they have a marketable smile and media skills. We’ll bring in someone who can hit us some more homeruns next year, MAJOR EXCITEMENT! Bye for now.
Pat Hughes
on August 26, 2005 at 5:35 pm
Ronnie, I see where anyone trying to do their job or make the best of a bad season continues to embarrass the hell out of Mike D.
Take a look at the goof throwing for Florida today.
Hey, this thing’s up quicker than our playoff chances were. Working the early shift today, huh Andy?
I think Andy just put it up so he could get on with his day.
goof? ha
you can only wish someone in your staff had a 2.43 ERA.
Um yeah Jason, that’s nice, we’ll see you second time around buddy.
We play tonight, it’s just too bad we also suck and have no hope for post-season play.
Nomar playing 3B today.
Hairston leading off, Lawton batting second.
Ugh.
That’s actually not bad, Dave.
[img] http://www.dougmacaulay.com/kingspud/photos/vschia_1.jpg [/img]
Are you in my class?
Aww crap. How the hell do you post photos anyway?
1. Hairston CF
2. Walker 2B
3. Lee 1B
4. Burnitz RF
5. Barrett C
6. Perez 3B
7. Macias LF
8. Cedeno SS
9. Rusch P
Wow that was fun!!
1. Jerry the Lesser CF
2. Lawton LF
3. MVLee 1B
4. Burn-itz RF
5. Walker 2B
6. Neifi (no exclamation) SS
7. Barrett C
8. Macias 3B
9. Rusch P
If I were Dusty…
1. Lawton LF
2. Cedeno SS
3. MVLee 1B
4. Barrett C
5. Walker 2B
6. Burnitz RF
7. Neifi (no exclamation) 3B
8. Jerry the Lesser CF
9. Rusch P
I’ve got great hair. Just ask South Florida Sun-Sentinel sports columnist Mike Berardino. He spent TWO PAGES talking about it:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/baseball/marlins/sfl-mikeb26.1aug26,0,5542059.column?coll=sfla-sports-marlins
If I had any balls I would just shut the door on this Benson fiasco.
I would start taking dollars off the table effective today.
Enough of this “pressure” to sign him, for example, the “For Sale” sign on his house.
I would just say:
Look kid, you won’t sign?….OK….try stopping all of this year and entering next year’s draft AGAIN, new combines and AGAIN questions about your character, your commitment, comments about you being the new Ricky Williams bla bla bla……If you cried this year, you’ll cry some more next year. We’ll go with Thomas Jones, you were a mistake, we won’t make another mistake getting you signed, we are ready to move on.
I don’t mind trying Nomar at 3B as much as I do having Hairston leading off. In fact, if Nomar is healthy enough for the remainder of the season, I wouldn’t mind seeing him at 2B a few times. A lot of the media is writing him out of Chicago for next year, but I don’t see what other option he has other than to return for a smaller base salary and incentives.
You want me back? Awesome! I can’t wait to come back and prove I can stay healthy. I love $$$, and not having to do anything for it. My back, wrist, groin, and achilles all say I’m ready to go!
Stuff the Phillies and the Tribe, lads. You should come support our unique brand of exciting Welsh baseball played with cricket bats.
Hey Kid, you don’t want the 17M guaranted? no problem….
what could be done with that money would be:
1. Money back (1 game for free) to all season ticket holders. We know the sacrifice you’ve made, there’s a big possibility will stink again this year, so you deserve something back.
2. A bonus to be determined for every player that makes the roster (or their charities)…courtesy of the kid. Happy players play better, nobody would miss the kid.
3. I heard the Eagles don’t have a running back, how ’bout the kids rigths for TO?
The funny thing is, if you don’t sign and go back into the draft, you’ll probably be pushed so far back because of character issues, you won’t make nearly the same amount you would have made.
I don’t care I want respect, clearly I have earned that at the highest level. Gimme my $$$. Oh yeah, ask my minor league coaches and teammates about my charachter…nice pick Jerry, once again you have outdone yourself.
I don’t spell all that well, either.
As soon as Benson enters the field (someday), he’ll get the “La Troy Treatment”.
All I need is a chance, looks like I won’t make the Denver team.
He deserves it. That shit don’t fly with Bears fans. We don’t put up with that trash. Fuck him.
We are stupid. We blame Cedric Benson for our entire organization’s lack of knowledge in “football team building 101”.
That is also true, our ownership and front office are a laughingstock. Angelo should take more of the blame because he picked the idiot, along with a few other busts. He isn’t going anywhere though. At least not any time soon. He’s just dumb enough to be kept around for even longer.
Click on my link. Dusty Baker should feel a little better now.
Dusty’s baffling lineup for today’s game:
Jerry The Lessor-2B
Matt Lawton-LF
Derrick Lee-1B
Jeremy Burnitz-RF
Neifi Perez-SS
Jose Macias-3B
KPatt-CF
Henry Blanco-C
This lineup just explains how fucking stupid and ignorant Dusty can be. This isn’t a joke either. He is that fucking much of a bitch to send out such of a horrid lineup just for spite. I got this to say to you Ducty-FUCK OFF YOU STUBBORN PIECE OF SHIT.
What the lineup should be:
Jerry The Lessor-CF
Walker-2B
Lee-1B
Burnitz-RF
Nomar-SS
Perez-3B
Barrett-C
Lawton-LF
Now if that is not as close as you can get to Dusty’s righty-lefty fucked up the ass kind of theory, I don’t know what else one can do.
FDF=Fuck Dusty Forever
Baker Basher
You idiot, I thought maybe you could get through a post without your trademark creepy sexual reference.
“Now if that is not as close as you can get to Dusty’s righty-lefty fucked up the ass kind of theory, I don’t know what else one can do.”
but no.
Baker Basher has my hat trick.
Try to be gratefull for the sunshine and bikini tops. You will have nothing else to be happy about for the next year and a half.
This may be one of the lowest things anyone could do, but if enough people start yelling at the game that I suck, my daddy might cry and then quit as manager.
Shaddup ya little homo.
Shaddup ya little homo.
Fightin’ Katrinas
South Dakota’s Capital, CF
The Barbarian, LF
Cabrera, 3B
Delgado, 1B
Encarnacion, RF
The corpse of Damion Easley, 2B
Evil Gonzalez, SS
Pie Treanor, C
VarGAS, P
Chicago Baseball Club:
Hairston the Lesser, CF
Lawton, LF
MVLee, 1B
Gabby Barrett, C
Garciaperror, 3B
0-4-Jeromy, RF
Neifi; 2B
Ron Ce, SS
Rusch, P
Of the “coveted” trio of SS…Jeter, Nomar and A-Rod….only Jeter is left playing everyday at SS?
Holy crap. Have I ALWAYS sounded like such a dope on the radio?
Today’s column might be the worst thing I’ve ever written.
home of the Breeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevvvvvveeeee
Brave
Okay, who messed up my line?
Didn’t you guys not suck a couple years ago?
Holy shit that was efficient. Two runs in about 90 seconds?
HBP
Steal
Double
Grounder to right side
Sac fly
We’d never, ever score two runs like that.
I said that the Cubs would ‘try’ to make up ground on the Marlins. I’ve obviously learned that journalism is the act of perpetuating fraud on your readers.
Wow – I barely had the Gamecast up and it was 2-0. Glendon, thanks for coming out, but your lightning has officially left the bottle.
Ms. Muskat,
There is a big difference between journalsim and propaganda. You, Dave Van Dycke, Pat Hughes and Ron Santo are all masters at the latter.
Sieg Heil!
Are they booing yet?
At least on Hairston’s popup?
Apparently Baker Basher can’t read me.
They are not.
Cubs runs for the day set at 1.5
Holy shit I’m a bigger fraud than Dusty Baker and Larry Rothschild.
My OBP is .269.
Two freaking sixty nine!
#50 – fuck you up the chocolate-filled ass… forever
YAY! Go us! Finishing the season with pride! YAY! Excuses! YAY!
So Rusch has pitched two innings and given up 2 runs, but still thrown fewer pitches than Prior does in a 1-2-3 inning?
Not to make excuses but (insert excuse here)…blah, blah, blah…we are all terrible assholes.
A no hitter would be kinda cool. This is like being in the minors all over again!
Sounds like Boers and Bernstien will be switching to afternoons in the very-near future.
I am the Cubs’ record since they acquired Matt Lawton.
Woof.
Wow… did Neifi just swing at a 3-0 pitch?
What the hell are you doing, swinging at a 3-0 pitch? Never do that again!
Only on a team run by Dusty Baker does Nerfball Perez get the green light on a 3-0 after the pitcher had thrown three straight balls to the previous batter. Inexcusable.
I’ve got to swing at as many pitches as I can, because I hardly ever play.
Mike, you gotta give a crafty veteran like Neifi the green light.
This is where many of us are taught to never swing at a 3-0 pitch. If we do, we are usually pulled from the game for being so stupid.
This is where many of us are taught to never swing at a 3-0 pitch. If we do, we are usually pulled from the game for being so stupid.
Only gladiators who earn the right, should swing 3-0, buddies.
I am really bad, I need to just go DH somewhere and pray I can stay somewhat healthy. Remember when I was a “first ballot hall of famer” ? Yeah.
Hit submit twice – stupid – pulling myself from the game now…
Crom gives me the power to yield my mighty sword.
Yeah, cause our regular 3rd baseman never made any errors.
Are sitting on our hands right now. No heckling, no booing, just more trips to the concession stand. We are obviously happy with the state of things.
Two Words:
Short Bus
Yes, but he can hit.
Crap. We’re going to be busy again today.
Defend me, I wanna come back next year and prove to all of you what a shell of my former self I have become. Thanks for the $ retards.
why is it that we always seem to win games at wrigley field?
Nomar since returning from the DL: .348/.400/.543…I’d rather have Nomar playing 3rd today than the Gremlin.
Was today’s give away sedatives?
Hey, Dusty, should I go out to the mound and settle him down yet? Sir?
ZZZZZZZ… ZZZZZZ… ZZZZZZZZZ…
this is our home away from home. THANK YOU STEVE BARTMAN!!
And I don’t want Nomar back next year (unless he’s coming back dirt cheap to play left field) I’m just saying he’s the best option at 3rd right now, especially if it gets Cedeno into the lineup.
Either that or methadone. I mean, you can hear a pin drop on the tv.
Why bother, Larry? You couldn’t teach your way out of a box.
I betcha Dusty thought, for a fleeting moment, of taking Rusch out, but not before flip-flopping Cedeno (the last out) out of the game so his favorite gremlin could lead off the third.
You’re welcome, now go back to your Jacksonville trailer and comb the crap out of your mullet. I’m sure you and the other 7 Marlins fans are just a load of fun.
85, I’m kind of glad that I don’t have to listen to Len and Bren.
Are they still trying to get people to believe that the Cubs are in a playoff race or have they reached the moment of clarity we all reached collectively a month ago?
Yeah, wait till I blow a save when the Braves need it most, like in the playoffs or something.
And what’s the deal with that photo of Vargas on the gamecast? Absolutely horrifying.
What are these playoffs you’re talking about?
remember me? I could’ve done this and maybe gained some experience for next year… oh wait, they’re in the WC race. Nevermind.
They will start in the first week of October when the Cubs season finally ends.
I would say “guarded optimism”?…no, I’m sure that they both decided to stay positive because they don’t want the Dusty/Hendry machine to say that they were being undermined from the booth.
Kyle–
Nobody blows games so spectacularly quite as good as you. Outside of watching the Sux extend their home postseason losing streak to 8 and then 9 games and the Deadbirds falling apart without Rolen, your flaming out and crapping your pants on national TV will rank right up there for my postseason baseball enjoyment. You are a worthless, scum-sucking moran.
Love,
Mike D.
We are what the White Sox have already emerged victorious from.
Where’s the Meat Tray anyway? He owns the Marlins.
Bases loaded, 1 out…you know what that means.
You’re a dumbass #97, if you don’t realize that the last postseason you emerged victorious from is me.
They’re BOOING!
Why do people think I’m so good? I’m an overrated spazz.
#95 – I forgot that the players watch the broadcast just like us. But remember, 2004 was the broadcast booth’s fault and 2005 is the anti-Cub website bias. We’re all at fault.
Okay, yeah. We booed really loudly. Then WGN cut the crowd mic.
We are absolutely pathetic. What a bunch of no account, excuse making quitters.
You forgot us, #103.
I was a joke. Read asshats like Kass and Roz, they are already planning the parade route.
Maybe it’s because I’m the second-best hitting catcher in the major leagues. Just a thought.
That booing wasn’t loud enough.
Time to walk out.
Trying TOO hard since october 2003.
0 2 0 0
Patterson will NEVER, EVER, have a line like that.
Just out of curiosity and I know I could look it up but what’s Barrett’s BA with runners in scoring position?
I am the anti clutch hitter, and dumb as a bag of hammers.
Dude I am here to stay.
Hey it’s Chuck, I figured he was at the game today.
If you’re #2, Mike, I don;t want to see #3. You suck. And Jim Hendry’s been fawning over you for years. We’re stuck with you.
I APOLOGIZE MARLIN’S FAN. YOU COME FROM A GROUP OF CLASSY FANS WHOSE TEAM HAS ALREADY WON 2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, MORE THAN MY TEAM HAS WON IN THE PAST 97 SEASONS… A SHARP CONTRAST TO US, THE SLOVENLY, BEER GUZZLING, FAT, BLUE COLLAR LOSER FANS THAT PLAGUE THE MIDWEST.
Late lunch.
I’d tell you what my BA with RISP is, if that stat meant anything.
Barrett with RISP: .326/.390/.562
Go look up the numbers, Chuck. I have an .857 OPS, second only to Varitek.
I believe you, mike. I still don’t want to see #3 and you still suck.
I can pitch. I can hit. And I’m a really pretty pansy too!
So classy, we forget to ever show up at games.
I’d still rather see Hank White behind the plate. I’ll take a catcher that can call a game over being the second best catcher in MLB. Kind of like being the tallest midget isn’t it?
This cannot be William Wallace…I am prettier than this man!
Since his return to Iowa, Rich Hill’s numbers are: 3-0, 20 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 17 H, 21 Ks, and 2 BBs.
Mrton is hitting .400 (10-25) and has a homer and three ribbies.
The Cubs have a boatload of problems and you guys come here to bitch about a catcher who is hitting .289 and will actually take a walk?
You deserve to lose. We’ll take him if you don’t want him.
Ahhh… Steve Stone.
According to Seabiscuit’s Jockey in today’s Trib, Cub pitchers have a 4.69 with Barrett catching and 3.42 with Hank White.
Why am I here?
Pitcher’s ERA when Barrett catches: 4.69
When Blanco catches: 3.42
Mike only walks where there’s no pressure on (bases empty or the like). When there’s an RBI chance, he swings like Korey Lite.
Well, Mike does catch Rusch. Blanco gets Prior.
But, why does Prior refuse to lett Barrett catch, hmm???
Every time I come up with the bases loaded, I either strikeout on 3 pitches, or pop up weakly.
WHEN BARRET CATCHES: CUBS LOSE
WHEN BLANCO CATCHES: CUBS LOSE
WHEN PRIOR PITCHES: CUBS LOSE
WHEN WOOD PITCHES: CUBS LOOSE
WHEN DUSTY MANAGES: CUBS LOOSE
WHEN STEVE BARTMAN ATTENDS: CUBS LOSE
AT EM ALL TOGETHER: MARLINS WIN SERIES 4-3
Neifi 2-2
Rusch 1-1
Rest of team 0-0
When all our players drop dead – CARDS LOSE!!!
Because with Hank behind the dish, I don’t have to think at all. He puts down the sign, I throw the pitch.
Actually, when Barrett comes up with the bases loaded he hits .364.
Shut up #136, you Moran.
We are the lowest form of life on earth.
That’s right Mark, and it’s resulted in your home run total skyrocketing this year.
… must think games are played on paper. In-game execution and Barrett sucks. I get sick of hearing how great of a hitting catcher Barrett is. He’s a horrific defensive catcher who shits himself when he has to execute a run-down.
Joe Borowski has yet to give up an earned run with the D-Rays. In two months. Not that the Cubs need bullpen help or anything.
Yes CT, that and the fact that I’m basically a two, and alot of times one pitch pitcher
Games are played on paper, now where’s my pocket rocket?
YES WE ARE THE LOWEST FORMS OF LIFE ON EARTH, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE 8 CHAMPIONSHIPS TO OUR CREDIT…..
Because clearly, the Cubs formula for winning has been superior to ours.
usually means 3 runs will score
Hey, we spend lots of cash willie-nillie, so we rule! What are these wins you speak of? I thought we were selling tickets?
You are right #149, getting into me and losing every other year is still getting into the playoffs.
I think my son just said “Fuck Me”.
5-0, THANK YOU MR. RUSCH
Wait, when is batting practice again?
(waking up from nap)… OK, I guess I’ll go out there now…
yes we lose in the divisional pretty frequently, but at least we’ve actually won championships within the past decades…..
BOY, DO I GET OLD.
BP evidently started at 1:20pm CST.
come on alex, finish the cubs off with a double the way you did in game 7 two years ago
If I lived in Oakland that is all I would have to brag about too….ooh, 4 periods….
Today’s lineup should be:
Pierre
Suzuki
Abreu
Thome
Tejada
Rolen
Soriano
Varitek
Zamboni
Wy is my remaining testicle posting on Desipio?
161#, you’re right. If I lived in Chicago, I could brag about much more. 6 bulls championships! Alot nicer than a world series drought that’s lasted for nearly a century…
A Cards fan wrote:
Intrepid Reader: Cardinals Fan
August 26th, 2005 at 2:28 pm
WHEN BARRET CATCHES: CUBS LOSE
WHEN BLANCO CATCHES: CUBS LOSE
WHEN PRIOR PITCHES: CUBS LOSE
WHEN WOOD PITCHES: CUBS LOOSE
WHEN DUSTY MANAGES: CUBS LOOSE
WHEN STEVE BARTMAN ATTENDS: CUBS LOSE
AT EM ALL TOGETHER: MARLINS WIN SERIES 4-3
While Yogi Barrett’s name is misspelled, let’s look at that final line. Now, I know they probably don’t teach the spelling of three-letter words (or mathematics in which you perform the action described by the word you intended to use), but the correct spelling of the verb beginning with “a” that means to create a sum from a group of separate things is a-d-d (much like the disorder you probably have from ingesting too much meth).
No go back to your room. Your cousin is waiting for you.
Oh, there’s BP today? We must have skipped that part.
Speak for yourself, Pat. I DON’T wish that pencil-necked asshole Grant DePorter well.
I saw a shirt outside Wrigley Wednesday that said Cardinals fans take it in their Pujols. Is that true?
We’re doing just as well getting our guy out as the Cubs seem to be.
Is that freak still holed up?
He’s still in that house? Just shoot the bastard. Sonofabitch fucked up my commute home yesterday.
No. 136, I think when Wood and Prior pitch, the Cubs aren’t loose. But we sure are.
They should let us talk him out…and by talk I mean send him to the morgue with 2 .45 cal. exit wounds in the back of his skull.
Hmm, 169: any of you interested in joining our bullpen?
Mr. Brown, you’re absolultey rigt! we Cardss fans r a bunch of dumasses. we cab’t spel for shid! but one thinfg we can do is vin a NLSC! another thing we can do is win divissions on a yearly bassis!
In short, we are stupid winners, something I’d pick that over 80 losing seasons anyday.
example: johnny damon
#173 exactly, expending one bullet is a hell of a lot cheaper than wasting tax money on tear gas and a standoff. Especially since there aren’t any hostages. And he shot the dog.
Make him watch the WGN feed and maybe he’ll just off himself for free.
Funny, Cards fan, but I don’t recall you playing a big part in any of those seasons. I don’t quite remember what I had to do with the Cubs’ success in any season either.
But I guess that separates me from you. I measure my successes and failures by events which I can control and actively participate in.
And how exactly does your performance on the field ensure the team winning?
New morans, why don’t youse guys start ragging on the White Sox? That’s all the regular morans do around here anymore anyways, you can all work as one team and everybody’s happy.
Hi, Braves Nation! Chipper here with my dad Skip, Don Sutton and his son Daron up here in Milwaukee! Honesty compels me to say Wisconsin produces the greatest beverage on earth: Milk! Yes, I don’t support those heathenous breweries, but I sure like my milk. But kids, don’t gamble with a Major League pitcher that you can down a gallon in an hour.
I must say that after the game between the Brav-os and the Brewers (of near Beer I hope), I have to serve my country by travelling to Villa Park and speaking non-stop in front of a home. They need to get a guy out of there.
Man I just love that pitch out thing.
Thanks Dusty! Now I steal on the next pitch. You sure are helpful.
Sorry, I live out of state and haven’t been following it. He shot the dog??? Man, just waste him already. Nothing like spending all the tax dollars to sit there and baby sit psycho for 24 hours plus.
No need to steal 2nd Juan, Wuertz will get you there himself!
Oh, and thanks for that extra ball. I mean, for the walk, of course. (please keep Lowell away from me).
You could learn how to hit better on the short bus than in the Cubs Clubhouse, I guess.
You guys kept Wuertz instead of me?
No wonder you suck so badly.
No, please don’t put in Scott Williamson.
Ok, perhaps I should start talking intelligently. But I can’t! I’ll get dumber as I keep talking because I’m a dumbass! Watch this! everything i say will just get dumber!
“No it’s not loose, it’s lose. And yes, it’s add, not “at.” Bottom line, we cardinals lovers are some of the classiest fans in the major leagues. We have several championships to our credit, but we piously accept that it was our players that won those championships, not us. This league is very competitive and the fact that one particular team can’t win one single championship in a century is no reflection on the team or their fans. In facct, the Cub’s are one of the best teams in the majot Leaguues. Thev r gona win 6 str8t championships, yeth they vill! they gona be breasking the curth of de billy goat taven and are gona becom the bess team in bathball!!! yes theyy will!!! cubs wi! cubas winn!! cubs winn!
#190. Just…..sigh.
oh, its 7-0 marlins. who knew?
Great Lee Smith’s going to join the WGN-AM Propaganda Machine.
Will they have an interpreter? Where’s Barbara Billingsley when you need her?
Speaks for itself.
He’s right, Cardinals fans are the classiest.
“Bottom line, we cardinals lovers are some of the classiest fans in the major leagues.”
And this is why you’re sepnding your time heckling on a Cubs website? Makes sense to me.
oh, I’m here to sing? I brought my glove for nothing dudes.
Saves are me.
If you didn’t gag against Steve Garvey, you could have had 4 saves and you’d be forever embraced.
Is that really a rookie out there? I didn’t know they were allowed to play!
We’re retiring Ryno’s number just in time to stop the swell of public negativity surrounding this team.
Hooray! Go Cubs! Weeeeee!
We should be retired along with #23 on Sunday.
Good point #200.
However, if ever there was an appropriate time for Ryno’s “Play the Game Right” speech, it’d be Sunday.
Somehow I doubt these morans, from the manager on down, would understand what he said.
(flush) What? oh crap. I’ll be right there.
Where’s that “one” at…
I get infuriated when I hear Pat being enthusiastic about such an insignificant run. He was doing the same thing during Tuesday’s victory. I like Pat, but his unquestioning ability to strap on the knee pads and act as the propaganda machine cheerleader is a disservice to all intelligent fans out there.
Stop lying!
(collectively) What’s that sound?
You know that the scoreboard operator won’t want to ever misplace any of the 0s.
See Dusty, Mark Wiley gets to go out there.
Sheeesh.
True 1060west.
Someone explain to me Holly going up there against a lefty.
And he’s not great with RISP either.
Man…
So he can K I guess. Nice move.
Oh, I’m supposed to swing when it’s a strike?
Hey, that pitch was close. I had to take it.
How does a pinch hitter strike out looking with the bases loaded?!?
And I’ll help me guy out. See? He just struck out Hollandsworth.
Unlike you, Rothschild, who visited Williamson on the mound Sunday in Denver when he was trying to keep the game close. Two pitches after your overrated ass went back into hiding, WIlliamson served up a 3-run dong to George Rock and put the game on the reach, so shut the fuck up you worthless hack.
Corey who?
Respect, bitches!
You were saying, Mark?
Well I can’t go out there after EVERY batter.
Yeah, nice job Wiley. Go get me another stick of gum.
We’re going crazy! We just don’t care that this team is well under .500! We’ll cheer for anything!
38,000 stupid people, all collected together.
Time for the Ron Santo “we’re fighting our way back into this one” speech.
This is what happen to me when the radio crew suddenly gets delusionally optimistic.
Ching Ching. Ahh, the sound of sub-.500.
Oh, and remember it’s almost last call for beer Cub Fans!!
Dusty is holding a gun to my head as I work up this 11 year/$164 million contract for Neifi Perez.
Ow …. ow …. ow.
And you probably need to grab another hotdog to go with that beer.
Did Santo just say, “And this all happened after two outs?”
God is he horrible.
Hey, that pitch was close. I had to take it.
Strike. Three. Called.
Serves those fans right to stand up for that at-bat.
They’re out of it.
They’re still down by two runs.
Oh, and they paud for their seats. Can’t you make noise without obligating everyone behind you to stand?
How embarassing. Half of the people who go to games nowadays should live in L.A., if they’re that self-important.
Scott Williamson, come on down and put this thing out of reach for the Cubs.
Well, they’re still playing the games, so you might as well try and win.
But, to think they’re still in any sort of race, besides trying to keep the Reds off their ass, is preposterous.
Nice catch, Nomar. Be ready, lot’s of screamers are coming with Williamson on the mound.
“You HAD to be ready to catch that ball. That’s for sure.”
Wow. I’m so enlightened. Such insight, particularly from a former third-sacker.
THIRD-sacker!?!? That’s not fair. Can I borrow one?
Ready? What are they talking about?
ahhh come on guys, leave me alone. i don’t have legs and i’m not in the hall of fame. give me a break.
Mooooove on over Sammy Davis Jr.!
I guess I’m not the next Barry White.
Wow. Smith is a baritone. Who knew?
aaahh the 5 run inning…
Do yourember when I was the starter of may of these back in 03?
that was the year everyone was happy because K Patt spent most of the season in the DL.
Miss me yet?
Yes, Kenny. I miss you. Well, for one, you are a ball to have around. (hi, lowell, what’s up?). Next, a year without Korey is a year with a real playoff run.
Look at Messenger’s stats… 5.40 ERA, 17 walks, 13 K’s in 18 innings. How many walks will the Cubs get against him?
You know the answer.
Kenny, why did you have to get in the Gladiator’s ass after Game 7 of the NLCS? If you didn’t call him out for his selfish play, you probably would still be here. Isn’t that right Doughnut Jim?
I stand corrected. Thanks, JerOmy…
Hey, Morph, what do ya know? Burnie walked! Course the last pitch was about four and a half feet up.
I would have assuredly guessed zero. Ya know Neifi won’t walk.
I could have keeled him for you, Keenny
Any good fan, unless physically unable, should stand for an entire game. It’s what makes student sections effective in college sports – I have no reason to see why it wouldn’t in professional sports. That’s why I stand every chance I get. It’s not self-importance Mike D. – if you can’t be bothered to get off your ass to support your team, that’s self-importance.
What’s this walk thing? Dusty never mentioned anything about that.
Come on ACFR, Neifi has walked 14 times this year! That’s a lot, right?
Yeah, you’re right. That’s almost as many as Corey!
I stand corrected. Or should I sit? I’m confused.
Cubs couldn’t kill the Messenger…
If I have to support the crap that’s assembled at this ballpark, I’d rather sit.
Damn, I wish Lenny Harris was in our on deck circle.
See, I is smart. I double switch all d time. Who dey call geeneeus now?
I should have started anyway.
#246
It ain’t about being lazy. It’s about watching the game and cheering the results.
Plus, it’s baseball. Why do you think Sammy Sosa never hit a granny at Wrigley? Because every Tom, Dick and Chucklehead would stand and drool and cheer when he’d come up in that situation, putting more pressure on him to do so. He’d squeeze the dust out of the bat and promptly make an out.
And besides, it’s just rude. I’m not lazy or disabled. But do you check every time you stand your obnoxious ass up to see if the person behind you is crippled? I doubt it.
You pay for a seat. If you want to stand, save some money and get SRO. In the meantime, thanks for your impassioned defense of the decline of western civilization.
Wait? I’m out? But Neifi made the last out?
255. Well said.
You rang?
Yes, I did say that even if Aramis comes back in mid-September and we are out of it, he can always pad his statistics. Well, that’s what I meant to say. Okay, I’m no Chip Caray. But then Chip ain’t no Len Johnson.
Talk about overreacting. “Decline of western civilization”? That’s reaching man.
I mean cell phones are worse than that stuff, dude.
How we miss ye.
I prefer to stand.
Everyone’s allowed a couple of things that they can obsessively freak out about. Mine happens to be standing up during play. Please pardon my insanity.
Some 30-yo screaming about “nowadays” and referring to standing at a baseball game as the “decline of western civilization.”
And I’m no Joe West.
I think Alfonseca eats cats too. And lot’s of those Wrigley dogs as well.
Well, that was “easly”. Har har har, thanks for that one Chip.
A symptom of a larger problem 265.
Cell phones just embarass me as a Cub fan. It seems that in every camera shot, some jerkoff’s yapping away, oblivious to the action.
However, if I’m at the game, and if it doens’t interfere with my view, than I don’t notice it as much.
No problem good buddy. Feel free to use it everytime you do something on the field of play.
I’d prefer to shoot the morans that still wave at the camera while on their cell-phones.
That, and they get better seats than I do.
We are overused everywhere Mike, not just Wrigley.
You’re right, #273.
But they DO seem more in use at Clark & Addison.
I am what makes student sections so effective, not standing!
Probably because you are a fan of the team that plays there, hence you care more and pay more attention.
Mike – first, I am considerate, personally. Tom, Dick and Chucklehead may not be, but that’s not my problem. They should be. And sure, you pay for the seat, but I don’t see why that means you have to use it for 26/27 outs (it is tradition to stand for the last out). Be a fan, cheer, stand – that’s part of the experience.
Maybe it was just the pressure of having the bags full that got to Sosa. To blame him not hitting a granny on the Wrigley fans is ridiculous. It’s like Dusty blaming the Internet for his managerial incompetence.
Now, if ol’ “6-fingers” as my Grandpa referred to Alfonseca can give up a 2-run bomb here… I’ll stand in my cube. :-)
Notice how I’m faster than any else in the organization and batted .355 in des moines and i have to beg to promoted? By the way, Murton says hello and thinks he’s trade bait.
The cell phone thing is annoying to see when watching the game on t.v., but I don’t really notice it as much when I’m at the park. I guess I tune it out and focus on the action on the field.
Its just as annoying on the El.
Hidden flasks are particularly effective with me inside… But if you’re poor, Wild Turkey will do.
hey, whats the score?
The ESPN team seems baffled that Alfonseca can’t throw strikes. They should know better. Well, Stoney is letting the other two speak like fools about it.
The lineup does look better with two patient hitters, JHJ and Lawton, up before D-Lee gets his hacks. That’s the gameplan they should have been adhering to for the whole season. Not the K-Pat in the one and the free swinging Neifi in the two.
But that horse is so dead, the one in the bed on The Godfather looked better.
I have been dirctly behind or in front of people carrying on loud conversations, and gesturing with their hands while they talk and it is damn annoying.
Fear my mustache!
283, its too bad that a well placed punch to the back of the head can’t be used in those situations.
notice how if i don’t get a double or homer i don’t leave the batter’s box?
Actually, I am a small batch, oak aged version of Wild Turkey and I am quite good. I’m also pretty pricey, not that it matters.
Oops.
Well, don’t say I haven’t had chances with men on lately.
I got a whiff of someone’s nachos, that’s why I did the swing and miss thing.
Softest. Steppingstone. Ever.
Did someone say nachos?
Were they Jim Hendry’s or Larry Rothschild’s nachos?
I always get the ones that have one sidecar loaded with chile, and one loaded with cheese. All of them being smothered in jalepanos of course.
Novoa looks like Lee Arthur with a modern haircut.
Boy next year is gonna suck without Pierre and Burnett.
Damn is it the ninth inning already?
And I like to pay $135 for them. With a $45 option for extra cheese.
I have half of the Marlins on my Fantasy team
Who keeps standing up while I bat? It’s all their fault, just like Mike said.
Yeah, but now they stand up and boo, #300.
Pretty funny, though.
Barrett, Macias and Burnitz to the rescue?
Hairston
Lee
Barrett
Macias
Burnitz
Neifi
Cedeno
Walker
Rusch
Wuertz
Williamson
Ohman
Novoa
Please don’t forget to get a T-Shirt on the way out.
They are trying to complete their comeback?
woo woo the cubs might lose woo woo
but there’s a lot of people that blow woo woo
those include woo woo
in no particular order woo woo
vargas, the guy in the house, angelo and benson woo woo
and to fans woo woo
namely from the A’s, cards and marlins woo woo
let me tell you something woo woo
you also blow woo woo
big time woo woo
I’ll say goodbye now woo woo
but first the last 3 nominees woo woo
of the blowman du jour woo woo
and they are woo woo
in no particular order woo woo
el pulpo, damion easily and the standing and sitting fans that don’t boo woo woo
Nice dig at Chuck, too, Mike D, in 255…
Nice use, of me, bozos72, in 307, well done…
Jim Hendry was sold to you as one of me.
Whoa, be patient, nothing is wrong with this team. They are playing mighty hard, too hard in fact. You know what happens when you play too hard. Sometimes it will look like you aren’t trying, or that you don’t care, that’s not the case here though. I have madd respect for the entire team for trying too hard, it means they care. Excuses? We haven’t made any excuses for anything, we’re just trying too hard, like I said, plus sometimes it’s been too hot out, and Kerry and the boys have been hurt, stuff like that that gets in the way of trying the exact right amount not to be trying too hard, but none of this is an excuse for why we are trying too hard, for you, the fan comma who doesn’t appreciate us comma and boos us when we try to hard for you period it hurts our feelings and that’s another reason we are trying too hard comma your faults.
WORRY NOT! I will continue to build this team around players with who have had past reputations of having success at the big league level, regardless of age or salary. I build based on gut decisions and whether or not the guys we are bringing in are “good guys” and whether or not they have a marketable smile and media skills. We’ll bring in someone who can hit us some more homeruns next year, MAJOR EXCITEMENT! Bye for now.
Ronnie, I see where anyone trying to do their job or make the best of a bad season continues to embarrass the hell out of Mike D.
8 championshipths!
1 for each of my teef.
HaHa!
So, when we when the Series, will all of you actually kill yourselves?
No, but we will continue to laugh at your 3rd grade level spelling and grammar.