Pitching matchup:
Pirates: Oliver Perez 10-8, 3.01 ERA
Cubs: The Franchise 5-4, 4.63 ERA
Lineups:
Pirates
Caveman Kendall, c
Bucktooth Wilson, ss
Jason Bay, lf
Craig Wilson, rf
Daryle Ward, 1b
Tike Redman, cf
Ty Wigginton, 3b
Jose Castillo, 2b
Oliver Perez, p
Cubs
Corey Patterson, cf
Neifi Perez, ss
Moises Alou, lf
Derrek Lee, 1b
Sammy Sosa, rf
Michael Barrett, c
Mark Grudzielanek, 2b
Ramon Martinez, 3b
Mark Prior, p
What, no mullet joke for Craig Wilson? "Craig Wilson Van Zandt?"
I wonder if I can field a bunt correctly today.
Now THAT is imagination, Andy…
Thumbs up!
If only I had thought of that.
For the record, I will effort to not sound like the "neurotic maniac" I supposed was last night in this Cubs Live! today.
Although I have class later in the afternoon, so I won’t be on here for a part of the game.
For the record, I will effort to not sound like the "neurotic maniac" I supposedly was last night in this Cubs Live! today.
Although I have class later in the afternoon, so I won’t be on here for a part of the game.
Hurry up and score some runs, boys. It’s raining like piss on a flat rock out here in Iowa, and it’s headed your way.
Dave B – speaking of Iowa…have you heard the latest Alford rumors?
Oh, the dreaded double post…
I have to do some Spanish stuff, so I may occasionally have a thought in Espanol along with my normal English posts…
Hoy es miercoles.
Oh, this will be fun……..
I am missing my start on Friday, and could be out longer.
http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/fla/news/fla_news.jsp?ymd=20040915&content_id=859089&vkey=news_fla&fext=.jsp
Base hit to lead off for Kendall…
Good pitch just taken into right.
Thank goodness they didn’t bunt.
Yes, the Alford rumors are running rampant. I have a lot of investigators on the trail (as does the Des Moines Register and CR Gazette), but so far nothing substantiated.
Alford has been a subject of many "urban legends" the past couple of years and some of these current allegations have had no merit, but the general story stays the same.
Hey . . . what’s the big idea.
What are the "allegations"? I miss my old seats 3 rows off the floor at Carver. Ah, for the salad days of Marble, Armstrong, Horton, Bullard, Moe, Lorenzen, Kent Hill, Jones, and Doc Tom.
Is this thing about Alford just about him getting fired?
Or is there something bigger afoot?
What’s the status of the wind today at Wrigley Stadium?
Derrek Lee with #30…
2-0 Cubs!
And another one to the list.
Back to back, buddy.
Who says I’m through?
Did you guys get the memo? I don’t suck anymore. I hope…
Blowing out…buddy.
BC, could you please supply more details of your life here? For instance, you told us you had class and that you had some Spanish homewrok to do, but you didn’t tell us what you had for lunch or what you plan to watch on TV this evening. I love it when you watch the Cardinals and explain that you only did it because there is nothing else on TV down yonder.
Anxiously awaiting….
Samuel Peralta with a homer to center…
Michael with a homer to left…
Um, that’s three in a row. I think that’s pretty good.
Make that three…
And again.
Make that three…
Wow….Wow…..Wow…..
"Coaching visit to mound"
Understatement of the year.
Tom, um, I don’t get the "honor" (I’m currently trying to avoid puking in my trash can) to watch the Cardinals now that I’m back at school.
In their infinite wisdom, the Champaign cable company carries the Fox Sports Chicago channels instead of Fox Sports Midwest.
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Great inning for the Cubs! Prior looks The Franchise-ish at the moment, so we’re off to a very good start.
The Alford rumors concern marital infidelity and ejection from his home. There have been several variations on what allegedly happened, but some of them have proven to be false.
It should be noted that a lot of Hawkeye fans are kind of creepy in their adulation of the athletes and coaches, and their message boards ofetne feature some of the wildest crap you could imagine. However, this story has some legs and even Dan Bernstein (a noted Alford hater)vaguely alluded to these rumors on The Score last week.
Mmmm… $1000 for back to backs….
The rumors about Alford that I have heard are that he was having an affair with his secretary and that his wife has kicked him out of the house. That comes from a source at the CR Gazette.
I’ve also heard that he has a restraining order on him by his wife, and that he broke that. Cops were called and he was cuffed, but no charges were filed. I don’t put as much merit into this one as the one above.
I’ve also read that rumors in the pressbox on Saturday were that Alford was out after this year.
Dave B – can you fill in/add anything that you have heard?
Thanks Dave B for the explanation of the situation.
I wonder if there is any more validity to these sort of rumors than the ones that have flown around Champaign-Urbana the past two or so years about a former Illinois basketball coach’s, um, private life…
TY, Dave.
I was a big Alford supporter when he came on board. I’ve been rather disappointed with him in many respects. Given Capt. Kirk (of Iowa City, not Riverside), it should be easy to recruit a high quality coach should the U decide Alford needs new employment.
Either that, or make Alford life in Burge for a year.
TY, Dave.
I was a big Alford supporter when he came on board. I’ve been rather disappointed with him in many respects. Given Capt. Kirk (of Iowa City, not Riverside), it should be easy to recruit a high quality coach should the U decide Alford needs new employment.
Either that, or make Alford live in Burge for a year.
Now available. Zamboni with early dibs.
I’m pretty awful. Remember that 4-0 lead? Kiss it good-bye.
What I giveth I shall taketh away…
Lance Berkman taught me how to pretend I got hit by a pitch, but, uh, I am not so good as fat Lance.
Well, this game could easily be won with double digits at this rate.
Dammit, we already scored our 4 runs for the day. Leave us alone, we want to sleep.
Hey guys I’m pretty useful.
Prior just sucks. These aren’t flyballs, these are lines drives to the gap.
Prior’s as big a pussy as Clement. His team gets a 4 run lead against the only good pitcher on the Pirates, a team with nothing in the offense department to worry about, and certainly nothing scary about most of their order, and what does he do? He goes out and coughs it up immediately. Just an awful performance.
I have too many connections and don’t want to burn them with any additional speculation/rumors. I will say the restraining order story was also linked to a former Hawkeye/NBA player here in Iowa City who’s going through a divorce, and that wasn’t substantiated, either. Some friends saw the Alfords together recently at a school function, and they said she was also present at a recent scrimmage at Carver before a home football game, so I doubt that there is a restraining order.
And now I can’t strike out a pitcher! Watch him get a hit or a walk.
Is the game tied? Yahoo shows 4-2, just wondering if they’ve fallen behind (Yahoo).
Looking at Mitre in the 5th.
I walked the pitcher to get to a guy with a .400 OBP. I’m a genius!
Try the 2nd.
You should have stayed with us Mark
Oh, this inning just keeps getting worse and worse.
Have I gone out to the mound yet?
Pirates giveth, Prior taketh away.
I can only hope, that whatever the score at the end of this inning (the Cubs are currently up 1, with the bases loaded and one out…they’ll be winning handily by the end of the inning), the Wrigley fans boo Mark Prior with all their heart. Because this is just pathetic. I realize he’s not "on" yet, that this is a lost year, yadda yadda, but come on. This is a playoff run – if he can’t pitch, he shouldn’t pitch. He is putting a huge hurting on his ballclub with a performance like this.
I say that Mark Prior’s fastball is between 86-91 mph.
I hope I’m wrong.
Bases loaded HBP, hey Larry, didn’t Clement pitch yesterday?
Hey look, an out!
Any chance we can trade Prior for a bag of chips before we can’t get anything for him?
Wow!!!!
Seriously whats the deal with Prior’s pitching this season?
Prior did get up to 94 in the first.
But, yeah, I think his highest MPH was 91 in the 2nd.
I hope the umpire gives me the same teeny strike zone he gave Perez when I pitched to him…
I know 90 feet is a long way. But is it too much to ask Prior to run his bunt out? He jogged down there and Perez didn’t have to rush his throw. If Prior runs then Perez rushes his throw and perhaps throws it away…
Can I grab a bat?
It looks like one of these games: http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B05170CHN1979.htm
No outs, nobody on? Fly out to left. One out, man on third? Strike out.
This is…progress?
Shut up, Scout. I might hurt my Achilles again if I try too hard. Actually, I think I feel my groin acting up. It’s contagious, you know…
According to me, the more runs you score and the more runs you drive in…the more valuable you are to the team.
Forward thinking like that is what shall land me a 18 year, $144 million extension in a few months.
Situational hitting 4-eva.
Prior didn’t get that call in the top half.
If the Cubs somehow make the playoffs, we think we will be Mark Prior’s home.
I doubt you guys even want me to say it…
…but the Cubs are going to lose this game.
I said the expos took the lead in the 1st inning of game one of a doubleheader. Then said that the nightcap will follow in just a few minutes. Wow I am a dumbass.
Isn’t it nice that I can just turn it on like this and start mowing guys down? Maybe I should have done it last inning sometime, before I blew our entire lead.
Just to even up the predictions, I say the Cubs will win this game.
No we’re not! Didn’t you see how well I pitched in AAA? Give me the ball! Samuel Peralta isn’t the only one who can save béisbol!
Haven’t the Expos been ahead early in the last two they’ve played against the Marlins?
Oops, my bad, I forgot you have to get three outs an inning. I really shouldn’t be pitching, should I?
#73 is a faux B.C.
Again.
The Marlins should just give me a uniform. I grounded into a double play again. I have provided about 12 outs for them and given them another 5 outs with my defense.
They should really make it 2 outs an inning. Gutless wonders like me can’t get that third out, even against the bottom of the order of a crummy team.
The Pirates should give me a uniform
Gotta love when you get a go-ahead RBI because the umpire is an incompetent blind man.
76 pitches through 3 innings?!? Damn…
Uh, Jose, what makes you say that? Sportsline doesn’t tell me…
Any day with a Rusty Kuntz mention is a good — no, GREAT day.
Did I just check my swing again?
by Moises?
These umps suck
Another dribbler to the mound from Alou.
Yeesh.
Why do the umps suck? I only have Sportsline…
It’d be 4-0 if any of us were pitching. Hell, even Clement the Skirt could win with a 4-0 lead on the Pirates.
You suck, Mark.
On the Castillo infield hit, the replay seemed to show that he was actually out at first by a quarter or half step.
I’m not 100 percent sure however, since neither Steve or Chip seemed to notice the play was close and I only saw one replay.
Yeah, I’d hold that lead, unless I had to face Jason Bay…
Can I get the 3rd out this time?
Finally.
is it time for me to warm up?
Well if we make the playoffs I am good for one game at least. After that I will blow nuts. Just like consecutive starts this whole season.
Hopefully we’ll only need 1 start per series from you Mark.
It’s hero time again…
Warming up yet?
Or not.
Ha Ha!!!!
We could of been stuck with this guy!
Instead we got a top quality catcher!
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http://img38.exs.cx/img38/8040/priortwins.png
Yeah, there’s nothing better than a catcher who suffers a major knee injury at the ripe old age of 21.
You’re right, Twins, our disabled list could use some depth at catcher.
I am surprised I wasn’t activatd for the Pirate series. This year I have pitched 4 1/3 innings given up 14 hits, 11 runs, and blown two saves, for an E.R.A of 22.85 against them. Not bad.
If anybody is still watching the game, who are the Cubs brining in to pitch next inning?
Joe, I called Jim Hendry and begged him to activate you, but no dice.
I have a bunch of ‘strikes looking’ against the Cubs that are outside the little box over the plate. Are they trying to say that the umpires suck?
Thanks for the compliment Rob. I knew I wouldn’t regret hanging that slider to you.
At this point, I’d trade Prior for Rusty Kuntz.
That reminds me of a redhead I dated in college.
Hey, at least I won a ring.
Only two more walks to go and I’ll be past all the guys that have hit home runs off me this game.
Did I swing at ball four?
and five?
Did you see how Sammy masterfully drew that walk by swinging at ball four three times before finally taking it. Now that’s working the pitcher.
Did Oliver have to run the bases last inning? Chip says that really tires guys out.
Not my finest at bat.
That damn wind keeps blowing the ball out of the strike zone.
Two out magic time.
Hope somebody in the dugout knows the Heimlich manuever.
Perez walked three in a row, right?
The last six pitches have all been swung at. Cut it out.
I’ll bet Sarge is going to have fun making me watch the tape of that last at-bat. We should make it available as a screensaver on Cubs.com.
What happens if you walk with the bases loaded?
For you or me, Mike?
Wow, we’re godawful.
Bye bye playoffs.
I knew it was too hot to play the white guys today.
Uh, why am I in there? Is Ramon E. Martinez hurt?
Is it time to switch Grudzielanek for Macias yet? I think we need Jose’s power bat.
That sound you hear is me rotting on the bench.
Ahem.
Actually, I am in there… at 3rd…?
Is it a bad sign when Mike Wuertz gives you a better chance than Mark Prior?
I guess we can give The Franchise moniker back to Potter’s wife.
Dusty should’ve just yelled at Ramon for messing up on the grounder to 3b, and then his next at-bat he’d hit a 2 run homer!
113 pitches in five innings for Prior? Wow.
You know, if were the Beege, Chip would be massaging our pulled groin muscles right now. Some kind of co-worker that clown is.
Whom will it kill? Them or us?
right? So there couldn’t be a double switch…
You like me! You really like me!
It would be a shame to blow a 4-0 lead by walking the pitcher on a 3-2 curveball and hitting Kendall on an 0-2 pitch with the bases loaded.
I kill the Pirates this time!
Now, Macias will get on and I’ll slug bunt one onto Waveland for the lead.
Can I be the Franchise?
No, Mikey, I am the Franchise.
Overheard in the Cubs clubhouse after Wuertz struck out Bay.
Prior: The great ones always make it look so easy.
Mercker: Did Chip just say something positive about the Pirates? That sumbitch, let’s go take another dump through the sunroof of his Subaru!
Prior: Yeah! My fastball’s not the only thing I’ve lost control of!
I’m not fast, am I?
I’m pinch hitting for Wuertz? Are the I-Cubs taking on the Pirates today?
it just happened
Ollie’s thrown a lot of pitches. We’ll be in soon.
I am a 5 tool player, #146!
Somebody, please tell me, why am I in the game?
Do I have to be the hero today, too?
Hey Prior, get me a beer. No, don’t throw it to me, I want to get it one piece. Hah! I remember when you were actually good. Apparently, I have a good memory.
Two out magic time…
Derrek Lee’s nothing. I’m going to steal third and then lower my shoulder in to Neifi while I charge home!
Don’t blame me! Wendell said it was ok!
Corey, just try to steal 3rd and home.
Neifi our deal has expired.
Now would be good.
Wheee!
NEIFI TIME!
Anybody else see him glance back at Kendall and see the sign before the pitch came in?
Neifi will be on his hiney in his next at bat.
Screw you, Satan! I own you!!!!!
who says I can’t hit?
Just kidding Neifi!
…Jack Buck:
I. Don’t. Believe. What. I. Just. Heard (sic).
Also, I’m ashamed of the son I raised.
Just kidding Neifi!
Hey Skip! It’s hard to pitch with this giant fork sticking out of my back!
Stealing signs, huh? So basically, I am the smartest player on the team!
I left my groin between first and second. How’s I supposed to pee on myself now?
I am going to drag this team into the playoffs kicking and screaming if necessary.
What are the odds Moises gets picked off third?
I shall stick my tongue out at you!
They are skating in Hell right about now…
…………………………….
The ‘GN cameras just caught me saying a bad word about my pitcher in the dugout.
Wow, maybe you will see me after all, playing LF since Moises appears to have broken his hip. That guy can wheel!
Plus, it’d be just like Dusty to put me in the OF randomly instead of the logical choice of, say, Ben Grieve.
I’m suing Perez and Prior for overusing the name of my book.
Still a dumb move trying to take third w/2 out.
Sneak around the corner for a smoke break, Lloyd. They’ll never catch you.
Goddamn you, Neifi!
You mean I almost ran myself into a coma for nothing???
Actually it was the smart move. Moises made it wasily, which means a regular player makes it standing up. That’s an easy triple. If you don’t take it, you’re dogging it.
Who’s replacing me?
Remember my inside the park home run in spring training? How in the world did that happen?
Rick Sutcliffe
Gary Gaetti
Aramis Ramirez
Neifi Perez
I think these guys may have something in common…
I’m in
I will do my best to:
A. Cancel this game so the Cubs win.
B. Get Andy Masur off of the radio.
Not necessarily in that order.
My only goal in life is to play in an 80s hair band.
Or C.) Not rain hard enough to cancel the game but make the infield messy enough for someone to slip and break a groin.
Hey, in case you missed it, I actually played!
I know a band that would take you…
Damit Jim activate me. I will close this bitch out.
Hush up Doo-boyz, I let you PH all the time! Like twice since you’ve been back for a week.
I’m happy right here on the bench with my Ben Gay and ACE wrap. Neifi, why don’t you take it the rest of the way. Thanks.
Evidentally, the groin is our weakest spot. We’ll have to work on that next spring.
#184, we’re more than a little bit insulted.
Dusty, is it ok if Mia sits on the bench and massages me?
Looks like Tony Orlando ate Dawn…I mean calorically.
No. Sparky Anderson says that women weaken legs.
And another thing…oh, wait, is that a bottle of Hot Damn? Hang on, I’ll finish this thought in a minute…
I’m fat and ugly.. and I can outpitch the Franchise.
OF COURSE IT IS! Hell I don’t care what you do, Nomar. But I think Corey missed the cut-off man in the second inning, so I gonna go tell him off.
Who will pitch the top half of me?
I just dropkicked Wellemeyer to get the nod for the 8th.
Remy’s back, bitches.
Todd Walker is my bitch.
Justin Timberlake kicks ass!
Les Expos 3, Fish 1
Bonne chance, Expos!
I don’t even know where the strike zone is. I’m totally Cluless
Oh sure, double now, Grud. Where was that when the bases are loaded, you hack?
I’m pitching the eighth. I’ll simulate some strikes.
Yeah, I am Grudzielanek’s bitch. Because if he were playing 1 day a week, he’d be tearing it up, I’m sure.
Can we take Brian Meadows on the road trip with us? He’s our most reliable source of offense.
I’ll catch up with you guys in Pissburgh
It’s MACIAS TIME!
Remember all those games we lost in July because the offense fell off a cliff and Grudz was getting regular 0-4’ers while Walker was hitting something like .300 but sitting on the bench?
Well, those games don’t matter! Didja see that double??
I taught Jose to run the bases like that. But he’s got to work on the slide. He’s supposed to come up about three feet short and get tagged out.
I just K’ed with the bases juiced. I still screw the Cubs even when I don’t play for them.
About time to make an error, eh?
Game one: John Hancock
Game two: Ernie Hudson
Game three: Lemon Harang
Game four: Otis Wilson
Hmm, Pavano gave up 10 hits to the Expos today. We must have softened him up for them.
I balked in a run today.
Ryan Dempster? In the eighth? Is Dusty trying to make us miss The Farns?
Let’s hope Wuertz loaned him the slider of death. And let’s hope Dempster points it the right way.
Otis is getting a start and I’m not? That’s bullshit.
I can’t hit a hanging slider. Thank goodfulness.
Yes, goodfulness.
BC, would you just go ahead and jump off me already?
1-2-3…will wonders never cease?
…?
Take that, Andy! I’m channeling the spirit of Fat Jimmy Anderson! I’m gonna get the save, too!
Ryan Dempster is tree-mendous! Who knew?
I have the mute button on, but I’m sure Chip used his "The good news is that Rob Mackowiak’s wife didn’t have a baby recently" joke again. Man that sumbitch is funny. He’s the Dat Phan of baseball.
anyone want to borrow me to close the ninth?
Man, who’s bullpen is this?
I am so good, I clap for myself!
Neifi cannot be stopped.
Time to put this one out of reach.
bitches…
Who needs Nomar?
When The BB doesn’t post the Cubs do well.
Sammy’s never hit a granny at Wrigley.
How did we all turn into the Farns?
We should hope not, #238!
Ow. Son a bitch!
Reverse JInx. I pretended I was a Pirates fan for a nanosecond.
Does that mean I don’t get to pitch now??
Sammy’s hit eight grand slams in the last six years. And he gets the first curtain call of the season.
Sammy’s got something to say about this.
Masur, get back in here! I soiled myself in delight when Sammy hit his grand slam.
Curtain call this, bitches!
Buddy.
Egads, we suck. We’re like Frankie Beltran against the Satanic Red Fowl that last awful game. Can’t get an out no matter what.
I’m baaaaaaaack!
You think we can’t blow this?
Dude, if I can’t get Macias here….
"Castillo out on runner´s interference."
Huh?
Andy,
Remember when Sammy had gone, something like 4,000 at-bats from the start of his career without ever hitting a granny? Then, in ’98 hit hit two on back-to-back nights against Arizona?
Eight in six years is a fast way to make up for not hitting any the first 9 seasons.
Wow, pitcher, you are so bad!
See? Kendall’s not the only one that can throw out his back poking a ball off the plate in to the opposite field.
Anybody know where I can get some good weed?
How did I not manage a hit against this guy?
I own Ryan Dempster!
By the way, the withering corpse of Dave Weathers is pitching for the Fish.
I told Dempster not to get a hit, because he’d be too tired if he ran the bases.
I heard Dempster made a full recovery from Tommy John Disease. What an inspirational story!
Please shoot me.
One more run and Chip would have been able to make a hilarious Bears-Steelers joke.
Bet Barry wishes I was back in SF. No one would dare walk him to face me!
6-2 Us.
Your welcome.
Why Goodwin and not me?
What’s a neifi?
In the 9th, by the way….
You’re welcome too.
Jungle Juan Rivera just homered with a man on in the 9th to give the Expos a 6-2 lead. Thank god for David Weathers.
Tomorrow my article will be all about how I’m rooting for the Cubs again.
HA! I’m going to get a save for this!
Nuestros Expos son un muy bien equipo. Ellos pueden ganar contra las Peces y ayuden los Cachores — es muy importante y muy alegre.
Sabado Gigante!
Buddy.
Is there anyway that Weathers can be shipped to the Cardinals and put on the playoff roster on September 30th?
Got to get three outs Ryan.
Ah, they were saving me for right field…
They said I couldn’t blow this lead…we’ll see about that.
Nope, #274, I’m saving the drama for a close game in Cincy.
I did it!
Just wondering, can the Cubs claim that they were inspired to go on this winning streak because of Miguel Cabrera’s hilarious Bartman reenactment?
Now you know we’ll blow the nightcap, right?
Just back from class…
What a huge push at the end of this game from Neifi, Sammy, and the rest of the offense…
Fear the Neifi!
Hey, give credit where credit is due, B.C. We deserve a round of applause too.
Neifi just said, "I used to play on a worser field than that."
That is like my third or fourth interview in a week. Hey, Dave Kaplan, wanna see my locker?
Neifi’s English aside, does anyone else think he’s a huge good luck charm for us?
I mean, this guy has been nothing but good for us, both when he is with us and that October 1998 day in Denver…
He HAS to be on the post-season roster at this point.
Oh, the playoff coin flips were today, and the Cubs would have to play road play in games against San Francisco, Houston and San Diego. Of course, they won the flip against the Marlins.
We’re down 4-0 in the first.
I guess that’s karma messing with us for being the biggest dicks on the face of the earth.
Prior could have thrown 34 pitches in the first inning
Anyone think I wanna be Manny Ramirez?
I missed the CubsLive Gamecast today, but I managed to see the whole game. Reading back through the messages, though … gee, you all are a bunch of reactionalists. Seriously, things shift from "we love the Cubs!" to "Damn you, Cubs!" and back quite quickly.
I was pretty sure with the wind blowing out as it was there wouldn’t be too much chance of the Cubs’ bats being silent for _six_ innings. Come on folks, there’s a difference between bemoaning a loss in the bottom of the ninth and the top of the third.
PS – I love you, Mike Remlinger.
The Cubs bats are never silent with the wind blowing out? What about last night?
The Cubs never score a lot early and then fail to score again? What team have you been watching?
There was a justified feeling today that once it got to 5-4, the game was over. The Cubs are known this year to score a bunch early and then just quit playing offense, whether they lose the lead or not.
And Prior’s day doesn’t bode well, and I think a lot of people were justifiably pissed off that he immediately gave back a 4 run lead to a weak-hitting team.
Hi, baseball fans, it’s everybody’s favorite retarded version of Ben Franklin here with a baseball update.
Barry Bonds…can you believe it? I mean, amazing. His 73 homer season wasn’t embraced only because people were focused on 9-11, folks. Believe it. It had nothing to do with him being a steroid abuser and notorious asshole.
And the Astros are WHITE HOT. Didn’t they just lose a series to the Pirates, or something? Doesn’t matter, they’re WHITE HOT.
We are also creepily white washed.
We’re white trash.
DH SWEEP! 2 out of 4 ain’t bad. Would be 3 out of 4 if we weren’t spastically awful fielders but you’re welcome either way.
I like that Jeff Brantley and Chris Berman are discussing me as if I’ve come back from cancer or something, mentioning all I’ve "been through."
Thank you guys for ignoring the fact that nothing happened to me, I had no obstacles to overcome…I was a highly-touted pitcher who pitched like garbage. I guess what I’ve "been through" is my own lack of ability. Yay, give me a standing O for not throwing the ball thirty feet over the catcher’s head.
I did have TJ surgery though, but apparently that’s nothing.
Oooh, Tommy John surgery, that’s pretty rare in baseball. You’re so brave, Rick.
Did anyone see my dumbass on the Budwieser Hot Seat on ESPN yesterday? I said that I would win an academy award before the Cubs win the World Series. Seriously that would be the day hell freezes over. Remmeber I was the true Bartman in game six, when I sang the seventh inning stretch. I also said I could hit off of Maddux, Pedro, and Schilling. Boy, I am full of shit.
Silly me… I am a comedian and make outlandish statements for the sake of a laugh. I guess I should have known I’d be clobbered by over-obsessed Cubs fans who think it’s all a plan organized by Chip, the media, MLB, and the umpires to keep their team out of the playoffs.
Plus, I had to deal with my dad going to jail for being a drug dealer.
Where’s Steve the Sox fan been recently?
I’m 17 over Houston and Florida
19 over San Francisco
16 over San Diego
13 over Philadelphia.
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