2008 MLB Thread

Non-Phish General
#163

Neil please no Brewer images on the Cubs thread.

What a game tonight for the Cubbies. Big Z struggled for the second game in a row giving up 5 runs in 6 IP. Zambrano has got to get it together for the stretch run. Despite the bad start the Cubs offense hung around. Mark Derosa hit a 2 run shot to keep the Cubs close at 5-3 until the 9th inning. Then the hero of the night tonight was Darryle Ward. Good to see as he has struggled mightily in his pinch hitting role this year. Ward hit a 3 run homer in the top of 9th off of Kevin Gregg to give the Cubs a 6-5 lead. Wood disposed of the Marlin hitters in the bottom of the 9th and the Cubs got their first win against the Marlins in Florida in 3 years. I told you they struggle there.

The Brewers fell to the Dodgers tonight 5-3, which ups the Cubs lead to 5.5 games. Woo-Hoo.

Update standings:
Cubs 75-47
Brewers 5.5 GB
Cardinals 7.5 GB

Dempster on the mound tomorrow night against Anibal Sancez of the Marlins. That’s the Cubs 9th straight win away from Wrigley evening their road record to 30-30 on the year. 45-17 at Wrigley, which is phenomenal. Let’s keep it going.

#164

Hey I thought this was an MLB thread!

Although that homer by Ward was pretty sweet.

I’m not a fan of baseball, but I do like the Cubbies. If that makes sense.

#165

I know, but I’ve turned it into a Cubs thread. So no Brewer paraphernalia. j/k

#166

Well the Cubs suffered a tough loss last night 2-1. Sean Marshall, much to my surprise (a day earlier than I though), got the spot start last night and he didn’t disappoint. He’s one of those guys where his curve ball needs to be working or he’s in trouble and last night his curve was working. He pitched 5 innings allowing only 2 runs, one of which was a leadoff homer from Hanley Ramirez, while striking out 8 fish. In the end though the Cubs could only muster one run off the bat of Henry Blanco in the form of a solo job. Cubs just left too many runners on base last night and couldn’t get that clutch hit last night. You can’t win them all and if they win today’s game it will give them a great road trip of 5-1. Dempster will pitch today against Chris Volstad.

Unfortunately, the Brewers and Cardinals both won last night so they both ease up the standings a bit. Let’s get them tomorrow. Go Dodgers, Go Reds.

Updated Standings:
Cubs 75-48
Brewers 4.5 GB
Cardinals 6.5 GB

#167

Ryan Dempster and the Cubs win a great ballgame today in Florida to finish up the six game road trip at 5-1. Soild, solid road trip. It looked like a repeat of yesterday’s game through 6 innings as the Cubs left alot of runners on base. The bats came alive in a big way in the 7th inning. An 8 run 7th inning helped propel the Cubs to a 9-2 victory of the Florida Marlins. Dempster struck out 10 and battled all day in the muggy Miami weather. Apparently, Tropical Storm Fay is on the way and you can feel it in the air. Today’s hitting hero was Reed Johnson who went 4-5 with a pair of doubles.

Double good news as both the Brewers and Cardinals lost today upping the Cubs lead in the standings to:

Cubs 76-48
Brewers 5.5 GB
Cardinals 7.5 GB

Cubs have tomorrow off (gotta love day’s off in August). Then they open up a 6 game homestand against the Reds and conclude the weekend with the Nationals.

#168

The story tonight in Cubdom was Rich Harden. Harden was masterful pitching 7 solid innings while allowing only 2 hits and striking out 10. Johnny Cueto of the Reds battled, but the Cubs eventually got to him and won the game going away 5-0. Nice start to the home stand. Tomorrow night sees Ted Lilly match up against Bronson Arroyo.

Another night of good news as both Milwaukee and St. Louis both lose. The Cubs got some much needed breathing room!!

Updated standings:
Cubs 77-48
Brewers 6 GB
Cardinals 8.5 GB

#169

Anyone getting tired of my daily Cubs updates yet? Or is anyone reading them at all is the better question?

Well the Cubs lost last night 2-1 to the Reds. Lilly pitched great going 7 strong innings only allowing 2 runs, but the offense couldn’t get it going. It happens from time to time and I’m not going to worry too much about it. Arroyo and the Reds bullpen shut down the Cubs offense. Derosa got the lone RBI increasing his career best RBI total . Let’s get those pesky Reds tomorrow afternoon. Z is on the mound and it would be nice to get him back on track tomorrow.

Brewers beat up on the Astros yesterday afternoon 5-2. Hey what can I say the Brewers are tough and they are the Cubs biggest competition in all of the NL. Gotta tip my cap off to them. I believe the Cubs are the better team, but that’s why they play the games.

Updated standings:
Cubs 77-49
Brewers 5 GB

#170

The Cubs bounced back from last night’s tough loss to win the rubber game 3-2 yesterday afternoon. Carlos Zambrano looked like the pitcher of old shutting down the Reds to just 1 ER over 7 solid innings. He added a HR taboot!! Marmol gave up his first run since the All Star Break in the 8th to Joey Votto on a towering drive onto Sheffield Avenue. Ladies and Gentleman Joey Votto has 15 HRs this year…7 of them are against the Cubs. This guy is a rookie. Damn I hate Cubs killers. Woody closed out the 9th with a 1-2-3 inning and the Cubs win 2 out of 3 from the Reds.

The Brewers were off today so the Cubs add a 1/2 game on their lead. The Cubs open up the Nationals series tomorrow pitting Jason Marquis against John Lannan. Let’s sweep the lowly Nats. It won’t be easy with Marquis on the mound, but maybe that Cubs offense can get back in a groove.

Updated standings:
Cubs 78-49
Brewers 5.5 GB

#171

going to check out the phils v dodgers game, hopefully we will win, and hopefully the mets stop winning, god damn mets

#172

Well it’s officially September. That means it’s assessment time. The Cubs stand at 85-52 still holding off the Brewers who are 4.5 games behind. The Cubs have 26-27 games left in the season and 7 of those are against the Brewers. It’s going to be won on the field and I look forward to the challenge. I honestly think the Cubs and Brewers are headed on a collision course for the NLCS, but we got aways till we get there. Well rosters expand starting today so it will be nice to get some more help in the bullpen. Come on Cubbies.

#173

Wow… CC threw a no hitter and the umps took it away from him… wow just wow.

#174

The official scorer took it away, the umps have nothing to do with hit/error calls. Gyped nonetheless.

#175

Oops,forgot what I came in here for. My old office got me tickets to saturday’s game vs. the ChiSox. I hadn’t been to Fenway in 3 years, a far cry from my youth when I usually made it at least twice or more. Winning will do that :smiley: Nice seats up and to the right from home, though the netting made a foul ball catch not an option. Unless we can sweep the Rays, it’s looking like another Wild Card berth. Go BoSox!

#176

What a game last night. Carlos Zambrano pitched the first no-hitter for the Cubs since 1972 when Milt Pappas accomplished the exact same feat. The game was played in Milwaukee (Wrigley Field North) due to the flooding in Houston from Hurricane Ike. Not only is this amazing this was Zambrano’s first start coming back from rotator cuff soreness. I’d say he’s alright. I’ve been a Cubs fan my whole life and I’m thrilled I was actually able to watch the game as this is the first no-hitter for the Cubs in my life time.

Now let’s keep it going. The magic number is down to 7 for the Cubs. Philly has even actually tied Milwaukee for the wild card lead. It’s going to be an interesting couple of weeks.

You’re the Man Carlos!!!

#177

You’re

#178

This White Sox/Twins race is really waring me down. There’s been a bunch of rain outs for both teams, so double-headers have to be played and I’m all confused about who is on top right now, but its damn close.

Next Tuesday–>Thursday is the White Sox/Twins series and that is obviously going to be crucial. Thankfully I’ll be working late those nights so I can’t sit and watch the whole games, or I’d probably have a heart attack. I can still watch bits and pieces though and hear the game on the radio so that’s cool.

Even though I have very little faith in our ability to beat the Red Sox or the Angels in the playoffs, it’d still be great to have the Twins get in and see what happens. And I DO NOT want the fucking White Sox and Ozzie Guillen in the playoffs.

#179

Wearing

But I noticed it too.

#180

yeah I always mess that one up

and I was too lazy to check

#181

Cubs magic number 2!

Man was that game yesterday with the Brewers EPIC!
3 run homer in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs to tie it up.
Lee with the RBI single in extra innings to win it.
It’s all happening!

Big Z throwing today.
Clinch it today (with a Brewers loss as well) or this weekend.
Shouldn’t be long now.

Also,
I sent this to my boy Fee, but thought I’d share it with you all as well.
Chicago native Eddie Vedder “All the Way” Cubs tribute song.
Pretty cool song for us Cubs fans.

[flash=350,287]http://www.youtube.com/v/CqHTScDBsDU&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]

Thanks Eddie!
IT"S GONNA HAPPEN!

#182

I’m happy for Cubs fans, I guess. And I’m looking forward to watching some playoff baseball.

It’d be way more fun if the Twins got in, but things are looking bleak. Tonight we start a 3-gamer with the White Sox, 6 games left, 3 games back in the loss column. A sweep or at least winning 2 of 3 is completely necessary if the last weekend is going to mean anything. (We play KC for 3 games, the White Sox play Cleveland for 3 to end the season) Some of my buddies are pumped, and I’ll of course pay close attention while at work these next few nights, but I"m having a tough time getting excited considering we’ve played sloppy, inconsistent baseball the last 2 months. And now our starting pitching is starting to fall apart.

we’ll see