Game 105 Overflow II
by azruavatar on Jul 25, 2008 9:30 PM EDT
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Hah.
Up for 14 minutes and 0 posts.
(Well, one now).
that explains the losing streak
we haven’t had a haiku in the main game thread in a while
boo cubs, hooray beer
Haiku time
Swept by the Brew Crew
Smug, home run watching assholes
I miss Bob Gibson
"Crud, does that booger-eating spaz make me wanna puke!" - Tanner Boyle
by iron duke75 on Jul 25, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Ludwick game ending double play?
or will Pujols get the chance for the Golden Sombrero?
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 25, 2008 9:46 PM EDT reply actions
I Love you Hardcore
Your my favorite.
Westcoastbirdwatcher
by westcoastbirdwatcher on Jul 25, 2008 9:48 PM EDT reply actions
hate to say it, but
k more likely
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!
Hrabosky is dumb
it doesn’t matter if there is a guy at first or not, they would pitch to Pujols right here
boo cubs, hooray beer
is it sad im almost rooting for just a not strike out?
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
on outside pitches
is the real concern to me
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!
it's not really a concern
he just needs to remember how to go the other way. He’s trying to pull EVERYTHING right now. It may take teams putting the shift on for him for him to realize how bad it’s become.
boo cubs, hooray beer
Was all ready for
Lud to walk in a run and pujols to hit the grand slam:
Billy Wagner in
Cards need a stinkin’ run
where’s So Taguchi?
It happens to the best of them
I can remember back in the 80’s when a great hitter like George Brett had a two week slump.
But I do think he needs a few days off maybe,
not that i'm saying he won't break out of it, I just think there may be some physical issues involved with the elbow
to go along with him being in a poor mental state
boo cubs, hooray beer
Also, a play very early in the game, he fielded a grounder at first
and threw to second to start a DP, but there was 2 outs. His head just doesn’t seem to be in the game right now.
boo cubs, hooray beer
he lobbed to 2nd, he wasn't looking for 2
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!
march on!
it is still July and they are still in contention
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 25, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope this is one of those series
where we lose the first and end up winning the next two, and not like that one where we lost the first and then the rest.
Yes he has
the offense and pen have screwed him out of atleast 5 wins.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 25, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Juan Gonzalez rocked him in Spring Training
and he’s no longer with the team. :P
boo cubs, hooray beer
Mabye not beat him, but at least
get to the bullpen and make a game of it. the next six days shall be interesting.
My fellow Americans. As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball, but tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.
I'm torn, I can't decide if I want the Brewers to win tonight or not
I mean, I really dislike them after last night, and technically we are still in this thing. But the thought of Cubs losing sole possession of first place sounds good as well.
boo cubs, hooray beer
When we deployed after Sep 11th,
We were in a really crappy place-hot, dry, dusty, living in tents, getting mortared and snipers shot at us on a regular basis. Not hot meals for three weeks, had to eat MRE’s. Toilets were literally a hole dug in the ground until we could build our own crappers-and we had to burn the poo every night. When we took off on missions, we came under fire almost immediately on departure and then as we returned to base (and we weren’t even in Afghanistan, we were in a neighboring country). Well, we were all sitting around feeling sorry for ourselves, and bitching and pissing and moaning about whatever the hell it was. Our commander walked by, listened to us vent for a little bit, and said:
“I appreciate the hardships you’re going through, and the stress of combat can take a toll on a person. But boys, you ain’t going home anytime soon, so you just need to embrace the suck.”
Prescient words from a prescient man, and considering the current streak of bad baseball we are watching with the Cardinals, most appropriate.
"Is this Heaven?"
"No, it;s Iowa."
"I could've sworn it was Heaven."
Embrace The Suck
that’s a very appropriate frame of mind for all of us to have. i’m going to have learn to embrace the suck in my personal life as well.
thank you for your service to our country. it’s men & women like yourself that help keep our country free. and i thank you for your sacrifice.
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
The one thing I forgot to add
Things did get better. We eventually got flush toilets, hot food, the daily mortaring quit, and we eventually all came home, one way or another. It never did cool down, though.
Just like the Brewers and beginning of the Mets series, things will get better. The hitters will hit, starters will pitch late into games, and it sounds like Carp is close to being back, with Waino hopefully right behind him.
We’re still in the thick of this thing, and I’m telling you, with 6 games against the Flubs in Sept, anything is possible.
They’re going to the playoffs. You heard it here first.
"Is this Heaven?"
"No, it;s Iowa."
"I could've sworn it was Heaven."
Amen
And thanks for eloquently putting into perspective that we are talking about a Game.
"A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while."- Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh
by CurtainCall on Jul 25, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Awesome
Five game losing streak
Not worth losing sleep over
Just embrace the suck
"Crud, does that booger-eating spaz make me wanna puke!" - Tanner Boyle
by iron duke75 on Jul 25, 2008 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Good story.
Well told.
And good for you for seeing the wisdom in your commander’s words. I doubt it was easy to hear such a blunt statement and readily accept it.
Embrace the suck. That is great. I guarantee I will repeat those words and maybe your entire retelling someday.
by Youneverknow on Jul 26, 2008 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Why was Boggs starting today?
This may have been asked before, but why did we “send down Garcia to bring up Boggs for bullpen help” only to end up using Boggs as a starter? I would’ve rather seen Garcia.
On with the (good) youth movement!
I don't know but it seems like everytime we bring
some of these pitchers up from Memphis and they don’t do real great in the majors it takes that “prospect” aura away and they are not worth much as trading chips anymore if we were to try and trade. But with the injuries it couldn’t really been avoided. Let’s just hope Garcia doesn’t have too many bad outings if he is called back up. I would hate to see another one of our “prospects” turn into just another average farm hand. I’m not sure if Boggs was really considered a “top prospect” but still….
they should have left garcia up
he pitched well enough to move him back to the pen.. Parisi should have never been moved from the pen.
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
by punchinjudy on Jul 25, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
boggs is doing pretty much what the projections said he would
a below replacement level pitcher.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
What stage of depression
is acceptance?
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 25, 2008 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
the final
"I believe he’s been reincarnated, that he played before, in the twenties and thirties, and he’s back to prove something." - Former teammate Mark McGwire about Albert Pujols
Embrace the suck. Fantastic post and places the situation in perspective. Yesterday in a Bangkok
construction lot – piles of rubbish, concrete block and noise – I watched an old, old lady who was working for probably $4 a day, sweep away some dirt and pick up a discarded plastic zebra long discarded. She limped to a nearby make-shift shrine, set the zebra on the altar and prayed and smiled. It was her karma to discover a small bit of happiness and she wished to thank the fates for the moment of joy.
We could all do with some (of this type) humility.. . .
An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.
HL Mencken
Carp Tonight
hey just letting anyone interested know that my fanpost on Carp’s start tonight is up on the main page. I was up close and personal for it :)
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