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Ok Troy.....

time to break your streak

by ViperLjs on Aug 8, 2008 3:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pick a good one, Troy

and send it a mile.

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by gocards62 on Aug 8, 2008 3:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nice

Load ‘em up for Glaus! You better throw some strikes now, Teddy!

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 3:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A non-breaking slider down the middle would be nice

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 3:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Time for a patented Glaus Grand Salami

Over the monster

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by bjork24 on Aug 8, 2008 3:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Does Wrigley face eastward?

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by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 3:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was referring to his last GS

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by bjork24 on Aug 8, 2008 3:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Troy has seemed to have good swings today

but then again, he’s been popping out. So, not good

by TheBirds on Aug 8, 2008 3:48 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

also

he’s 0 – Chicago this year

by Cedar Plank on Aug 8, 2008 3:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

take a strike, plz

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by gocards62 on Aug 8, 2008 3:49 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!

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by bjork24 on Aug 8, 2008 3:48 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Slide with your feet please

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 3:49 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Glaus now 0-for-27

against the Cubs this season.

by ccthemovieman on Aug 8, 2008 3:49 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

should've taken a strike

that was a borderline pitch

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by gocards62 on Aug 8, 2008 3:49 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He pounded it

the wind knocked it down, just like it did to albert’s drive in the 3rd

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by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 3:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It was.

He made the play. It had to be perfect and it was.

by Egyptian on Aug 8, 2008 3:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep

put it exactly where soto needed to be, and threw it really hard

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by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 3:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the hop

he has said the reason he does it is because he keeps his legs moving- he got used to having his body in motion as a 2B and says he feels weird standing still and making catches

by ACB on Aug 8, 2008 3:51 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Horrible slide

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 3:49 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

game changer....

plain and simple, that really really hurts…
gotta tip the cap to soriano though, that was a man throw

by duncans_army on Aug 8, 2008 3:49 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bad luck thread.

Bad robot. Quick, we need a good luck high-koo.

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.

by Alxfritz on Aug 8, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

opportunities…
let us remember, fellas
the cubs are the cubs

by mattybobo on Aug 8, 2008 3:51 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

why do

people run on Soriano? he doesnt take great routes and doesnt ever dive for catchable balls but he has a cannon for an arm

by ACB on Aug 8, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Glaus

is ice cold at the plate.

by rlgosnell on Aug 8, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well, we've lost

2 runners on the bases so far. It may be a valid criticism, although Mather should have been sent there. Soriano just made the play, and Lilly and Soto made the play before.

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 3:52 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah, you have to give Soriano credit

for a nice play. You have to send the guy, even Yadi (well…)

by ccthemovieman on Aug 8, 2008 3:54 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If he slides correctly, he's safe.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 3:51 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

what's that supposed to mean?

I can’t point out that he slid past the base and ended up being called out because of it?

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by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 3:54 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hurt Looper

is better than non-injured Looper if he is. I guess that blessing from the lama paid off.

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.

by Alxfritz on Aug 8, 2008 3:56 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

under

Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!

by Paulspike on Aug 8, 2008 3:53 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No, he was out easily

I agree about the weak slide, though.

by ccthemovieman on Aug 8, 2008 3:52 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

and now momentum swifts

to the Cubs…

Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!

by Paulspike on Aug 8, 2008 3:52 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Looper really should have a better record

he hasn’t been getting much run support lately. Hold ‘em Loop!

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 8, 2008 3:53 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like how the Cubs fans cheer every time the ball is hit

Foul, out, hit, whatever.

Are they all drunk or what?

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by bjork24 on Aug 8, 2008 3:53 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

they just think

everything is going to be a hit… I hear its Down Syndrome Day at Wrigley… Still unsure if it refers to the fans or the players…

Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!

by Paulspike on Aug 8, 2008 3:54 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

haha

That’s terrible. I hope Albert doesn’t read this thread.

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by bjork24 on Aug 8, 2008 3:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

With the wind

any pop fly to the OF can go out, and there’s little predicting it

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 3:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wind is blowing in knocking down flyballs today.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 3:56 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree that's what's going on today, especially to LF

but just saying—this field plays very randomly

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by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 3:57 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yup

its either a hitters paradise or an extreme pitcher’s park or anywhere in between all depending on the wind.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 3:58 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But they do it ALL THE TIME

Not just this game.

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by bjork24 on Aug 8, 2008 3:56 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wind must really be blowing in

we’re seeing a lot of OF’s go back toward the fence, only to come in to catch the ball. It may be the reason Mather was out at home—Soriano had a lot of momentum toward the plate.

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 3:53 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah

there have been about four balls that looked like HR off of the bat

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by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 3:56 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Looper's keeping us in it!

Let’s get some more runs!

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by bjork24 on Aug 8, 2008 3:54 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, he should have

but it takes a certain amount of gumption to use your body as a projectile. It’s one of those decisions where you are like, “Man, should I have just done that?”

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Aug 8, 2008 3:56 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i would think

that a team that watch Yadier get trucked would be a bit more relectant to advocate doing it to other catchers- people can get really hurt doing that

by ACB on Aug 8, 2008 3:58 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nevermind

the awful spelling- im at work

by ACB on Aug 8, 2008 3:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

eh

just because it has been a part doesnt mean it should be- just like throwing at the head

by ACB on Aug 8, 2008 4:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so standing

in front of home plate is a trait exclusive to Soto?- there seemed to be plenty of room for that player to slide correclty and score , or he could have just beat the throw- if you cant do either dont try and crush the guy who did his job right

by ACB on Aug 8, 2008 4:02 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nothing dirty

about knocking the ball loose of the catcher.

by liam on Aug 8, 2008 4:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

great inning...

... that was huge. third time through the meat of the order right after a disappointing offensive half inning.

Loop’s earning his pay today.

by kindred on Aug 8, 2008 3:55 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice catch, JED

Now stand up and pretend you’re hurt for the next five minutes.

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by bjork24 on Aug 8, 2008 3:57 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just like the old days

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by bjork24 on Aug 8, 2008 3:57 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

knocking on fake wood desk here

but does anybody else feel a little nauseated by the thought that Izzy could be pitching later in this game? Is Tony really willing to raise the blood pressure of all of us by doing that?

by FredbirdisaDork on Aug 8, 2008 3:57 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i feel nausiated just getting the ball to izzy

"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"

by rocKStark5 on Aug 8, 2008 3:58 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Iz2 is showing up the Cubs for trading him

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by bjork24 on Aug 8, 2008 3:58 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

think about what you just said

Did you honestly, in your life, ever think that those words would be uttered from your mouth?

by FredbirdisaDork on Aug 8, 2008 3:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nope

Hence the delicious, delicious irony.

by Andyfantastic on Aug 8, 2008 4:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

8 for his last 15

for Iz2

Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!

by Paulspike on Aug 8, 2008 3:58 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Now he gets it down!

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by Alxfritz on Aug 8, 2008 3:58 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Steal first?

That would be something

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by bjork24 on Aug 8, 2008 3:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

When you reach on a K, does it count as a SB?

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't think so, but it happens so rarely

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by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

already did

Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!

by Paulspike on Aug 8, 2008 3:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

cmon wind

do a shift and help out skip!

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 8, 2008 4:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ugh

I hate the sacrifice with 1 out.

by Cedar Plank on Aug 8, 2008 3:59 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm going to laugh my ass off

if I see 1 guy at the Olympics diving across the finish line! Someone oughtta do it just to make fun of baseball players who do that!

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 4:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well, lets be honest

they would tear themselves up if they did.

by TheBirds on Aug 8, 2008 4:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, rubberized track isn't the most forgiving of surfaces

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by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ba-dum

C.C. Sabathia, Rich Harden................Felipe Lopez.

by rowboat on Aug 8, 2008 4:03 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Did you see the men's track 800 finals at the trials?

Hairy dude threw himself across the line, landing on his face, to get the 3rd and final spot on the US team

by Yellow Dog on Aug 8, 2008 4:02 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hope they don't do that stupid trick of putting all the middle distance

on cable or at 3 am this year, just because the USA sucks at middle distance

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

they do kind of dive...

getting across a line with your chest is different than getting your foot on a bag…

by duncans_army on Aug 8, 2008 4:02 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Except

when diving to first actually is the right play.

by liam on Aug 8, 2008 4:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What the hell

Stop sliding into first, SOOO DUMB!

by TheBirds on Aug 8, 2008 3:59 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Goddammit!!

If I see Skip slide headfirst into first one more time…

Run through the damned thing!@

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 4:00 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

an eight pitch inning for lilly...

that’s absurdity. take some pitches, boys… he’s almost out.

by RedbirdAvenger on Aug 8, 2008 4:00 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

second inning was

6 pitches for Sissy… i mean Lilly

Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!

by Paulspike on Aug 8, 2008 4:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

on the contrary

the “tradition” of wrigley field is a great thing for the sport, even if we are the bad guys inside the ivy walls

by duncans_army on Aug 8, 2008 4:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm actually OK with it

It’s that damned “Go Cubs Go” song that makes me wanna kill.

C.C. Sabathia, Rich Harden................Felipe Lopez.

by rowboat on Aug 8, 2008 4:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the good news is...

we aren’t playing very well, and we’re still ahead by one

the bad new is…
the Cubs always seem to score 4 or 5 in the last few innings

My first memory of Cardinals baseball is seeing Darrell Porter jump into Bruce Sutter's arms on October 20, 1982!

by 82Special on Aug 8, 2008 4:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the worst news?

we still have THAT bullpen

Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!

by Paulspike on Aug 8, 2008 4:02 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well,

just about time for the Cubs to have one of those five run eighth innings that no one can quite seem to explain…

Why don't you just make like a tree, and get out of here?

by the red baron on Aug 8, 2008 4:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

was that

loop’s first k of the game?

by Cedar Plank on Aug 8, 2008 4:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

third

according to gameday, he has 3

by blahquaker on Aug 8, 2008 4:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

#3

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

thanks guys

sorry for the sloppy watching, I’m trying to get a little work done too

by Cedar Plank on Aug 8, 2008 4:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Let's see how efficient Loop is in the 7th

he might just pitch the 8th

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by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I HATE JED!

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by bjork24 on Aug 8, 2008 4:05 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

for crying out loud

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 4:05 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

FUCK!

pardon me for those who are offended but…

FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 4:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Stupid Edmonds

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wow

i was so agaisnt getting edmonds

shows what i know i guess

by ACB on Aug 8, 2008 4:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i dont care about his cardinals years

fuck him NOW

Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!

by Paulspike on Aug 8, 2008 4:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I just threw up in my mouth

This is more painful that i ever could’ve thought.

by iwannarock24 on Aug 8, 2008 4:07 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Would it be wrong

To bean Jimmy just because he’s a Cub?

by augustdragon on Aug 8, 2008 4:07 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cool

Never sure how all these “unwritten rules” work :)

by augustdragon on Aug 8, 2008 4:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lets go teepee

F15.

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.

by Alxfritz on Aug 8, 2008 4:07 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

if that happens

it will either be in EI or in the bottom of the 9th so by all means go for it

by ACB on Aug 8, 2008 4:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Edmonds killing us

is like a bad joke.

The guy is so streaky that I can understand why other teams just HATED him when he was a red-bird. When he’s hot, he just single-handedly kills you.

ooof.

So says, Titus Pullo (formerly The Dude)

by Titus Pullo on Aug 8, 2008 4:08 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've got the Cubs announcers

wanna switch?

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That is true

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

At least it's not Bob Brenley

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 4:11 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Imagine if Pujols became a Cub

shivers

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by bjork24 on Aug 8, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

disturbing

you just made me think of APu in a Cubs uni. bleh

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 8, 2008 4:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Loop has given up a lot of homers the last few months

My first memory of Cardinals baseball is seeing Darrell Porter jump into Bruce Sutter's arms on October 20, 1982!

by 82Special on Aug 8, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Looper 7 ip and 2 ER

good job. That’s all we can ask.

by Harknights on Aug 8, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was just typing the same thing

he’s done his job. It should be 3-2 or 4-2

by Cedar Plank on Aug 8, 2008 4:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

agreed

Those HRs will hurt a lot less if we win.

Plus, it’s weird, I end up respecting Jimmy as a player more, but it also makes me love him less.

by enoscountry on Aug 8, 2008 4:11 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

96 pitches for Loop

You think he starts the 8th?

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by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:10 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wouldn't let him

it’ll be the top of the order—Soriano, Theriot, Lee, and Ramirez

I want Springer.

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 4:11 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

heh

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 8, 2008 4:11 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hahah

I was just gonna type “Actual Cardinals 2, Dude who used to play for the Cardinals 2.”

Not al bad, considering. Nice outing by Loop…we’re in this.

by goodymobb on Aug 8, 2008 4:12 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

if you'd told me 7 IP/2 ER was loop's line for today...

i’d have been thrilled.

we need to get a win for this guy.

by RedbirdAvenger on Aug 8, 2008 4:11 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mather's been raking today

at least Kennedy gets to hit this inning.

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 4:12 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1

Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!

by Paulspike on Aug 8, 2008 4:12 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Anyone think if Jimmy gets into the HOF

he will go in as a Cubs just to stick it to Tony & management?

by KYCards on Aug 8, 2008 4:12 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

no

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 4:13 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't believe

that players get to choose anymore

by stlhulsey on Aug 8, 2008 4:13 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

didn't Dave Winfield ruin that?

or was it Wade Boggs?

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 4:14 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

boggs

they let winfield choose because he had more than one reasonable option. boggs choosing the devil rays had nothing to do with baseball.

by blahquaker on Aug 8, 2008 4:19 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

From Wikipedia

Before his retirement, Boggs was plagued by newspaper reports that the expansion Devil Rays gave him financial compensation in return for selecting a Devil Rays cap for his plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame, though he has denied that any such condition was part of his contract. In light of those reports (and other rumors that teams were offering number retirement, money or organizational jobs in exchange for the cap designation) the Hall decided in 2001 to change its practice of deferring to players wishes regarding cap logo selection, and reinforced the Hall’s authority to determine with which cap the player would be depicted. The Hall decided that Boggs would eventually be depicted wearing a Boston cap for his 2005 induction, despite his acrimonious relationship with Red Sox management. During the Hall of Fame player introductions of the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, he decided to wear the Yankees cap instead.

by augustdragon on Aug 8, 2008 4:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs