09/05 Pittsburgh (Santos) @ CUBS (Mateo) 7:05 CDT, WCIU TV

[Sammy Sofa]

Oh, good. It's Roberto "Winning is for losers!" Novoa.

[NorthsideAvenger]

Come on Cubs, play to your (in)ability.

[RammyFanny]

For those who asked about Ramirez:

 

Ramirez had runners on 2nd and 3rd I believe and grounded to third, third baseman bobbled, got it back, threw him out (Aramis did seem to be hustling though :D ). Right after went over the base he threw his helmet real hard at the ground, and the ump (who had his back turned to Ramirez), must have heard it and immediately turned around and ejected him.

[Balsa]

Murton cloggin' the bases.

[Jim Ignatowski]

31,494--the smallest crowd of the year and a lot of this number is no shows.

[sethuel1]

Murton cloggin' the bases.

Cedeno uncloggin' the bases

[ToupeeOnFire]

Cubs just dodged a bullet there. They almost took the lead.

[RegulusBlue]

As long as Murton plays and does well, I hope the Cubs lose every game.

 

I met Murton last Friday and he is nothing but class. He signed my shirt and I have a picture with him AN HOUR AND A HALF after the game!

[ToupeeOnFire]

Fecal league update:

 

Minnesota 8 TB 0 Final (Twins gain a game on the White Sox)

KC 4 Yankees 0 Bot 7

[Warpticon]

I love how Scott Moore's head won't fit in the photo box on Gameday.

[CubColtPacer]

Wow..Pierre really must be in contract drive now...he's reached base 11 out of his last 15 times up now.

[ToupeeOnFire]

Pierre is on fire. He's going to finish the year over .300 I bet.

 

Give that man a 3 year / 21 million dollar deal!

[UMFan83]

Way to kill a rally Juan

[CubColtPacer]

Way to kill a rally Juan

 

What rally? It was only him :D

[UMFan83]

Way to kill a rally Juan

 

What rally? It was only him :D

 

With the Cubs meager OBP that is a rally

[ToupeeOnFire]

Way to kill a rally Juan

Santo on the radio: "WHY!!!! Why?!?"

[Laura]

Way to kill a rally Juan

Santo on the radio: "WHY!!!! Why?!?"

 

No kidding.

 

The few people still there weren't very happy either.

[UMFan83]

What do you think the cause of the attendance dropoff is? Last few weekday home games:

 

37,994

38,582

39,464

39,470

 

Now 31,000 tonight

[Transmogrified Tiger]

What do you think the cause of the attendance dropoff is? Last few weekday home games:

 

37,994

38,582

39,464

39,470

 

Now 31,000 tonight

 

Who were the opponents for the other games? And were any of those night games? Those are two factors that come immediately to mind.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Why was Aramis taken out?

[Balsa]

As long as Murton plays and does well, I hope the Cubs lose every game.

 

I met Murton last Friday and he is nothing but class. He signed my shirt and I have a picture with him AN HOUR AND A HALF after the game!

*Jealous*

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Why was Aramis taken out?

 

Ejected after he slammed his helmet to the ground after being thrown out on a groundball. Not sure if he was upset about the call or his performance.

[UMFan83]

What do you think the cause of the attendance dropoff is? Last few weekday home games:

 

37,994

38,582

39,464

39,470

 

Now 31,000 tonight

 

Who were the opponents for the other games? And were any of those night games? Those are two factors that come immediately to mind.

 

First one was yesterdays game (Labor day can be a factor)

Next one was Friday's Giants game

The previous 2 were from the Phillies series, don't remember if they were day/night, but I assume the last game of the series was a day game

 

The next smallest crowd this year was around 36,500 back in April. Seems odd to have around 5,000 less. Yesterday's game couldnt have been the straw that broke the camel's back could it?

[Mizzou]

So are we in last place, or is the game not over yet?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

So are we in last place, or is the game not over yet?

 

Hold on, Dempster's working on it.