9/2 Cubs (Mountain) vs. Astros (Comedian) 1:20 WGN

[Fro]

Such a joke that there's not instant replay in baseball... hell Tennis even has it.

[SouthSideRyan]

Hey Soriano, since you sucked in LF today, come in and play 2nd so we can have an actual bat in the lineup still rather than Fontenot.

[synergy]

well this game is over. our best hitter out for the game. so since Brewers and Cardinals are going to gain a game once again. Brewers will be only .5 and Cardinals only 1 game out. The prophecy about the Cardinals winning the division seems more and more likely.

[IowaCubsFan]

Still, two runs, and another three innings to get three more.

 

Just keep them from scoring, bullpen.

[Fred Hornkohl]

               Houston            CUBS
P/PA              4.52            4.41
RBI%              0.31            0.17
R/BR              0.45            0.25
BA               0.261           0.217
OBP              0.393           0.414
SLG              0.522           0.261
OPS              0.915           0.675
ERA               4.50            7.50
BB/9              7.50            6.00
K/9               7.50           10.50

[jaydee]

That was the same pitch he called a strike earlier in the count.

Yeah, I was kind of surprised he argued it.

 

hes probably just sick of a pitch that isnt a strike being called a strike.

[Outshined_One]

That was the same pitch he called a strike earlier in the count.

Yeah, I was kind of surprised he argued it.

 

I think he argued it because that same strike also got called in his other ABs. It'd be one thing if Hill got that corner, but Ramirez has consistently been getting rung up on that pitch today.

[Flames24Rulz]

This ump can go eff himself.

 

Where's Mongo when you need him?

 

He's been calling that same location a strike the whole game.

[ninetynineplus]

That was the same pitch he called a strike earlier in the count.

Yeah, I was kind of surprised he argued it.

 

he disagreed earlier.. why not now? could see that sequence coming from a mile away..

[Keener98]

Way to stick up for your player Lou you freaking coward. You sat on your ass and did nothing last weekend while the umps kept screwing us with their zone, and now today you go out there and basically say and do nothing. You coward.

[CuseCubFan69]

With 2 strikes, why take a pitch that close with an inconsistent ump?

[SouthSideRyan]

well this game is over. our best hitter out for the game. so since Brewers and Cardinals are going to gain a game once again. Brewers will be only .5 and Cardinals only 1 game out. The prophecy about the Cardinals winning the division seems more and more likely.

 

JESU CHRISTO THEY'RE NOT WINNING THE FLIPPIN DIVISION JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE THE FLIPPIN CARDINALS LOOK AT SOMETHING OBJECTIVE AND QUIT BEING THE ANNOYING ASS CUB FANS THAT TALK ABOUT CURSES AND MYSTICISM AND REALIZE THAT THE CARDINALS ARE A DOGBLEEP TEAM

[witty alias]

Ramirez is tossed. He's the only guy hitting for us now. We're boned.

 

Yeah, he's been outstanding so far today.

[Have a seat, Neifi]

Thought that was both a good pitch and a strike (based on what had been called a strike earlier). That said, A-Ram needs to foul that one off and keep the AB alive.

[CubmanPi]

That part of the plate has only been getting called with the fastball that tails back toward the plate from a righty - when Hill was hitting that spot with his big curve, the ump had already given up on the pitch.

[PrimeTime]

Ump is racists.If it was Berkman or Pence up there it wouldve been called balls

[IowaCubsFan]

Randazzo probably has a date in a men's room at the airport after the game.

 

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[KyHen]

I personally thought it was a strike.

 

I just looked at it with Tivo. It was definitely over the plate, the only question was whether or not it was high enough. Looked right at the knees to me.

[soccer10k]

That was the same pitch he called a strike earlier in the count.

Yeah, I was kind of surprised he argued it.

 

I think he argued it because that same strike also got called in his other ABs. It'd be one thing if Hill got that corner, but Ramirez has consistently been getting rung up on that pitch today.

 

If it's been being called a strike all day when Rammy's batting, he should have swung and shouldn't be surprised that it was called a strike again. It's not like the ump had been calling that pitch a ball with Rammy up today.

 

It was a close pitch that the ump had called a strike a couple pitches earlier and there were two strikes in the count. You've got to protect.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Wood in (9th) to pitch, Fontenot in (4th) for the CUBS

[Outshined_One]

Here's hoping Pappas re-enacts the Mongo Game.

[SouthSideRyan]

That was the same pitch he called a strike earlier in the count.

Yeah, I was kind of surprised he argued it.

 

hes probably just sick of a pitch that isnt a strike being called a strike.

 

St. Albert wouldn't have said a word. He wouldn't have broken his helmet either. Would've taken it off signed it and given it to orphans. Orphans with diseases.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Berkman flied out to left center field

[TMan92]

Mike Fonenot is our cleanup hitter. Sweet!

[IowaCubsFan]

In St. Louis, the Reds have runners at the corners with nobody out in the ninth.