9/12 Cubs (Hill) @ Astros (Albers) 7:05 CST WGN-9/WGN-720

[soccer10k]

Cubs win?

[Andy]

My roommate came in to tell me one of our basketball players got arrested for drugs just as that play was happening, and I was too busy yelling and jumping around my room to notice him.

 

OMG...HUGE.

 

And (just barely)...

 

Ryan put the Astros in the

 

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e67/ndistops/Dumpster.jpg

[badger1679666666]

For everyone calling that lucky, weren't we UNLUCKY with the kick off the 1st base bag?

:roll:

 

WTG Dempster, great pitch, great turn, way to cover 1st.

 

Lou was pumped up!

Edited September 13, 2007 by badger

[Guest]

The Dempster bashing is a freaking joke.

[Little Slide Rooter]

In hindsight, the jam itself wasnt really Demps fault. The Loretta hit was a fluke and the Lamb triple should have been a single had Pie played it right.

[FergieJ31]

holy omg. we don't deserve this one. i'll take it, but we don't deserve it.

 

Yes, we do.

 

W

[Derwood]

The Dempster bashing is a freaking joke.

 

you should ban them all ;)

[DiamondMind]

lol what was piniella saying?

 

Im 99% sure I saw "now thats a MF win"

[badger1679666666]

The Dempster bashing is a freaking joke.

 

some guys will never win with folks on this board.

 

Also, I don't think Lou was unhappy, I think he was pumped. The man is crazy and doesn't smile in the first place so judging his happiness is tough.

[Sammy Sofa]

In hindsight, the jam itself wasnt really Demps fault. The Loretta hit was a fluke and the Lamb triple should have been a single had Pie played it right.

 

Exactly. And if people want to argue that a closer then has to deal with those flukes, well, he did. I think these are the kinds of closes that, contrary to the drama, show how good Dempster can actually be in the role.

[TruffleShuffle]

10 runs tomorrow, PLZ

 

still may not be enough

[TMan92]

In hindsight, the jam itself wasnt really Demps fault. The Loretta hit was a fluke and the Lamb triple should have been a single had Pie played it right.

 

this

[weatherdood]

In hindsight, the jam itself wasnt really Demps fault. The Loretta hit was a fluke and the Lamb triple should have been a single had Pie played it right.

 

And even the walk came back to help in the end! :D Just don't make a habit out of it!

[weatherdood]

10 runs tomorrow, PLZ

 

still may not be enough

 

20?

[SouthSideRyan]

I can't believe all the talk of this being a lucky win, and us not deserving it. I've come to expect the Dempster bashing, but seriously lucky??

 

The ball bounced off freakin first base!!

[Mizzou]

Wow, what an ending!

 

Great game by Rich Hill, and awesome job by Dempster to get out of it and preserve the win.

 

Lou was pumped up after the game. First place!

[minnesotacubsfan]

In hindsight, the jam itself wasnt really Demps fault. The Loretta hit was a fluke and the Lamb triple should have been a single had Pie played it right.

 

Exactly. And if people want to argue that a closer then has to deal with those flukes, well, he did. I think these are the kinds of closes that, contrary to the drama, show how good Dempster can actually be in the role.

 

maybe, but i'd still rather have Marmol

 

 

first place cubs...lets stay there plz...

[Sammy Sofa]

Do we get to see the postgame press conference? Comcast always shows it, and this is one of the times I wanna hear Lou!

[TMan92]

I think tomorrow is Woody Williams payback day.

[cubweiser03]

lol what was piniella saying?

 

Im 99% sure I saw "now thats a MF win"

 

haha i couldnt lip read. he was pumped up and all jabbering.

[UBlink]

Cubs win?

 

There's a rumor going around to that effect.

[Sammy Sofa]

In hindsight, the jam itself wasnt really Demps fault. The Loretta hit was a fluke and the Lamb triple should have been a single had Pie played it right.

 

Exactly. And if people want to argue that a closer then has to deal with those flukes, well, he did. I think these are the kinds of closes that, contrary to the drama, show how good Dempster can actually be in the role.

 

maybe, but i'd still rather have Marmol

 

Remember, a lot of closes aren't like this...most of them aren't. The high drama ones just stick out. Marmol is much more useful coming in between the 6th and 8th innings, where the pressure is usually MUCH higher.

[circlechange]

The amount of support for this team in the game thread is pathetic. It's the world's biggest pessimism party. Obviously it's not everyone, but enough that's it's really become unbearable at times.

[CubColtPacer]

The Dempster bashing is a freaking joke.

 

Completely agreed-the first ball should have been an out, the second one should have been a double at most, and Dempster did a great job of pitching out of the jam.

 

BTW, to answer the question earlier, Floyd was taken out and Jones did slide over to RF in the 8th.

[weatherdood]

Cubs win?

 

There's a rumor going around to that effect.

 

Awaiting confirmation, continuing to pinch myself