5/9 Snakes (Haren) vs Cubs (Lilly) 1:20PM WGN TV/Radio

[E.J.]

I have a bad feeling that we're going to get smoked today.

[UMFan83]

OK, so this is weird. My friend recently went to Costa Rica for 3 weeks. When he left the Cubs were 1-3, while he was gone they went 13-4, and since he's been back, they've gone 5-8. Recently, we've been joking about telling him to leave the country again.

 

But lately, its gotten worse. When he watches the Cubs, they do horrible. When he doesn't watch them they usually win. In fact, the last 3 Cubs games he's watched, they've won. The others, they've lost. But its even getting worse than that. On Wednesday, he turned on the game in the bottom of the second....first pitch he saw... HR. Then...another HR. 2 more to follow. He turned off the game right after that, but to no avail.

 

Today, this is the following online exchange we had:

 

UMfan83: not watching the cubs game?

Friend: no

Friend: how are they doing

UMfan83: must be why they have retired the first 2 batters without incident

Friend: woohoo!

Friend: ok im turning the game on

Friend: just as a test

Friend: WTF

Friend: WTF

Friend: ARE U ****** KIDDING

Friend: THE FIRST PITCH I SEE, HOME RUN

Friend: THIS IS SCARY

Friend: can you ****** believe that?

Friend: the damage is done

UMfan83: i hate you

Friend: this is the SECOND time that has happened

Friend: i turn it on, first pitch homerun

 

So umm...sorry about my friends guys...

[17 Seconds]

I can tell already that this series is going to piss me off.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

http://bjays.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/output.gif

 

That never gets old.

 

It gets better every time I see it. I can almost enjoy it at this point.

[Sammy Sofa]

Yeah, this is gonna be one of those games.

[haubrich91]

http://bjays.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/output.gif

 

I wonder if he asked Z to teach him how to break a bat over his knee.

[erik316wttn]

Upton K's. 1 out

[OleMissCub]

Fixed the Lilly gif:

 

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/lillmunk.gif

[erik316wttn]

I have a bad feeling that we're going to get smoked today.

 

I still stand by my prediction a few days ago where I said we'd be outscored 35-4 in this series.

[erik316wttn]

Another K. 2 outs.

[Andy]

Lilly's a first-pitch fastball away from a dominating perfect showing so far.

[salukifudd]

Fixed the Lilly gif:

 

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/lillmunk.gif

 

I laughed at that quite a bit.

[haubrich91]

I'm going to guess Kosuke is going yard today.

[erik316wttn]

I'm going to guess Kosuke is going yard today.

 

I'd hope so, because he hasn't shown me enough power to justify hitting him 5th.

[erik316wttn]

Aram grounds to SS. 1 down.

[UMFan83]

What's the scouting report on Haren. I am embarassed to admit I haven't watched him pitch a lot. Does he have a sinker or splitter because he seems to get a lot of gb outs?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I'm going to guess Kosuke is going yard today.

 

I'd hope so, because he hasn't shown me enough power to justify hitting him 5th.

 

If there is no lefty behind Ramirez, right-handed pitchers might throw nothing but pitches out of the strike zone to Ramirez. This, apparently, is a bad thing, though I can't for the life of me figure out why.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Lilly looks pretty good besides the 1 pitch to Young.

[erik316wttn]

Fukudome K's looking. 2 down.

[Outshined_One]

Better give that pitch to Lilly, ump.

[E.J.]

Holy crap, that was not a strike on Fukudome.

[haubrich91]

Lilly looks pretty good besides the 1 pitch to Young.

 

That will probably be the story of the game.

[erik316wttn]

Soto grounds to 3rd. 2 perfect innings thus far for Haren.

[illiniguy]

We are not going to hit this guy at all. SInce all of our big hitters decided to slump together too.

[OleMissCub]

Phil Mickelson and Tony Stewart must eat at the same buffet.