6/20 White Sox (Danks) at Cubs (Lilly), 1:20pm, CSN

[CubsGM]

You would really think Cubs fans would be able to handle the ups and downs of a 162 game season better than this.....

 

Why? We're usually down, that's easy to deal with. Being up is unusual, and it makes us nervous.

 

Valid...makes sense. But to me it's more like, "Wow, we're actually pretty good." I'm more relaxed this year and find myself looking at the big picture a lot more.

 

Not me. I'm more fired up this year than ever. I am pissed even if we're only up by a run or two. I guess I just feel that this is the closest we're ever going to get to having a WS-caliber team, and this is our only chance for another 20 years or so.

 

Why, we don't have any pending FA departures and we're still a young ballclub. If anything we'll be even better next season as our young talent develops and we add a pitcher or two.

 

Cubs aren't very young. The best hitters (Lee, Rameriez, Soriano, etc.) are in their prime. The window is probably this year and maybe next.

 

I'll take two championships in a row.

better get your red sox gear then

You can't win a championship if your 3 hitter hits around .270

the sox are damn good

Yeah so if we don't beat good teams it equals championship I guess.

[weis21]

Hawk and DJ are making fun of the Cubs attendance. Oh the irony.

 

How can they make fun of a sold out crowd?

No, they were talking about how the Cubs only had about 400-500 people per game back in the day.

What a dumb thing to bring up

[Butterscup1679666578]

wow lilly, keep throwing meatballs.

[CubsGM]

Awesome

[rynefan]

as if this wasn't bad enough, i've got gn on the radio and the tv muted, and the radio is about 4 seconds ahead

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Lilly is not good on days when the wind blows out.

[rynefan]

i love theriot

[Choonch]

I hate the fact that I have lost a lot of faith in this offense over the course of 3 games.

 

Really, I'm mad at myself...I know it's a completely irrational thought. :banghead:

 

Its really not. Most of these players have been part of a terrible offensive lineup for more than a couple of years, and I thought it was more irrational to think they'd all become OBP machines for a whole season after decades of not knowing what the acronym meant.

 

Soto and Fukudome.

 

 

Ramirez is the only one of the "old" guys who has shown markedly better patience. The team is still working pitchers very well and there's no reason (up till now) to think that it's going to stop anytime soon.

 

The way they worked Kazmir out of the game despite not being able to hit him was a thing of beauty. Unfortunately, that game just didn't work out for us.

 

 

I have a feeling the panic around here would be a lot more subdued had Carlos Marmol not thought that home plate was a foot to the left of where it was yesterday. The whole Z thing obviously is looming over us, though.

 

You're right...watching them v. Kazmir was incredible. I enjoyed watching that as much as I do watching them rough up a pitcher. And, yes, Z's injury, Mamol's complete meltdown, and the 3 game sweep have things looking worse than they probably are.

[RegulusBlue]

as if this wasn't bad enough, i've got gn on the radio and the tv muted, and the radio is about 4 seconds ahead

 

That's bizarre. On MLB.tv I totally have Len and Bob.

[CubsGM]

DeBlowsa, Murton, Cedeno

[bcl412]

Hawk and DJ are making fun of the Cubs attendance. Oh the irony.

 

How can they make fun of a sold out crowd?

No, they were talking about how the Cubs only had about 400-500 people per game back in the day.

What a dumb thing to bring up

 

Hawk, stuck in the past, I don't beleive that.

[David]

Lee has actually hit two balls very hard today. And he's been taking walks again lately.

[RegulusBlue]

I hate the fact that I have lost a lot of faith in this offense over the course of 3 games.

 

Really, I'm mad at myself...I know it's a completely irrational thought. :banghead:

 

Its really not. Most of these players have been part of a terrible offensive lineup for more than a couple of years, and I thought it was more irrational to think they'd all become OBP machines for a whole season after decades of not knowing what the acronym meant.

 

Soto and Fukudome.

 

 

Ramirez is the only one of the "old" guys who has shown markedly better patience. The team is still working pitchers very well and there's no reason (up till now) to think that it's going to stop anytime soon.

 

The way they worked Kazmir out of the game despite not being able to hit him was a thing of beauty. Unfortunately, that game just didn't work out for us.

 

 

I have a feeling the panic around here would be a lot more subdued had Carlos Marmol not thought that home plate was a foot to the left of where it was yesterday. The whole Z thing obviously is looming over us, though.

 

You're right...watching them v. Kazmir was incredible. I enjoyed watching that as much as I do watching them rough up a pitcher. And, yes, Z's injury, Mamol's complete meltdown, and the 3 game sweep have things looking worse than they probably are.

 

Unless Z has a Prior injury and Marmol is two weeks behind him while the offense just dies. Then we'll wonder what we were ever excited about.

[rynefan]

i knew the pitch was in the ivy with the radio before he even threw it on the tv, weird

[weis21]

The whole "DeBlowsa" thing irritates me a lot

[Choonch]

Hawk and DJ are making fun of the Cubs attendance. Oh the irony.

 

How can they make fun of a sold out crowd?

No, they were talking about how the Cubs only had about 400-500 people per game back in the day.

What a dumb thing to bring up

 

Inferiority complex.

[RedFlash]

Would Lou ever consider tweaking the 3-4 spots? It seems like every other lineup spot has been played with, but Lee and Ramirez remain untouched. Look what happened when Ozzie removed dead weights Konerko and Thome out of their 3-4 spots.

 

I've been an advocate of moving Lee down for awhile now.

 

I mean Lou has wanted to move Soriano out of the leadoff spot for awhile now, and he's giving up on that, but he won't move Lee down a spot? So yeah, Lou really needs to consider swapping ARam and Lee in the order.

[CubsGM]

DeBlowsa

[Garwilly]

The whole "DeBlowsa" thing irritates me a lot

 

 

I look forward to the day it is filtered.

[woodchip2153]

What are the pitch counts? I'm too lazy to go look.

[C.C.]

I keep waiting for our offense to have that one explosive inning that jump starts us. I'm still waiting.

[CubsGM]

10 straight retired. We look good.

[David]

The whole "DeBlowsa" thing irritates me a lot

 

 

A lot of the hate on our own players on a team that's actually very good is irritating.

 

But it's "venting."

[Guancous]

How many games will it take the make the playoffs out of the Central this year? 88? 89? That means the Cubs have to go 43-46 from here on out. I'll take those odds.

 

(Then again, on Tuesday it was 40-49.)

[C.C.]

10 straight retired. We look good.

 

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