NLDS Game 3: Cubs (Harden) @ Dodgers (Kuroda) 9:07 TBS

[JGalt73]

Harden's shortest outing as a Cub..... Dempster a career high in BB... 4 E's in a game...

[CUBZ99]

Heartless. Seriously, wtf is going on that the Cubs decided to not show up for the playoffs? I hope they come back this game, but they have already blown chance after chance.

[Careless]

Has anyone considered the irony that after they switched the Cubs back to TBS they continued on with the end of the Titanic on TNT? Foretelling?

Well, there were some people predicting that it would lead to newspaper article themes tomorrow

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS     Los Angeles
P/PA              3.62            3.87
RBI%              0.00            0.30
R/BR              0.00            0.38
BA               0.211           0.250
OBP              0.286           0.348
SLG              0.316           0.400
OPS              0.602           0.748
ERA               5.40            0.00
BB/9              5.40            4.50
K/9               7.20            4.50

[Andy]

Has anyone considered the irony that after they switched the Cubs back to TBS they continued on with the end of the Titanic on TNT? Foretelling?

Would've been more so if they had done that for Game 1. By the time this game rolled around we had plenty of warning this would happen whereas Titanic came out of nowhere.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ramirez            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off       135   30   42   13    1    4    4   13   21  0.311  0.380  0.511  0.891  0.345  3.87  0.069  0.000
bases empty       285   49   79   23    1   11   11   38   53  0.277  0.368  0.481  0.849  0.308  4.02  0.091  0.000
6th inning         67    8   15    6    0    1    5    8    5  0.224  0.325  0.358  0.683  0.230  3.71  0.101  0.133
0 outs            196   55   65   19    1   12   39   22   29  0.332  0.403  0.622  1.025  0.342  3.88  0.071  0.375
This series         8    1    2    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.375  0.625  0.286  3.38  0.000  0.000
last 10 games      23    5    8    3    0    1    2    3    5  0.348  0.423  0.609  1.032  0.412  4.00  0.075  0.091
September          84   13   28    9    0    3   11    6   13  0.333  0.374  0.548  0.921  0.368  4.05  0.040  0.190
Road              278   40   71   21    0   10   51   24   47  0.255  0.316  0.439  0.755  0.276  3.95  0.061  0.223
Nite              296   59   91   30    1   13   63   37   52  0.307  0.395  0.547  0.942  0.338  4.06  0.087  0.262
vs Right          426   81  129   34    1   24   83   56   72  0.303  0.392  0.556  0.948  0.318  4.03  0.089  0.246
vs Kuroda           6    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.250  3.67  0.000  0.000
vs. L.A.           31    2    7    2    0    1    4    4    5  0.226  0.333  0.387  0.720  0.240  4.19  0.108  0.200
Jeff Nelson         8    3    2    0    0    2    5    1    0  0.250  0.333  1.000  1.333  0.000  3.44  0.083  0.375

season totals     560   99  162   45    1   27  110   74   95  0.289  0.379  0.518  0.897  0.308  4.03  0.090  0.250

[Master Shake]

I know all the heartless Sox fans are gonna rub it in come monday morning at work

[CDBears1259]

I'm so glad I haven't invested any emotion into this game. Actually spent the day enjoying life pretty much knowing what to expect. It felt good.

 

That's how I feel about the entire playoffs. Almost, I didn't quite manage to remove all emotional investment, but I came pretty close and I'm just a little annoyed instead of outright depressed.

I didn't have a lot invested going into Game 1 knowing there was a second at home, but Game 2 just finished killed my emotional investment into this crapfest. I figured I'd enjoy the day and tomorrow I'm going fishing with my best friend so it'll be a pretty good weekend even with the season almost assuredly ending tonight.

[kujay]

I know all the heartless Sox fans are gonna rub it in come monday morning at work

 

Uh, depending on what happens tomorrow, I'd say probably not.

[Exile on Waveland]

so harden's basically a $12 million - 5 inning pitcher?

Rich Harden is not to blame for this fiasco. That would've been his 1st run given up of the game if the rules could be called correctly on the field, for one thing.

 

 

didnt say he was to blame just said salary is high for a 5 inning guy

He's not a 5 inning guy

 

For the Cubs, he's pitched 5.1, 7, 5, 7, 5.2, 5, 7, 7, 5, 6, 5, 6, 4.2. That's, what, like an average of 5.2 a game? Not much more than a 5-inning pitcher.

[RedFlash]

IDK how the Cubs organization will face the media after tonight. I mean my god, the Cubs are like the playoff versions of the New York Mets, teams that can't handle expectations.

[obcubs]

should we empty the bench and hope for a rally? ward, cedeno, fukudome? worked for the bulls against portland!

[Andy]

I know all the heartless Sox fans are gonna rub it in come monday morning at work

They've got their own getting swept to worry about.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Has anyone considered the irony that after they switched the Cubs back to TBS they continued on with the end of the Titanic on TNT? Foretelling?

Would've been more so if they had done that for Game 1. By the time this game rolled around we had plenty of warning this would happen whereas Titanic came out of nowhere.

 

"Captain, we've run these channels five times in the last 25 years, and five times we've ran into an iceberg and had a horrific tragedy. Should we be nervous it might happen a sixth?"

[mdwilla]

Jim Hollywood Edmonds will come through this game, I macro made my own half shirt Cubs jersey to get us back in this game.

[rynefan]

It would all be so much more bearable if we didn't have to listen to these morons

[Fred Hornkohl]

A Ramirez grounded out to short, 6-3

[kujay]

IDK how the Cubs organization will face the media after tonight. I mean my god, the Cubs are like the playoff versions of the New York Mets, teams that can't handle expectations.

 

That meathead NY fan in your sig was probably right.

[Master Shake]

I know all the heartless Sox fans are gonna rub it in come monday morning at work

 

Uh, depending on what happens tomorrow, I'd say probably not.

 

They get swept, but they didnt go 100+years between ws victories.

 

 

They'll rub it in.

[Andy]

Has anyone considered the irony that after they switched the Cubs back to TBS they continued on with the end of the Titanic on TNT? Foretelling?

Would've been more so if they had done that for Game 1. By the time this game rolled around we had plenty of warning this would happen whereas Titanic came out of nowhere.

 

"Captain, we've run these channels five times in the last 25 years, and five times we've ran into an iceberg and had a horrific tragedy. Should we be nervous it might happen a sixth?"

The 2008 Cubs have nothing to do with any other Cubs team (except to some extent 2007). I'm kinda tired of hearing anything to the contrary.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soto               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       254   35   75   18    2   12   12   29   66  0.295  0.372  0.524  0.896  0.358  4.02  0.077  0.000
6th inning         60    8   16    3    0    4    7   12   14  0.267  0.389  0.517  0.906  0.286  4.18  0.122  0.071
1 out             157   20   49   11    1    7   33   19   48  0.312  0.380  0.529  0.909  0.412  4.19  0.068  0.218
This series         7    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393  0.200  3.63  0.107  0.000
last 10 games      11    1    2    1    0    0    0    2    3  0.182  0.308  0.273  0.580  0.250  4.38  0.126  0.000
September          65    8   15    4    0    3    7    6   13  0.231  0.306  0.431  0.736  0.245  4.06  0.075  0.125
Road              251   32   69   22    0   12   39   28   62  0.275  0.352  0.506  0.858  0.322  4.03  0.077  0.180
Nite              292   37   84   24    1   14   52   32   67  0.288  0.357  0.521  0.877  0.332  3.93  0.069  0.199
vs Right          377   49  103   24    2   18   63   47   91  0.273  0.353  0.491  0.844  0.317  3.99  0.080  0.187
vs Kuroda           3    0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000  0.500  3.33  0.000  0.000
vs. L.A.           29    0    5    1    0    0    1    3    8  0.172  0.242  0.207  0.449  0.238  4.06  0.070  0.063
Jeff Nelson         8    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250  0.167  3.00  0.000  0.000

season totals     501   66  142   35    2   23   86   63  123  0.283  0.363  0.499  0.862  0.335  3.98  0.079  0.198

[Hairyducked Idiot]

IDK how the Cubs organization will face the media after tonight. I mean my god, the Cubs are like the playoff versions of the New York Mets, teams that can't handle expectations.

 

I'm really tired of the Cubs getting compared to teams that have been to the World Series in the last decade or so.

[sweetpeteman]

I know all the heartless Sox fans are gonna rub it in come monday morning at work

They've got their own getting swept to worry about.

 

 

Yeah, but most of the ones doing the rubbing in are the ones who wouldn't realize that anyways, as they haven't been watching the Sox.

Edited October 5, 2008 by sweetpeteman

[minnesotacubsfan]

Has anyone considered the irony that after they switched the Cubs back to TBS they continued on with the end of the Titanic on TNT? Foretelling?

Well, there were some people predicting that it would lead to newspaper article themes tomorrow

 

since when have the cubs been unsinkable

[rynefan]

Has anyone considered the irony that after they switched the Cubs back to TBS they continued on with the end of the Titanic on TNT? Foretelling?

Would've been more so if they had done that for Game 1. By the time this game rolled around we had plenty of warning this would happen whereas Titanic came out of nowhere.

 

"Captain, we've run these channels five times in the last 25 years, and five times we've ran into an iceberg and had a horrific tragedy. Should we be nervous it might happen a sixth?"

 

Yes, indeed captain, an iceberg named Dodgers.....