06/06 CUBS (Dempster) @ Reds (Maloney) 06:10 CDT, WGN TV

[Careless]

terrible.

[rynefan]

I hate the Cubs. I want Ramirez back now.

[E.J.]

haha. nice throw Mike.

[Butterscup1679666578]

im pretty sure jake fox couldnt have done worse than fontenot did that inning. unreal.

[big_shooter17]

Wow, could fontenot have killed us more tonight.

[Sammys Boombox]

Um, third base stays put in that situation. Horrible.

[rynefan]

Wow, could fontenot have killed us more tonight.

 

 

One word... NO

[Transmogrified Tiger]

2 runs because of your arm today Fontenot.

[rynefan]

LOL, Reds win it in the 11th without a hit... GO CUBS!

[JonJayCutler]

Should have been DeRosa making that throw. Thanks Jim.

[Old Style]

Sure would be nice to have a third baseman on the roster.

[Schwarber Fan]

K, time to get a real 3B

 

bye

[Sammys Boombox]

Could Bobby Scales play third instead? Jake Fox? Soriano? Fukudome? Geovany Soto?

 

WAIT! BIG Z!

[UMFan83]

After every loss like this, I say to myself, they will snap out of this funk and play better baseball, and then these games keep happening. I still have faith that we will make the playoffs, but losses like this expose a lack of talent. Our offense hasn't been good in weeks...when we win games its like 5-3 or 2-1 or 6-5 or something like that. Remember when we would score early, tack on runs late and win games like 9-2 last year? The more we have games like this the more I realize that without Ramirez and Bradley and whoever else, we are less talented in some areas than the team we are playing on most nights. Starting pitching? Fine...Bullpen? starting to be mostly fine. But offense and defense are glaring weaknesses because of putting players like Fontenot at 3B.

 

Oh well, lets get a road series win tomorrow.

[Schwarber Fan]

Man, I thought for sure he was going to get him at the plate; he had so much time.

 

Also, does Jay Bruce not know how to slide?

 

That must have been the lamest walkoff in baseball history. Then again, we've being saying that for years about Cubs losses.

[UMFan83]

Man, I thought for sure he was going to get him at the plate; he had so much time.

 

Also, does Jay Bruce not know how to slide?

 

That must have been the lamest walkoff in baseball history. Then again, we've being saying that for years about Cubs losses.

 

That was lame. I missed how the runner got on, but he got to second base on a passed ball, then to 3rd on a bunt right to the pitcher that had a chance of getting the lead runner out and then scored on a grounder right to the 3B that only would have scored on a terrible throw making the catcher's feet leave the ground. We basically gave them that run with poor fundamentals. Soto has been awful at blocking pitches this year and Fontenot showed his inexperience at 3B, a scenario that never should have happend this year if this team was built properly. BTW, there is still time to rectify these errors Jim. And it doesn't take $5 million to do it, so the ownership thing is no excuse.

[coldsteel]

Mr. Smith of The Cure wrote another poem about his beloved Cubs when they went into extra inning ties -- hoping for a fluke rainout so the Cubs wouldn't lose:

 

you fracture me your hands on me a touch so

plain so stale it kills you strangle me entangle

me in hopelessness and prayers for rain i

deteriorate i live in dirt and nowhere glows but

drearily and tired the hours all spent on killing

time again all waiting for the rain

 

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f11/coldsteel73/smithed.jpg

[Careless]

Also, does Jay Bruce not know how to slide?

Good question. Should have slid twice that inning and didn't either time

[Schwarber Fan]

Also, does Jay Bruce not know how to slide?

Good question. Should have slid twice that inning and didn't either time

 

Thinking about it, maybe he shouldn't have slid into home because he was trying to block Fontenot's throw, but the thing at second base is puzzling.

[reds44]

Hahaha Yeah Brandon your better than us.

hahahahaha

 

Reds: 29-26

Cubs: 27-26

 

Believe that puts the Reds a game "better" than the Cubs, no?

[UMFan83]

Hahaha Yeah Brandon your better than us.

hahahahaha

 

Reds: 29-26

Cubs: 27-26

 

Believe that puts the Reds a game "better" than the Cubs, no?

 

They play 162 games buddy. 162 games gives teams a chance to withstand things like injuries or lackluster and sometimes unlucky play.

Edited June 7, 2009 by UMFan83

[Schwarber Fan]

Hahaha Yeah Brandon your better than us.

hahahahaha

 

Reds: 29-26

Cubs: 27-26

 

Believe that puts the Reds a game "better" than the Cubs, no?

 

I see the same number of losses and that's all.

[reds44]

Hahaha Yeah Brandon your better than us.

hahahahaha

 

Reds: 29-26

Cubs: 27-26

 

Believe that puts the Reds a game "better" than the Cubs, no?

 

They play 162 games buddy.

Oh they do? Sorry didn't know that.

[manbearcub]

obvious troll is obvious

[UMFan83]

Hahaha Yeah Brandon your better than us.

hahahahaha

 

Reds: 29-26

Cubs: 27-26

 

Believe that puts the Reds a game "better" than the Cubs, no?

 

I see the same number of losses and that's all.

 

Also a good point. You are better than the Cubs because Mother Nature decided to give the Cubs 2 less games at this point in the season.