7/20 Cubs (Lilly) @ Phillies (Lopez) 6:05PM CSN/ESPN

[laurens]

Carlos [expletive] Ruiz...

[OleMissCub]

Dang, I think I just saw Lopez call his shot!

[Derwood]

Wow.. Maybe he should stop throwing beach balls down the middle of the plate.

 

right down the middle is the only pitch the ump is giving lilly

[haubrich91]

The Cubs 2009 All-Star Representative! =D>

[OleMissCub]

Carlos [expletive] Ruiz...

 

curse in flemish or whatever language you speak

[DiamondMind]

I'm not ready to throw in the towel on this game, or for that matter the series yet. Nationals or not, we looked better last week. Get it together Lilly. Edited July 20, 2009 by DiamondMind

[TruffleShuffle]

Wow.. Maybe he should stop throwing beach balls down the middle of the plate.

 

right down the middle is the only pitch the ump is giving lilly

 

maybe he should try a foot outside, since those were strikes to hoffpauir.

[JonJayCutler]

I wish we'd just lose 15 in a row so I could forget about this season. This playing bad, reeling you back in with a few wins, then sucking again crap has gone on long enough.

[laurens]

Carlos [expletive] Ruiz...

 

curse in flemish or whatever language you speak

 

My dad would ban me

[Cubs Fan In NY]

Who are our other pitchers going this series?

[hardcorecubfan]

Hey turn that frown upside down, perk up, you are forgetting this is our come back cubs. Let's stay positive. It is only the second. Let's all take a deep breath and relax!!! A little bit of cheer and vicodin you can feel like I do.

[laurens]

Who are our other pitchers going this series?

 

Harden, and I don't know the third one.

[Butterscup1679666578]

ok thats game. night all.

 

shutup butters, you aren't going anywhere yet

 

im gonna get some dinner, play ncaa, and check back in when it's 16-0 in the 5th.

[Flames24Rulz]

I'm not ready to throw in the towel on this game, or for that matter the series yet. Nationals or not, we looked better last week. Get it together Lilly.

 

Easy to look better against the worst pitching staff in the league. Just sayin.

 

Granted, our pitching staff did a pretty good job against them but I'm not going to take a whole lot from that series.

[DiamondMind]

What is the deal with this ump?

[OleMissCub]

Who are our other pitchers going this series?

 

Curly, Moe, and Larry

[JonJayCutler]

Who are our other pitchers going this series?

 

Harden and Z.

[InconspicuousZ28]

lulz, that was very Cub-like.

[DiamondMind]

I fail to see the argument for Victorino there. He came off the base and got tagged....did I miss something?

[Careless]

At least something in that inning made me smile

[Cubs Fan In NY]

I fail to see the argument for Victorino there. He came off the base and got tagged....did I miss something?

 

He's claiming he wasn't tagged and I believe the ump was saying he left the basepath? I'm not sure.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I fail to see the argument for Victorino there. He came off the base and got tagged....did I miss something?

 

He didn't get tagged, the tag missed. He was ruled out of the basepath.

[UMFan83]

Just because Ted Lilly got rocked and the Cubs offense went scoreless for two innings doesn't mean the Nats series was a fluke. All it does is hurt momentum and shake our confidence a bit.

[Derwood]

wow, great catch

[TruffleShuffle]

What is the deal with this ump?

 

http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfx/zoneplotn.php?xml=http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year_2009/month_07/day_20/gid_2009_07_20_chnmlb_phimlb_1//pbp/pitchers/150404.xml&sp_type=1

 

lilly has made some good pitches but he's also getting boned over.

Edited July 20, 2009 by TruffleShuffle