07/11 CUBS (Silva) at Dodgers (Padilla) 7:05PM espn

[coldsteel]

(Feel free to delete if necessary, no problem. But as I posted the previous day's game thread and the CUBS won... what the heck)

 

This will be the final game played in major league baseball.

 

Before this year's all star break. CUBS are 39-49 and 9.5 games behind Dusty Baker's Reds. CUBS can earn a 5-2 road trip with a win today, and will start a 10-game homestand after the all star break.

 

Carlos Silva (9-2, 2.96) might have a lingering sore calf muscle, but says he is good to go. Hope so! Carlos might be extra motivated since he did not make the all star team.

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

 

Vicente Padilla (3-2, 4.72) is expected to be his pitching opponent. Vicente has been very good past few starts.

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

 

CUBS will be featured on ESPN's sunday night baseball 3 straight weeks starting tonight. For those of us who enjoy the dulcet tones and incisive wit of baseball luminary Joseph Morgan, this will be a fabulous treat!

 

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

[J.R.]

A 5-2 trip would be fantastic.

[Schwarber Fan]

cut to 8.5 at the break and with a long homestand ahead, consider me interested.

[J.R.]

cut to 8.5 at the break and with a long homestand ahead, consider me interested.

 

I was thinking this morning that we could go into the break just 6.5 behind St. Louis. It was nice.

[otis89]

Well, the Phillies did their part. Now the Cubs need to do theirs.

[bleedingblue]

Cubs

 

Fukudome RF

Theriot 2b

Byrd CF

Ramirez 3b

Nady 1b

Soriano LF

Castro SS

Soto C

Silva P

 

Dodgers

 

Furcal SS

Kemp CF

Ethier RF

Loney 1b

Blake 3b

Paul LF

Martin C

DeWitt 2b

Padilla P

[hardcorecubfan]

aaaaaaaah! My ears are bleeding with every word Morgen says

[Sammy Sofa]

How the [expletive] do you misspell the name "Morgan?"

[J.R.]

[expletive] Loney.

[hardcorecubfan]

How the [expletive] do you misspell the name "Morgan?"

back-off tonight, crap you can't let anything rest. It must be hell being Wylie E. Coyote Super-genius

[Outshined_One]

The robot's malfunctioning again.

[JimSorgi]

How the [expletive] do you misspell the name "Morgan?"

back-off tonight, crap you can't let anything rest. It must be hell being Wylie E. Coyote Super-genius

It's actually spelled Wile E. Coyote.

 

Yeah, I looked that up.

[cheapseats]

Why is Xavier Nady on my TV?

[J.R.]

Why is Xavier Nady on my TV?

 

Just Lou doing his best to see that we stay at 9.5 back through the break.

[JoshiQ]

I make sure to tune in the Cubs game tonight and I get this? Ugh.

[JoshiQ]

Oh joy. I really wish Silva had bodyslammed the first base ump.

[Schwarber Fan]

out from the naked eye AGAIN

 

and these pieces of [expletive] have jobs?!

 

as does Lou who should have lost his mind there

 

screw everyone on the field

Edited July 12, 2010 by Rondon Fan

[mlarner]

You could watch the first 2 innings of this game and learn everything you need to know about the 2010 Chicago Cubs.

[J.R.]

The blue tops look ridiculous.

 

Just an aside.

[coldsteel]

Dodgers win 24-0.

[JoshiQ]

Dodgers win 24-0.

 

I'm being all negative here tonight, but come on. That's a bit silly.

 

At most it'll be 22-0.

[Sammy Sofa]

How the [expletive] do you misspell the name "Morgan?"

back-off tonight, crap you can't let anything rest. It must be hell being Wylie E. Coyote Super-genius

 

Just cop to being dumb.

[JoshiQ]

How the [expletive] do you misspell the name "Morgan?"

back-off tonight, crap you can't let anything rest. It must be hell being Wylie E. Coyote Super-genius

 

Just cop to being dumb.

 

I'll never understand internet disputes like this.

[mlarner]

The blue tops look ridiculous.

 

Just an aside.

I like the blues.

 

Wow, no towel/Prior jokes after watching Padilla get warmed up last inning? This game thread is dead!

[cheapseats]

The question now is:

 

Perfect game or just a no-hitter?