7/16 Cubs(Maddux) vs. Pirates (Duke). 3:05 WGN. Riiiiight.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

weak.

[UMFan83]

First pitch is ALWAYS the best one guys. Oh well, at least they didn't hit into a DP

[WindyCity]

CUBS are 34-2 when they give up 3 runs or less, 11-42 when they don't

 

Come on, boys... let's get it in gear !!

 

Go CUBS !!

 

34-3 :cry:

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Mesa in to pitch for Pittsburgh

Walker singled to right field

Lee popped out to shortstop

Ramirez flied out to center field

Grieve, pinch hitting for Murton, singled to left field, Walker to second

Burnitz grounded out to first, 3-1

 

0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
Pittsburgh 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0    3 5 0 
CUBS       0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    0 8 1 

 

W: Duke (2-0)

S: Mesa (22)

L: Maddux (8-7)

 

T: 2:17

A: 39,790

 

Home runs: Pittsburgh: Bay (17)

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR HB PIT
Maddux     8.0  5  3  2  1  6  1  1 101 
Novoa      1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  07 

Edited July 16, 2005 by Fred Hornkohl

[JGalt73]

Let's get 'em tomorrow - I can live with 3-4 from the Bucs... no more losing streaks please!

[Roast]

I BLAME THIS SQUARELY ON JONMDAVIS, HHHBK21, AND FREDHORNKOL. YOU PEOPLE WERE TOO POSOTIVE. GAHHH!!!!!

 

*head explodes*

[MembersOnlyJacket]

If Beer-nutz homers, I'm going streaking...

 

:-s

 

I'm off the hook. Nice job, first-pitch swinging when the pressure is on the pitcher to keep it in the yard.

[GodLuvsCubs]

oh well, we will get them tomorrow!

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

If Beer-nutz homers, I'm going streaking...

 

:-s

 

well, at least that disaster was averted. :wink:

[Omar]

I BLAME THIS SQUARELY ON JONMDAVIS, HHHBK21, AND FREDHORNKOL. YOU PEOPLE WERE TOO POSOTIVE. GAHHH!!!!!

 

*head explodes*

 

...when?

[jaydee]

well, gotta love that strike zone on Derrek Lee. Below the knees? Strike. Above the letters? Strike. Hell if he had gotten beaned it would of been a strike.

[UMFan83]

I know its just one loss, but their play gave me no reason to believe that they are anything more then a .500 team overall

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

Maddux pitched a nice game....it's a shame to spoil it with cold bats.

[Mizzou]

oh well, we will get them tomorrow!

 

I agree. And welcome!

[XZero771679666304]

The ump really helped Duke out today. It's hard to deal with that curveball when you are behind in the count and it's being called high and low. A whole lot of defensive swings today from the Cubs because of it.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 34-2 when they give up 3 runs or less, 11-42 when they don't

 

Come on, boys... let's get it in gear !!

 

Go CUBS !!

 

34-3 :cry:

 

[sigh]

[Jon]

Pretty rough days at the plate for Lee and Ramirez. Lee just had no idea what Duke was throwing.

[Roast]

I BLAME THIS SQUARELY ON JONMDAVIS, HHHBK21, AND FREDHORNKOL. YOU PEOPLE WERE TOO POSOTIVE. GAHHH!!!!!

 

*head explodes*

 

...when?

 

Doh, i thought you were posotive earlier, i just read the first page or two and realized diffrent. so let me fix that.....

 

 

I BLAME THIS SQUARELY ON JONMDAVIS AND FREDHORNKOL!!!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

I BLAME THIS SQUARELY ON JONMDAVIS, HHHBK21, AND FREDHORNKOL. YOU PEOPLE WERE TOO POSOTIVE. GAHHH!!!!!

 

*head explodes*

 

..... or, as we used to say in the Navy, "Up your periscope, boy !!"

[Soul]

People keep talking about how Dusty sucks, or how we're set to "make a run."

 

It's silly. This is a .500 ballclub. Has been since the beginning. We're playing exactly as we should folks. No better, no worse.

[PackLandVA]

Hey, at least we have Big Z coming out to stop the losing at 1 game. You gotta like the way the starters are going right now. Maddux kept 'em in the game. Being three down in the 9th is at least manageable.

 

We'll Have Z tomorrow, and then Williams, Prior, Wood, and Maddux against the Reds. I like the odds!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

well, gotta love that strike zone on Derrek Lee. Below the knees? Strike. Above the letters? Strike. Hell if he had gotten beaned it would of been a strike.

 

It's obviously Derrek's fault that he's not 6' tall.

[Soul]

Hey, at least we have Big Z coming out to stop the losing at 1 game. You gotta like the way the starters are going right now. Maddux kept 'em in the game. Being three down in the 9th is at least manageable.

 

We'll Have Z tomorrow, and then Williams, Prior, Wood, and Maddux against the Reds. I like the odds!

 

So if Z would have pitched today, we lose what? 1-0?

 

What's the difference?

[XZero771679666304]

People keep talking about how Dusty sucks, or how we're set to "make a run."

 

It's silly. This is a .500 ballclub. Has been since the beginning. We're playing exactly as we should folks. No better, no worse.

 

I'm sorry, but that's BS. We have a better team than most of teams ahead of us in the WC. Do we have a division winning team? probably not. But we have more than .500 talent.

[jaydee]

People keep talking about how Dusty sucks, or how we're set to "make a run."

 

It's silly. This is a .500 ballclub. Has been since the beginning. We're playing exactly as we should folks. No better, no worse.

 

are you sure it isn't a .520 team, or a .480 team? I find it hard to believe this team was destined to win just as many as it lost.