Sammy Sofa

Not PHing Edmonds for Johnson when he was up against a newly brought in righthanded reliever with a guy on 3rd and 1 out late in the game struck me as not the best decision. It ended up working out with Blanco in the next AB, but still...

Then he can shut up and wait for a chance to yell "yes." His stupid rambling stories that Hughes indulges him in cause three at-bats to go by without comment. No, they don't. You never miss anything important on a Cubs radio broadcast.

If the Astros keep losing, can they just keep blaming it on the other team being too mean and not feeling sorry for them?

*BARF*

Awesome game to be at...my pitiful regular season ends at 4-7.

Not if they did the smart thing and built it with a retractable roof.

How many years are left on Hawk's contract? I wonder if this isn't an attempt to drive him out. Is Hawk even that popular with White Sox fans? All of my friends and family who are Southsiders loathe him, and he's obviously a joke on the national level...maybe putting Stone in there is a calculated move.

That's what she said. Fixed.

No, I wouldn't MIND a parking lot instead of a neighborhood. I don't actively WANT one, mainly because I live downtown and don't have a car. I just wouldn't care if they flattened much of the surrounding Wrigleyville for parking.

Everyone just got 2 days off. Clinch and then rest.

Not at all. I go to parks like PNC and Camden and think, "man, outside of the ishtty baseball, this is livin'." I also don't place stock in what's around Wrigley when it comes to me actually liking Wrigley Field. I like the stadium...I don't give a crap about the bars and stores around it.

Even with renovations, however, I demand the troughs remain. Just more bathrooms with longer troughs. It gets me back to my seat much quicker than urinals or stalls.

The only thing I'm wary about is Wood being used in a very close game and having not pitched in 5 days.

Dude, I'm 3-0 in my last 3 attended. Slump busted.

I blame myself.

I'd be all for anything that meant the Cubs wouldn't be beholden to crappy local politics. In short, I'm all for something that'll never happen. And no, I wouldn't miss the awful bars and shops at all.

Man, I finally have tickets to a game again, and what a match up. I'm 3-7 with Cubs games I've been to this year, but those 3 wins are the last 3 times I went. All of the losses came when the Cubs had lost less than a dozen games at home. What the hell.

Train FTW! Plus, no need for a DD. Yep driving to Wrigley is idiotic. And Wrigley - 24 Nobody's talking about driving to Wrigley as it is. No, people are talking about constructing parking garages so that they can drive for no apparent reason. Yes, if a new stadium was built somewhere else. I just said I'd welcome extra parking if it meant demolishing all the crappy bars, stores, and pain in the ass property around much of Wrigley. It'll never happen, but I'm sick of that neighborhood making the Cubs jump through hoops to make any kind of improvements or changes to the stadium or the schedule.

I'll take atmosphere over the mall anyday. Screw parking. Take public transportation. The last thing we need is more reason to drive places, idling in traffic for hours. Mallparks suck. Who is talking about a mallpark? All that land at where Cabrini Green will eventually not be, surrounded by a really cool upcoming neighborhood, closer to downtown with the skyline right behind the outfield. A) That would be nearly impossible. B) How would that be at all different from Wrigleyville? You think they are just going to magically create "cool" bars and restaurants that beat the ones near Wrigley? C) How is this going to solve the parking issue? There are a lot of nice bars on Divison street. More would appear. THere is enough land over there for parking too. Why would it be impossible? The large housing projects are being torn down...and rightly so. The skyline in the background with a bigger, better, brighter, Wrigley would be a dream come true. And NOT the Cell north. Gooney's right in that it is pretty much impossible given the politics in this town...it's just the hypothetical I wish could have happened. I'm not sure what he's trying to say with the bars. I said the neighborhood there is kinda cool now, in a funky wannabe boho sort of way, to contrast the negative image the neighborhood has had in the past. I don't care if they "beat" the ones around Wrigley, but it wouldn't be hard to do since Wrigleyville bars are awful, expensive frat fests.

Train FTW! Plus, no need for a DD. Yep driving to Wrigley is idiotic. And Wrigley - 24 Nobody's talking about driving to Wrigley as it is.

Great. Now Lilly has to kill someone.

Geo just had 2 days off. Why does Hoff need more rest?

And this is a prime example of why I don't understand how he is so well liked on here. Whether he tries to or not, he brings the funny. Case in point...his last 5 minutes.

I'll take atmosphere over the mall anyday. Screw parking. Take public transportation. The last thing we need is more reason to drive places, idling in traffic for hours. Mallparks suck. Who is talking about a mallpark? All that land at where Cabrini Green will eventually not be, surrounded by a really cool upcoming neighborhood, closer to downtown with the skyline right behind the outfield.

I'll take parking over crappy bars, please.