islandcub

Watching my Giants I get stuck with Dick Stockton and Troy Aikman. I just can't catch a break. I can't stand to listen to this and here he goes commenting on how the crowd is quiet. ](*,)

I went to the Islanders home opener, and to my surprise, we scored four goals in the first period and won 5-2. I'm excited to see how we rebuild this team/franchise this year. Losing 7-1 today to the Sabres today was not fun.

It's two different worlds for me. Back home in New York, most of my friends are Met fans so they really can't say anything. Here, going to college at Penn State, all I have to do is walk out of my dorm room and find loads of Phillies fans on my floor. But yeah, people ask me "What happened to your Cubs?" What am I supposed to say to that?

I don't know what to say, really. The biggest battle of our professional lives. Either, we heal, as a team, or we're gonna crumble. Inch by inch, play by play, til we're finished. We're in hell right now, gentlemen. Believe me. And, we can stay here, get the [expletive] kicked out of us, or we can fight our way back, into the light. We can climb out of hell. One inch at a time. Now I can't do it for you. You find out, life's this game of inches. So is baseball. Because in either game, life or baseball, the margin for error is so small. I mean, one half a step too late, or too early, you don't quite make it. One half second too slow, too fast, you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break of the game, every minute, every second. On this team, we fight for that inch. On this team, we tear ourselves, and everyone around us to PIECES for that inch. We CLAW with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know, when we add up all of those inches, that's gonna make the [expletive] difference between winning and losing. Between LIVING and DYING. I'll tell you this, in any fight, it's the guy who's willing to die, who wins that inch. And I know if I'm gonna have any life anymore, it's because I'm still willing to FIGHT and DIE for that inch. Because that's what living is! There's six inches in front of your face. Now I can't make you do it. You gotta look at the guy next to you, look into his eyes. Now I think you're gonna see a guy who will go that inch with you. You're gonna see a guy, who will sacrifice himself for this team. Because he knows, when it comes down to it, you're gonna do the same for him. That's a team, gentlemen. And, either we heal NOW, as a TEAM, or we will die, as individuals. That's baseball, guys. That's all it is. Now, what are you gonna do? We CAN do this. Go Cubs.

Win damn it.

I ate a different meal tonight. No more pizza for me.

Best pitcher in baseball.

Yeah. He should really work on finding the strike zone and swinging at low pitches.

http://www.collegeotr.com/images/blogs/93e2ac9264f8aca7d07b08ebc87f70a5.jpg She says we will score runs.

Nice.

"Grandslammer". Idiot.

Soriano's left field adventures. Theriot's grit. D Lee's DPs. Rammy's clutchness. Jimmy ballgame's bashing of the Cards. Reed's flat brim on the sick catch in Washington. Geovany Soto. Fukubomb on Opening Day, sending me 10 feet in the air. DeRo- winning HR against the Rockies and slide to beat the Giants in Harden's debut. Fontenot's double against the Fish to put us in first...for good. Ronny with the bases loaded. Hank's seeing-eyes game winner. D Ward's clutch game on Mother's Day in the rain. Z's no hitter. Harden's debut...10 K. Lilly's same, boring face. Even when Edmonds preserved his no-hitter. The Typical Marquis Start. Watching ESPN's telecast on a Tuesday/Wednesday/Sunday and Demp pitching at home (I live in New York). Marmol coming in to get Houston's heart of the order, runners at 1st and 3rd. Woody's deuce on Fatty. I love this team.

LOL Barton is a funny character.

Funny cause I was looking at the 5/7 game thread today for pure comedy. It would have been nice to see a big ol' Bakobomb thrown in there.

Sham.

Free Ronny Cedeno? LOL

I'd love to keep Wrigley but definitely make some upgrades I'm 18.

Sorry guys, just got up. :oops:

Get that garbage off of my game thread, please.

Well, it's been a tough few days for us all and it's not something we've come to expect. It's not fun to stay up this late and have the game end like that. But let's relax, put things into perspective and realize that we're still 4.5 up. And I'd like to lose my game thread virginity in a good way. We've got this goon: http://baseballislife.mlblogs.com/my_weblog_about_the_los_a/images/rw1_2.jpg Randy Wolf 8-11, 4.73 Going up against this other guy who's been kinda above average at home this year: http://www.faniq.com/images/blog/Ryan%20Dempster%20and%20Marisa%20Miller.jpg Ryan Dempster 15-5, 2.95 Too bad we can't win based on girls. In all seriousness, let's salvage something in this series and hit Wolf like we should. Go Cubs!

Jesus Christ.

Lou is saving Hoff because he knew that if Hoff got on Lee would just do his thing and end the inning.

That was a quick change.

We can still come back.

I'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but I just got home and saw this come up on my youtube page. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxP3pQlmGA4 :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Idiot Reds announcer goes on to say the Brewers got swept by the Mets. :roll: