UMFan83

Who cares, I'm just worried about how they fare against the Cardinals, Reds, and Brewers.

Yeah, because there aren't any Cards, White Sox or Brewers fans on the boards... Most of the fans on here of those 3 teams seem to be fairly respectful when their team is playing the Cubs. Not saying Jake is meaning to be disrespectful, but it's not unusual for fans to get annoyed when a fan of the opposing team cheers through posting at crucial moments of the game. I'm not talking about just posting in the thread, I'm talking about the cheering after the Walker grand-slam on Opening Day, or the McCutchen homer later that game. I guess I consider it disrespectful, maybe you guys don't. But what I do know is that if it was a Cardinals fan it would have generated a reaction from the Cubs fans here. But obviously Jake has been around here pretty long and has earned respect, which is great. I really haven't been here long enough to know that. If ElCaballo or wolf started cheering for their teams doing well against the Cubs, I don't honestly know what would happen. I don't think they'd get banned immediately because they've earned that benefit of doubt, they might get a PM from a mod though. Whose to say Jake hasn't received any messages from mods?

Agreed...what fun is sports when you can't overrate the potential of your young stud players. Except for Derrick Rose. Everything said about him by Bulls fans has, if anything, been underrating him. And that includes comparisons of him to various dieties.

Also about attendance:

Yay Sori, way to break up the perfect game, no hitter, shutout, and lead. Is this a repeat of April 2010 Soriano?

@PWSullivan: Today figures to be the lowest attendance at Wrigley Field since at least 2006. Last year's low was 29,538 on Aug. 30 vs. Bucs.

Whats the record for most games trailing in a season?

Not that I would have expected to see him start against a righty but I wouldn't have expected DeWitt to have 0 starts and 1 PA in the first 4 games. Especially when the 1 AB resulted in a game winning hit.

everyone likes jake. This is true. But I think CBM is on to something. I remember that reds44 dude didn't seem too bad until the Reds started getting decent. now I assume he's banned or he considers the Cubs an irrelevant enough rival to avoid coming here and posting. But Jake is especially good and willing to make fun of his team and his fandom enough that a pro-pirate comment at the Cubs expense here and there is allowed. The Pirates look decent enough, but they aren't going anywhere with that infield defense. Worst defense I've seen since game 2 of the 08 division series. We could have swept the series if we simply too advantage of their numerous miscues. How many GIDPs did Cedeno or Walker bobble on Friday and end up with 1 or 0 outs? Then Sunday they pretty much asked us to tie it when their miscue turned a potential DP (right?) to Castro on 3rd with 1 out. Even on Saturday, they made a key error that really set up that 5 run inning that prevented them from sweeping us.

Seriously, Quade is really putting that "lineup position doesn't really matter" theory to the test. And I thought Dusty "Catchers hit 8th dude" Baker was bad. I'm trying to think if there is a lineup in baseball with a worst 2-3 than Barney and Byrd. I'm assuming that isn't going to be the full time 2-3 though.

Blackhawks 1 year reign of Central Division champions is over as the Red Wings clinched last night. Stanley Cup reign will surely be ending sometime soon as well :(

This was the 4th shutout of the season, 2nd at home. 28 Fri, Dec 3, 2010 Vancouver Canucks L 0 3 71 Thu, Mar 17, 2011 @ Dallas Stars L 0 5 76 Tue, Mar 29, 2011 @ Boston Bruins L 0 3 Like I said, 3 shutouts in our last 8 games, only one all season before that. Offense is offensive right about now.

The Cubs bats finally come alive and we win this one.

So Dallas wins tonight in regulation, and closes the gap to 3 points with 4 games remaining for each team. Anaheim remains a point up with 3 games left for them. Remaining schedule: Chicago: @ MON, vs. STL, @ DET, vs. DET Dallas: vs. CBS, vs. COL, @ COL, @ MIN Anaheim: vs. SJ, vs. LA, @ LA I'm guessing Dallas gets 7 points from that schedule, the Hawks 4 from theirs, and Anaheim 3. That would leave all 3 teams tied. If that were the case, here is how the tiebreakers look: Regulation wins: Anaheim: 40 Chicago: 36 Dallas: 34. Dallas will likely win 3 if not 4 of their last 4 games (if they are in a position where they are tied with the Hawks that is), but who knows if they will be in regulation, so the Hawks need to probably win 2 games in regulation to feel good about winning that tiebreaker. Head to head % against each other: Chicago 1-2-1, 3/8 points Dallas 3-1-0, 6/8 points Dallas wins there and goes to the playoffs while the Hawks sit out. According to Sportsclubstats.com, the Hawks entered today with a 96.4% chance of making the playoffs. After tonight, the odds drop down to 86.5%. Also, Calgary won tonight, keeping their slim hopes alive. They are 1 point back of the Hawks with only 2 games left to play. Hawks need 4 points in their last 4 to ensure the Flames are not a factor.

Hawks are just 5-5-2 since their 8 game winning streak ended.

Annnnnnnnnnd....the Hawks get shut out on their home ice 2-0. Very very frustrating. Team is really missing Sharp and Bolland. Just 13 goals in their last 8 games, including 3 shutouts. Prior to this 8 game stretch, they were only shut out 1 other time all year. Hawks outshot the Lightning 31-14 in the loss. Looks like the 8th seed will be our destiny if we can hang on.

I swear, the Hawks are the only team that gets delay of game penalties, and they get them like every game. They have 2 today alone. I cannot remember the last time our opponent batted one out of their defensive zone for a penalty.

We haven't had one of those "outshoot the other team by a large margin but get shutout and lose" games in awhile.

lol wow....TB goalie plays the puck in the restricted zone...the ref is looking right at him, puts the whistle to his mouth and......doesn't call a penalty. Replays shows he clearly played it where he wasn't supposed to. Would have been nice to have a PP oh well

For all the firepower TB has, they really grind it out. They remind me of Minnesota sometimes. Quite annoying.

Anaheim vs. Dallas tonight. Who should we cheer for? If we win or at least get a point tonight I'll probably be cheering for Dallas. If we get nothing tonight then I'm not sure. Anaheim is 1 point ahead of us for 7th and we have 1 game in hand I believe. Dallas is 5 points behind us for the last spot and even in games played.

Anaheim vs. Dallas tonight. Who should we cheer for? If we win or at least get a point tonight I'll probably be cheering for Dallas. If we get nothing tonight then I'm not sure. Anaheim is 1 point ahead of us for 7th and we have 1 game in hand I believe. Dallas is 5 points behind us for the last spot and even in games played.

Why would you think that? Um, perhaps because that's what they've always been for? Ski was by far not the only one complaining about the Cubs today. There is a difference between complaining and "Only the Cubs" BS. Of course, they all returned here in the long run. People are going to vent. They did? I seem to remember game threads routinely being over 60-70 pages. This game thread would have probably been the lowest posted game thread of the season in 2004.

sign me up

Gah, of course Anaheim is up 2-0