Outshined_One

I want to beat up that dinosaur thing behind home plate.

My favorite Matsui is still Matt Suhey.

Yeah, but you have all these old-timers complaining about how it's not in the spirit of the game. Buncha BS. The way I see it, baseball needs it for homeruns, foul balls, and plays at bases. Most umpires don't screw up, but when you have things such as the Denkinger Incident looming over baseball lore, instant replay would make life better.

I reiterate my previous point.

Jorge Julio? Wow, Colorado's bullpen sucks.

For those of you with young kids who pitch, watch Hoffman's mechanics. What he does with his glove is a HUGE no-no.

&^%$ the heck is that mascot thing?

Hoffman always looks like he's throwing faster than the radar gun says.

Brocail slipped when he threw to first. He had to take a few warmup pitches before saying he was okay.

The difference here is Black's bullpen is leaps and bounds better than Yost's. Brocail is pretty darn good.

Hell, I'd settle for Dante Bichette right about now. Vinny Castilla!

Long enough, apparently.

Hair of the dog!

You guess right.

Make it happen O_O. Who do I look like, Jim Hendry? 8-[

NSBB favorite Matt Kemp is on the verge of being run out of town. I say the Cubs buy low and ship them Henry Blanco.

Poor Chad Billingsley. :(

1) My mom. She grew up with the Cubs and still enjoys them. Granted, she has a very negative point of view on their chances of success, but she'd watch games with me and would always be there to commiserate with after the latest Cubs disaster. For once, I'd like to have a Cubs conversation with her that isn't some variation of "It's the Cubs; what do you expect?" 2) My sister. She is much the same as my mother, although she is much more into them than my mom. Her worldview is that the Cubs exist for the sole purpose of making people humble. 3) My friend Luis, solely for the reason that I'd be able to call him up at any point during the day and have the following conversation with him: Me: "Guess what?" Luis: "What?" Me: "The Cubs won the World Series!!!!!!" Luis: "I KNOW!!!! IT'S SO AWESOME!!!" 4) Ron Santo, Ernie Banks, Ryne Sandberg, Sammy Sosa, Fergie Jenkins, and all of the other former Cubs who never got to celebrate a World Series victory with the Cubs, much less make it to the World Series. 5) All of the idiots in the media who won't shut up about curses, lovable losers, and all of the other mindless crap that we've had to endure for our lifetimes. In particular, I'd love to see this team wipe the smirk off the faces of Joe Buck, Tim McCarver, and Joe Morgan. 6) All of the Cubs greats who have passed on. I'd love to think about how Harry Caray would be celebrating the Cubs winning the NL Central this year. Jack Brickhouse, too. 7) All of the Cubs fans who have lived and died with this team through the times of abject horror and misery to the times of ecstasy and joy. It's about time we get our due. 8) All of the obnoxious fans of other teams who will mindlessly defer to arguments involving goats, curses, and 1908 when the topic of the Cubs is brought up. I'd love to see the Cubs make them choke on their crow. 9) Me. Just because. :D

I can't wait for the borderline racist comments about Zambrano being a fiery Latino. You just KNOW it's coming.

Anyone got the pictures of Z causing destruction and chaos on hand?

Damn straight.

How about the effect some of the new parks are having on home runs? It seems like a bunch of the new stadiums are really keeping long fly balls in the park.

Considering this was his first full season in the majors, I'm willing to bet he has a pretty good future ahead of him.

I can't wait for the upcoming 3/$24m contract for David Eckstein. You just know it's coming.

This is the best lineup ever, by the way.