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That's a terrible pitch. Here we go again with Marquis. Consistency, it's just not there.

It's more than a feeling Bob. The fact is, Dusty is up to his old tricks again, playing bad veteran ballplayers with no future over young players who badly could use the experience. It's Dusty!!

Hmmmm, that was weird. Glad Ryan recovered in time.

To be fair, Cueto's been trying to get strike one against our hitters so it wasn't the worst idea in the world to swing first pitch. Didn't work out though.

2nd & 3rd with no outs. I'm going to go ahead and guess that over the past 6 games Cubs hitters have typically been pressing in these situations, leading to alot of disappointing no-scores. Let's see what happens here.

Yeah I certainly don't mind a bases empty ground ball single there.

I'm surprised Votto only has 18 homers. He's capable of more. Good job Jason.

So far Jason doesn have pretty good downward movement on his stuff. It's always a matter of consistency with him though. Nice catch by Fonzie.

That was a pretty good pitch on 3-2 by Jason.

Too bad it was only a solo shot. I was really surprised Marquis' bloop hung up as high as it did.

There you go. If they think they can just throw first pitch strikes all the time, then pound on them. It's not that hard.

Reed: 0-2 count Marquis: 0-2 count

Well he got him. Now, time to see why the hell this offense has been so horrible lately as I've been avoiding the Cubs through this losing streak.

I don't know Bob, Marquis could very well "pitch around" Bako and then walk the pitcher too.

That was "bad" Jason. Please stop.

Is there any way I can turn off ESPN's bottom line? I'd like to watch the college football game in peace. Good Lord Almighty.

Yea, they're saying it was self-inflicted. I would cry if a current remember of this team hurt himself by doing something like that. Or if we lost our #2 pick in the draft from last year because he decided to not only ride a motorcycle, but ride one without even really knowing how to ride one. That crap still pisses me off. That might've cost us a shot at Carmelo or Wade. Please don't bring that up anymore. But hey we got Rose now! And he's got entire chapters of his contract devoted to not doing stupid things like hot-dogging on motorized vehicles without knowing how they are operated. I hope.

I'd hardly call those "options to replace." More like band aids. With seepage.

His Milwaukee debut was at home against Colorado, but it wasn't a great start. Most pitchers dominate the bad teams and are average against the good teams...I don't think Sabathia is some kind of fluke just because he's excelled against subpar teams. Like you said, he's a very good pitcher either way. The difference between good starters and bad starters is that the good starters do incredibly well against bad teams, while the average/bad starters are a lot less consistent all around. I'm not trying to start a riot or anything, but if I had the time to look through Carlos Zambrano's starts, I think I'd find a similar pattern (if anyone actually can do this, it'd be interesting to see, and I'd admit if I was wrong). I do agree he has no business being in Cy Young discussions, though. He's a great pitcher and I'd love to see him pitching for my team. After what Yost is putting him through this year though, I'd want a ton of medical clearance on that arm/shoulder before paying him the kind of money he'll be asking for.

It's funny because when Z is shutting teams out everyone loves his little outbursts. Losing brings out all the warts. How about winning instead?

I had hoped I wouldn't have to roll them out again, but the Cubs leave me no choice. http://www.birman.org/pictures/noekula-kittens.jpg Let's just say they're REALLY hoping you win tonight, Cubs.

Advantage Cubs. Let's just keep it that way with a few wins. For sure. Brewerfan.net is in mentdown mode. 8-) "I admit that I am in full panic mode right now. I really think we are going to blow this playoff spot. With Peavy going on Saturday we will be lucky to split this series and if we somehow lose with CC pitching tomorrow night this team could really fall aprt in a hurry. I truly fear the road trip especially the games in Philly and Chicago. If we dont make the playoffs this year I dont think we ever will and that is sad". "I will only add that if this teams blows a playoff spot this year, I will not be renewing my season tickets for next year. 15 years of season tickets w/o the playoffs is my limit. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me 15 times...well, I don't even know how to respond to that one". It's easier to see what a fan over-reaction looks like when it is someone else's fans. I agree with C.C. -- both teams were due for a cool-off. I don't think it's anything more than that at the moment. It's tough for the Brewers because they fought so damn hard for virtually nothing. They had an amazing run in August and gained nothing. That's the point. They can't afford to just keep pace, they need to gain ground and now they only have 22 games to do it. We are exactly where we were (Up 5) when we left Miller park after that 4 game, thing of beauty, sweep over a month ago. 18 Ugh, that was over a month ago wasn't it. LOL, where the hell did the Summer go?

Advantage Cubs. Let's just keep it that way with a few wins. For sure. Brewerfan.net is in mentdown mode. 8-) "I admit that I am in full panic mode right now. I really think we are going to blow this playoff spot. With Peavy going on Saturday we will be lucky to split this series and if we somehow lose with CC pitching tomorrow night this team could really fall aprt in a hurry. I truly fear the road trip especially the games in Philly and Chicago. If we dont make the playoffs this year I dont think we ever will and that is sad". "I will only add that if this teams blows a playoff spot this year, I will not be renewing my season tickets for next year. 15 years of season tickets w/o the playoffs is my limit. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me 15 times...well, I don't even know how to respond to that one". It's easier to see what a fan over-reaction looks like when it is someone else's fans. I agree with C.C. -- both teams were due for a cool-off. I don't think it's anything more than that at the moment.

Advantage Cubs. Let's just keep it that way with a few wins.

It's happened more than once this year. Makes me wonder if there's some kind of effect when one team sees the other losing.