Garwilly

What great fans. (note everyone else is looking the other way)

The wife and I headed down for the Cubs' wives food drive. Got two autographed Fukudome photos, and one each of Marshall and Gregg.

Oh, and Mets hate was engrained in me from a very young age.

5.5 back after today GO get em.

I've never understood this. There needs to be some context given but dismissing is ridiculous. If a player has come up with 400 players in scoring position and drives in 40. That's terrible. If he has come up with 100 in scoring position and driven in 40 that's pretty good. If you want to say that Bradley's rbi total isn't disapointing then you need to show me that he has had significantly fewer chances to drive in runs than other players. Do that and I'll agree it's not disapointing - (I have no idea what the numbers are) We all know rbi's are heavily influenced by the team - but if you want to outright dismiss some players total of 100 - that's fine if you can demonstrate that he's had a disproportionate number of chances. If that's the case I'll agree 110%. I've never understood why there isn't a "percentage of runners driven in" stat of some kind. A few days old, but thanks to Fred. Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/06 - 08/23 BDI LOB RBI% D Lee 59 185 0.242 Ramirez 28 91 0.235 Fox 24 79 0.233 Fukudome 36 127 0.221 Theriot 40 164 0.196 Soriano 33 168 0.164 Baker 9 46 0.164 Johnson 16 83 0.162 Bradley 23 127 0.153 Fontenot 27 158 0.146 Hoffpauir 17 101 0.144 Blanco 8 50 0.138 Soto 20 125 0.138 Scales 4 29 0.121 K. Hill 14 103 0.120 Miles 5 66 0.070 Freel 1 17 0.056 Gathright 0 6 0.000 Fuld 0 23 0.000 CUBS 381 1894 0.167

This is funny.

We're 9 games back. I'm pretty sure Ron Santo has given up. Are there ANY examples in history where a team has overcome this kind of deficit this late to make the playoffs? How far back were the Phillies at this point in 2007 before the Mets collapsed? In 2007 the Phillies were 7 games back with 17 to play. Made up 8 games in those 17 to win the division by 1.

Guys, there is nothing to worry about here. There is no way he can drive the 5 hours from St Louis to Cubs without getting arrested or in a wreck.

Aaaaaand the Rockies are losing.

[expletive]

Boo's before the at bat, lol Fail and he will quite literally be booed off the field.

Milton getting mobbed at the plate on a walk off would be one of the best moments of the season. I foresee a two footed jump onto homeplate with both middle fingers held high.

180 more feet please

Baker couldn't get cooking.

You are a stronger man than I. In a related note, this will bethe first time I'm prepared for my fantasy football draft since 2006. Got your draft slot assigned already? Both my leagues pre-draw the draft order. It makes things much better.

Thats 1 base. 7 more between him and Theriot please.

Too bad Lee didn't.

Fuk's got this, against a lefty.

Rockies tied Giants Late Marlins Lost Braves Late Cards tied

Stros tied it

Good for him. Sayers 1 Us 0

Complaining about first pitch swinging to lead off the game? Its not like Martin had shown to be wild, or it was the 5th and we were about to knock him out. Looks to me like he's complaing about first pitch swinging in just about every Theriot PA, or at least first strike swinging. But why is patience only a virtue in the 5th? It certainly isn't a virtue only late. But jumping on a hitter simply for swinging early is misplaced. While I did not see the pitches (radio), getting a good pitch to lead off the game is a common occurance. While certainly not the only two options, I would rather have a hitter get a good cut on a pitch he was looking for on pitch 1 rather than a defensive swing in an 0-2 count.

Complaining about first pitch swinging to lead off the game? Its not like Martin had shown to be wild, or it was the 5th and we were about to knock him out.

Nats 5 Aram 2 Drilled it.

Fecal League Standings Team Wins Losses Pct. GB Washington 45 81 .357 - Kansas City 48 77 .384 3.5 Baltimore 51 75 .405 6.0 San Diego 53 74 .417 7.5 Pittsburgh 52 71 .423 8.5 Cincinnati 53 71 .427 9.0 Arizona 55 71 .437 10.0 Cleveland 55 70 .440 10.5 Oakland 55 70 .440 10.5 NY Mets 57 69 .452 12.0 Toronto 57 67 .460 13.0 Milwaukee 61 64 .488 16.5 Houston 61 64 .488 16.3 Chicago Sox 63 63 .500 18.0 Minnesota 63 63 .500 18.0 CUBS 62 61 .504 18.5 Seattle 65 61 .516 20.0