Magnetic Curses

why wasn't jacque sent with 2 outs?

the marlins are such a great team.

this is what always happens.

this is what always happens.

i believe the proper term for the event was "The Merkle Boner" and not "Merkle's Boner". there is no ownership of said boner.

watching the cubs trying to beat the marlins is like watching jakoff try to beat officer barbrady on a trivia game show.

for those of you that don't believe in curses, i hope you've been watching this series.

i enjoyed reading that, thanks.

If you had to live with that thing you'd be the same way. I thought I'd heard Froemming in talking about the game saying something along the lines of how many people remember the ump from a perfect game compared to me? Just a real douchebag thing to say even if he was umping it honestly. But seriously Milt, let it go, you sounded really bitter in the booth earlier this year. Personally, I don't care for Milt or Froemming. They are both very unlikable. yeah, pappas is a tool.

agree. You don't change the way you call them based upon a pitcher's no-hitter. If the pitches were clearly balls, then yes, I agree. However, two of those pitches were borderline....and IMO, you give the benefit of the doubt to the pitcher. In today's game, it happens all the time. Don't tell me that Greg Maddux doesn't get a more liberal zone simply because he's Greg Maddux. I suppose you can argue whether that's right or wrong, but it happens all the time. In the NBA, certain stars are given more leniency when it comes to fouls. I'm sure 35 years ago was no different. Each ump had his own strike zone and calls were just as subjective as today. Probably 75% of umps today would have given Pappas a strikeout. maybe so, maybe not. That doesn't make it right. If it's borderline (definition of borderline: "can go either way"), you give it to the pitcher in that case. It's not a matter of right or wrong. If it's clearly a ball, then you call it a ball, but that was not the case in 2 of those balls. And if Froemming calls it a strike and Pappas gets the perfect game, then he makes history, not Froemming. But by virtue of the fact that he called it a ball, Froemming will be forever remembered. it's ridiculous to think that a relatively new ump had an ulterior motive and spearheaded a conspiracy to rob pappas of a perfect game. froemming thought those pitches were balls, and like you said, it's a human game. i don't think he missed the calls, others might. it wouldn't be the first time someone disagreed with an ump.

in froemming's defense, from what i could tell, those pitches weren't strikes.

sounds like he'll be back for next season, which is good. i'm glad he's not playing against us though.

i'm not worried about what they'll do once they get in. hell, the cards won last season and they weren't very good. this team can win, any team can win. i just want them to get there.

you see, "non-non cubs" mean "cubs"........gah forget it, if i have to explain it....

Until he plays for the Cubs. isn't that what i said?

"the brewers can still win this game."

i'm watching, too. len and bob don't sound like that, do they?

i was wondering how long it would take for the taguchi avatars to come out. might he fall into the neifi perez category as beloved non-cubs? well, at least until he falls into the category of non-non-cubs.

hardy with the ab of his life there.

these brewers announcers are just shameless when it comes to making superstitious statements. every five seconds it's "the cardinals haven't allowed a baserunner since the 4th inning" or "ten straight brewers retired".

no way that we ever beat the marlins again, there's just no way it happens. i can't imagine as ituation arising where we'd ever be in a position to beat them, ever ever.

he's been raking in september, though.

i'm watching this "meet the parents show" and the sneaky lying bastard guy totally lost and the gay guy won.

if cubs win world series...you'll change your mind. spoken like a true battered spouse.

Yea. Aramis is a gutless, choking dog. Can people relax at all? Not when we're playing like this, no. You can relax all you want, though. Our best reliever got beat by one of the best hitters in the game. Is that that hard to accept? There's 3 more outs to try to tie/win this. If not, hopefully St. Louis can take care of business for us. this is what always happens.