Texasflood

Now maybe you understand why 1969 was sooo special even though it ended with the epic collapse. Not first place for one day, but pretty much the entire season - ending in a brutal September. To this day, I have no doubt this is :-& why I have such an intrinsic dislike of the friggin' Mets!

From another Cub fan relocated deep in the heart. Amen brother. At least Astro fans aren't as obnoxious as Cowboy fans. Last year's defeat at the hands of the CowPokes was truly painful! :-&

[ Lieber is a fatty who is old and can't stay healthy. He's shown no interest in maintaining his body with age, so nobody is going to interested in giving him money to flop around on the mound and hit the DL because his body can't handle his weight. You don't have to be a great athlete to be a decent pitcher. The names Rick Rueschel or even farther back, Mickey Lolich ring a bell? I think this is a great depth deal and probably a precursor for a future move - most likely involving the much rumoured Roberts.

Ditto. I'm going to be kinda bummed if they can't get it in. No kidding. I just gut my new high def tv and satellite hooked up. ESPN has the game in high def. This will suck if it's rained out.

I don't know if this has been posted here before, but this subtitled gem is good for a few laughs. Here's the link:

He's good as gone. As soon as his mysterious arm ailment is healed, move him. Yes, I'm aware of waiver rules. I wonder if the Tigers still have interest, as they were rumored to be at one time. But then again, having only one lefty in the pen, merits concern. Especially since it's Scott Eyre, although he seems to be throwing bwetter lately. Interesting how things change during the course of the year. Going into this season, three "good" lefthanders in the pen. Hmmmm.

. . .only six-games out of first. In the euphoria of the Cubs run, everybody has seemingly dismissed the Cardinals. No chance you say, weak starting pitching, the Cubs just took two out of three on this trip from them while their ace Chris Carpenter is done for the year after Tommy John surgury. Many similar aguments were made about them last year, and we know what happened. While the Cubs and Brewers flip-flop the Phillies and Mets this week, St. Louis goes to Pittsburgh and Washington, essentially playing two last place teams. I just checked the schedule, St. Louis has six left against the Brewers and seven against the Cubs left. Like it or not, they are not buried and will have a huge say about who wins this division. It will be interesting seven days from now to see what the Central looks like. Let's see how the Cubs fare during these next seven games.

As someone who lived it and remembers it vividly there are a few parallels. However, if memory serves the Cubs were up about 9-1/2 games in the middle of August after the Kenny Holtzman no-hitter. That just illustrates the time frame reference of the magnitude of the Cubs collapse. The Mets had much better starting pitching than the Brewers do. A young Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Nolan Ryan, and Gary Gentry if memory serves. This would be akin to the Brewers having three or four healthy Ben sheets type starters. One thing Lou is doing which Leo Durocher did not do was to give his starters periodic rest as witnessed by Ramirez and Floyd getting days off. However, in Leo's defense, his bench was not nearly as strong as Piniella's.The top five EVERYDAY in the lineup was Kessinger, Beckert, Williams, Santo and Banks. Also, Randy Hundley was going to catch about 156 games on average. The Brewers have a much better starting line-up than the Mets did and probably a superior bullpen. However, their starting pitching can't come close to the Mets of 69 nor the magnitude of their losing their lead. Sorry to bring up such painful memories of 1969 for those of us who went through it. I've always believed that because of that season, the mind-set of Cub fans was set. That being, things are going well now, how will it collapse soon? Unfortunately, that was reaffirmed in the 1984 play-offs against the Padres.

Arroyo traditionally owns us. The question is: will he hurt us more with his arm or his bat?

Just illustrates the lack of a dominant team in the National League. With so many teams so tightly bunched for the overall best record as well as the wild card, the trading deadline takes on added significance. Who will make the bold move and add an impact pitcher or hitter? With this trade market, some team is going to grossly overpay for a Jon Garland or Ken Griffey type.

I feel your pain brother. I pay for MLB extra innings but I've pretty much resigned myself to never being able to see the Cubs on Saturday. Regional coverage sucks (usually featuring the Lastros or Rangers). If they're not featured either the Mets or Yankees are next in the rotation. This regional coverage by Fox is just a pain in the arse and shuts out Cub fans who don't live in the MidWest.

Be that as it may, I'm still not impressed. Call it arm angle, speculate all you want about a possible injury causing the alleged drop down to cover up the mysterious injury, he's not the same pitcher. His velocity is way down, which wouldn't concern me if he were a control pitcher. He's not. Even the impressive movement on his pitches has seemed to diminsh since the beginning of this season. Combine this with his obvious immaturity and he's costing himselves millions on the free agent market. Blame Dustry all you want, Lou let him throw 125 pitches today and leave with the bases loaded. Yes, I'm fully aware of the bullpen situation.

Good job. Very creative satire. Enjoyed it!

Can someone enlighten me why the game starts at 5 central instead of the usual 7 starting time for Sunday Night Baseball?

Very clever. Your original lyrics? I remember listening to Vince Lloyd on the radio during Pappas' no-hitter. If memory serves, he walked (Mike Ivie?) on a 3-2 count in the ninth to ruin Pappas' attempt at a perfect game. Vince and Lou were besides themselves over a very borderline pitch that could have gone either way. Again - a very creative parody.

Still haven't been able to get that workaround to work for me, not to mention that FOX isn't showing any games in the San Antonio market right now :x The hell with the quote. Great Cubbie chopper.