GameCast Live — Cubs-Braves, NL Division Series Game Four, 3 p.m., CDT
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Hello again, everybody. It seems like we just left—because we just did. About 16 hours ago the Cubs rode the right arm of The Franchise to a 2-1 series lead.
Then, Bobby Cox went more insane than normal and decided to skip over Horacio Ramirez to throw fat Russ Ortiz back out on the mound today and Mike Hampton if we need game five tomorrow.
We won’t.
Braves lineup
ss Furcal
2b Giles
lf Larry Wayne
c Javy
cf Druw
1b Franco
3b Mullet
rf Bragg
p R. Ortiz
Cubs
cf Lofton
2b Gruddy
rf Sosa
lf Alou
3b E-ramis
1b Karros
ss Alex
c Bako
p Clement
Glad to see Fox is using precious pregame time on the freakin’ Billy Goat curse again. Why don’t they just hand out clown noses and big red shoes to Cubs fans. I say we go down to Wrigley and light the production truck on fire.
Meanwhile, in south Florida, 64,000 fans thought the Dolphins were playing, but to their credit, they stuck around to watch the Marlins and Giants. Florida is up 7-5 going to the eighth.
Somebody out there should know this for me. Do the Cubs get home field over Florida because the Marlins are the Wild Card team? That’s the way it is in the NFL, but I have no idea if the nitwits at MLB have that rule.
Remember last night when ESPN "sideline" reporter Gary Miller said that Gary Sheffield’s left hand wasn’t broken, and that the Braves weren’t going to take him for x-rays.
First of all, if you don’t x-ray it, how do you know it’s not broken? Secondly, Gary’s not playing today. Given that the Braves season is over if they lose, I’ll take "Broken bones for $500, Alex."
What is, Sheffield’s left hand?
Hey look, Mark Suppelsa and Corey McPherrin on the Fox pregame.
Corey is interviewing some dumbass who’s been hanging out on Waveland for 35 years waiting for balls to fly over the way. I’ll be he misses Mel Rojas.
Yes, if it’s a Cubs-Marlins NLCS then Cubs have home field.
Steve Lyons gets better duty, he’s in the bleachers with John Cusack, and sitting next to John, former Fox TV star DB Sweeney, best known for being Shoeless Joe to Cusack’s Buck Weaver in "Eight Men Out."
By the way, the last time a Chicago baseball team won a postseason series was the 1917 Sox. The Cubs lost to the Red Sox and some hump named Babe Ruth in ’18. Then the White Sox threw the ’19 series and it’s been 0-fer ever since.
So Sox fans, we’ll get your ass off the hook today.
Though, most you probably like having your ass on a hook.
Thank you JL. See, I knew one of you would know that.
In the ninth, the Giants have a run in to cut it to 7-6 and JT Snow is on first. If the Giants can get Braden Looper into the game they’ve got a shot.
Van Morrison sings the Fox broadcast to commercial. Nice.
Urbina hits Durham with two outs, so the tying run is at second with two outs in the ninth in Florida.
Things are getting queasy in Miami, or Ft. Lauderdale or wherever that stadium is.
I’m a moron, I just said that the Cubs aren’t trying to win because they’re starting Clement (a 14-game winner) instead of Wood on three days rest.
Yes, I’m a complete dumbass.
Get used to it, I’ll be here all day.
That settles it, it’s the battle of the Alex Gonzales’ next week.
Howdy all.
Looking for a fine game 4?
Jeff Conine throws JT Snow out at home plate and the Marlins eliminate the Giants. Snow barrelled over Ivan Rodriguez, but Pudge hung on. Then Urbina tackled him.
will somebody puhleeez tell Jeannie Zalesky that she’s not Puttin’ on the Hits on FM radio? DROP THE FRIGGIN’ DJ VOICE OK? She is even worse than Thom Brennaman or Chip.
Pudge Rodriguez is so eloquent. Nice job to the Marlins; enjoy your last five or so games this year guys.
Clement’s ready. He made the rest of the team wear the stupid blue jerseys, he’s got his pants pulled up to his neck and that odd chin beard is flowing.
Prediction Time:
ChC – 6
Atl – 3
We’ll be right back after this with some Steppenwolf!
I’ll bite:
Cubs 7, Braves 2
I don’t see Russ Ortiz pitching well today. It’s cold, he’s fat and he’s tired.
The first pitch is brought to you by Budweiser and it’s a strike.
Home plate umpire Larry Young’s strikezone is predictibly shaky. Clement throws all four in the same spot. He gets three of them called, though.
Furcal is out. Here comes Giles, the only Brave getting any hits. Well, he and DeRosa.
Fat and tired is no way pitch in the big leagues young man.
Did you guys all see that lame "who has the best uniform in sports" poll espn has going?
Cubs are up against the Reds in the first round.
Giles went on the DL this year with a bruised spine. Ouch.
He got it in that collision with Mark Prior. Everytime I see the replay on that, I can’t figure out how Prior ran into him. How did he not see him?
Oh, well.
Giles grounds to Gonzalez. Our shortstop’s a little steadier than their’s is.
Larry Wayne trots out his .091 series batting average to the plate.
Larry Wayne flies helplessly to Lofton in center.
One, two , three and the Cubs are coming up. Get ’em early and often today, guys.
Braves 0, Cubs coming to bat.
Clement’s got a bit of a molester mustache going doesn’t he? Never noticed that before.
so how many pitches did Fat Russ throw in Game 1? (yeah I know I could look it up)
We’ve got 47 minutes of commercial free music coming up for you, including hits from Jethro Tull, Foghat and of course, Boston. Nobody can ever get enough Boston.
But first, speaking of Boston, here’s Loggins and Messina with "Please Come to Boston."
Kenny Lofton’s leadoff grounder to short is brought to you by Subway. One out. That’s one for Furcal. Remember, he boots every third one.
Karry Ling has an injury update on Gary Sheffield. This should be good.
X-rays on Sheffield’s right wrist were negative.
That’s because he got hit on the left one.
Those, were negative, too, but it’s not all good news for Gary. He didn’t wear the protective lead apron for the x-ray and now, he’s sterile.
Back to you, Andy.
Gruddy walks on eight pitches. Fat Russ just asked for an IV.
…I’m laughing already.
Cubs need runs early.
Fox with a clever Donde Esta Sosa? graphic.
tHom says that the Sosa-Bell trade was one of the lopsided in baseball history. I think he forgets the Cubs got Kenny Patterson, too. He was the real key to that trade.
Sammy flies to deep center. Two out.
The Cubs have 10 runs this series to date, and 40% of them have been in the first inning.
And another 20% in the 8th.
Alou singles to Furcal. Man, that little bastard covers a lot of ground. He ran it down in short left and had no play. Two on. Two out.
Here’s E-ramis.
Nice work, Stat Guy.
I’ve got one for you. The Cubs have outscored the Braves three to one this postseason at Wrigley.
I didn’t have to look it up.
I just hope to ammend it soon.
Steve Lyons says Dusty "loves" E-ramis. Not in a Jim Edmonds-Edgar Renteria kind of way, though.
tHom likes the word tardy.
As David Lee Roth once sang, "I don’t feel tardy."
Actually, he didn’t sing it, he said it in the "Hot for Teacher" video.
E-ramis pops to the 174 year old Julio Franco in foul territory.
No runs, but fat Russ threw a lot of pitches again.
After one, we’re scoreless.
Alou should try and steal to 3rd, as 2nd isn’t available.
Two words come to mind when I think of David Lee Roth and the 1987 DJ’s convention at Lake Tahoe.
Rim
job.
The Cubs just missed launching three balls (one by Sosa and two by Aramis). Ortiz’s fastball is already splitting the plate, something that did not happen until late in game 1. I am predicting an explosion soon.
Uh…thanks? Jeannie? I have no idea.
Karry Ling has some info on the weather today at Wrigley.
And, while I remember, the Pet Shop Boys Greatest Hits 2CD is, shall I say, coming out, next month.
I’m outside right now and it’s sunny and pretty warm. There’s a refreshing breeze and the birds are plentiful.
But then, I’m not in Chicago.
Back to you, Andy.
Javy singles to center and Lyons says that’s what Braves hitting coach Terry Pendleton has been emphasizing for two years.
What’s that, Steve? Hitting the ball? Novel concept for a HITTING coach, I know.
Steve says Dusty is disappointed that Sheffield’s hurt. Yeah, isn’t he like 1-14? I’m sad, too.
Lyons likes it when fans bring their gloves to the park. If you’re old enough to drive, you’re too old to bring your glove to the park.
Clement strikes out Druw on a nasty slider. One away. Javy’s at first, looking like he needs a nap.
I guess if our fans field better than the braves fans, we’ll win? Well, I’ll bet our fans will be outdrinking their’s tonight!
where can I buy one of those Matt Clement/Abe Lincoln fake goatees? Not that I’d wear one, but I’m thinking my grandson would look cool with it…
I never get tired of the horrible Fox shill for Sprint PCS phones.
It’s bad when Steve Lyons knows what pitch won’t get a guy out. He says that Clement shouldn’t throw a slider away to Franco because Julio wants to take everything to right.
Clement throws an outside slider. Franco singles to left.
The Mullet is up.
Clement always has problems when he falls in love with throwing the ball sidearm. When he throws over the top, he’s as good as anyone.
Errr…in my last post, Franco singled to right. I’m a dope.
The Mullet pops in foul ground to Sammy, and say what you want about Senor Sosa, but he does a great job dealing with the weird bullpens and big brown wall in right field.
Two out.
Sensing some sort of weird tension between Brennaman and Lyons today.
Clement’s looking a little shaky, not too bad though.
oh shit. Was Clement limping after the play at 1st? More groin problems?
Darren Bragg grounds out to Karros to end the threat. I’m not saying that Darren Bragg is slow, but Karros had time to knock the ball down, pick it up, get out his videocamera and film himself running to first to tag the bag.
After one and a half, we’re scoreless.
Karry Ling here with a report on Matt Clement’s groin.
It feels great!
But he did complain that my hands are cold.
Back to you, Andy.
Dolan you’re hilarious.
Clement is showing signs of a bad groin, but he did that all day last Saturday, too. In fact, I still remember him pathetically leaning over to pick up the rosin bag before the game started. So who knows?
Karros singles to right. How tall is Darren Bragg, 5’1?
No, the 5.1 figure is Karros’ time to first…
Is it just me or is Ortiz throwing a lot of fastballs right down the middle? The Cubs have yet to actually swing at one.
Gonzalez is called out on a check swing. That pathetic strikeout brought to you by Chevy Silverado.
Here’s Bako. Whoo, what a murderer’s row we’ve got at the bottom of this order.
Remember a couple years ago when Bobby Cox would pick his nose whenever he thought the camera was on him? Yeah, me too.
Bako grounds to second, but hits it so anemically that no play can be made at second. So it’s a fairly productive out. Karros to second. Two out.
Matt Clement and his disconnected groin are up.
Remember a couple years ago when Bobby Cox would pick his nose whenever he thought the camera was on him? Yeah, me too.
Bako grounds to second, but hits it so anemically that no play can be made at second. So it’s a fairly productive out. Karros to second. Two out.
Matt Clement and his disconnected groin are up.
Clement’s hacks at the plate show no signs of a problem.
He only takes three though and he’s gone.
After two. No score. But, Lofton will lead off the third. So that’s something. Right?
Ahh a meeting at the mound…
Javy: What’s the problem amigo?
ottiz: I can’t remember who this pitch is sponsored by.
In-Clement.
Clement gets ahead of Ortiz 1-2 and gives up a single to him. Woof.
Michael Jordan is at the game.
Meanwhile, Clement is self destructing. He throws a wild pitch and Ortiz is at second.
Clement then walks Furcal.
Russ Ortiz gets picked off by Bako and Gonzalez. Nice play. One out.
Russ Orttiz, still mulling over who is sponsoring shat pitch, gets picked off at second!
Tthat pick off was brought to you by Ford Trucks.
Hey Mike.
Just had a meeting with Pax. MJ has offered to cover Jay Williams’ roster spot for the season.
tHom is getting all over the Cubs for not having somebody warming up, but Clement does not look injured.
Giles flies to Sammy and he makes a nice throw to second to keep Furcal at first. Two out.
Here’s Larry Wayne.
Clement has almost picked off Furcal twice this inning. Put baserunning up there with defense for Raffy.
Furcal steals second.
How can CJ be Jones’ nickname when Chipper is in fact a nickname?
Larry Wayne walks on what looked like strike three.
When did I turn into Steve Trachsel?
I would think if you were going to give Chipper a second nickname there’d be a Hooters’ reference in it.
Javy’s up with two on and two out.
Javy pops up to Karros.
Looked like Clement hung a slider.
Oh, well. It worked.
Due up in the Cubs third, Lofton, Gruddy and Sosa.
Nah, I think you can nickname a nickname.
Kenny "Sugar Loaf" Lofton grounds to third on ball four. Sugar Loaf? I have no idea.
One out.
Gruddy taps out to Ortiz.
Two out.
Edmonds calls me sugar britches.
tHom says they spoke with Sammy yesterday about he and Dusty. Even tough, the background is clearly Turner Field and it’s the same soundbite they used on Tuesday.
Sammy walks on a full count. Ortiz has to be pushing 50 pitches already.
Hit and run with Sammy. Moises lines one over Larry Wayne’s head for a double and it’s 1-0 Cubs.
Larry Wayne did not play that real well.
Ortiz is at 55
Hey, on the board. Nice work Sosa.
E-ramis pops to Franco at first.
The Cubs score
One time and after three it’s 1-0 Cubs.
Thank you, Stat Boy. Karry Ling has a report on Russ Ortiz.
Russ Ortiz claims he was intentionally picked off second base last inning because he saw how tired Dontrelle Willis got earlier today when he tripled and then gave up four runs in the next inning.
Russ is now devouring half of a pineapple upside down cake. I’ve wolves with better table manners.
Back to you, Andy.
Stadium packed again is it boys?
You can break the Braves by getting on top early, crowd into it, making them feel like they can’t win. "oh, everything’s against us" and drop their head…
Clement finally gets a Brave to go fishing at a slider on an 0-2 count. Strike three on Druw. One out.
My nickname is spouse abuser.
Nahh..there are plenty of good seats available for today’s game.
No, wait…it’s packed.
tHom is telling the story about how Julio Franco invited Gee Dub Bush to his wedding and the whole Gee Dub clan came, even the daughters. But is that a surprise? Barbara and Jenna will go anywhere there’s an open bar.
Julio just told Larry Young he hopes he enjoys his next audit.
Clement walks him.
Hey Bobby! You still beat your wife?
…with a name like that, one or two other connotations spring to mind…
The Mullet singles to center and the speedy Franco goes first to third.
Lyons wants to blame Lofton for dogging it, but he was just playing too deep to get to the ball quickly.
Runners at the corners..one out. For Darren Bragg.
Bragg breaks his bat, Gonzalez throws out the Mullet at second, but no double play. Franco scores and we’re tied.
Here’s Ortiz who Clement walked last time.
Ortiz grounds to E-ramis. tHom sounds happy that the game’s tied.
Three and a half, Cubs 1, Braves 1.
Not the way to defend the game’s first run.
Maintain that intensity, fellas.
Karros grounds to short. One out.
Fox is wearing out the replay of Franco going first to third. We get it. Enough already.
Alex singles to center. Here’s Paul Bunyan…er…Bako.
The C on Bako’s helmet is at a jaunty angle.
Bako walks.
First and second, one out, Clement will be bunting. Watch for his pathetic attempt at a fake bunt, swing, though.
Clement’s bunt is pathetic and Ortiz makes an easy throw to third. It was right at him AND popped up, so Alex couldn’t run until he knew it would drop.
Two out. Lofton needs to pick him up here.
i’m way more clutch than my old teammate
Lofton grounds into a force at second.
Cubs waste that one.
After four, tied at one.
Come on guys. Ripe.
You’ve got your jinxing hat on today, Andy?
Steve,
Do you mean Lofton or Tom Tolbert, or Jud Buechler, or Sean Rooks, or Sean Elliott?
Furcal singles to right. Clement needs to get through this inning, because the Cubs are going to get to Ortiz in the bottom of the fifth.
Not a good start.
Gonzalez fields a grounder from Giles, makes a bad throw to second, but Gruddy digs it out. One out.
Giles at first.
Larry Wayne homers and it’s 3-1 Braves.
Clement is putting on his "get me out of here face" again. We last saw this in Pittsburgh a couple weeks ago.
Never a good sign.
Nobody gives up quicker than Matt Clement. This could get ugly.
Javy hits one hard but right at Gonzalez. Two out.
Looks like another soccer score…
I’ll celebrate eliminating the Cubs tomorrow night at Hooters. Nothing like picking up Hooters waitresses and knocking them up.
Chipper gives a "hang loose" sign to the camera. Uh, Chip, 1987 called it wants it’s hand sign back.
Clement walks Druw.
Franco singles. Druw to third, helped by a bobble by Kenny Lofton.
Gotta hang tough here. You don’t want to give this away.
El Pulpo is warming up in the Cubs bullpen. What time is tomorrow night’s game?
Ready for another Cubs choke!!! Who lets the ball go through their legs tomorrow night? Who gives up the 9th inning homer to lose it? Can’t wait to find out tomorrow night!!!
Hanging tough is not really Matt Clement’s thing.
There’s a reason his ERA is under 2.50 in his wins and over 6.00 in his losses.
He runs the white flag up pretty quickly.
The Mullet singles and it’s 4-1.
Na Na Na Na. Na Na Na Na. Hey. Hey Hey. GOODBYE!!!!!
That’s all for Clement. El Pulpo is in to douse his own brand of kerosene all over this one.
Pulpo gets Bragg to ground to Gruddy.
The Braves take a rare lead in the series and it’s 4-1 going to the bottom of the fifth.
Gruddy singles to right to start the fifth.
Sammy flies to right.
Sonia Sosa has her J. Lo look today. Not bad.
Alou singles to left, Gruddy to second. E-ramis is up with a chance to tie it.
…if you’re pessimistic, it’s no wonder everyone else has disappeared…
Kevin Grybowski is up in the bullpen for Atlanta, because he’s always warming up.
One of these days we’ll finally get Will Cunnane into one of these games.
Leo Mazzone with a mound visit.
Leo: You need anything, Russ?
Russ: Some cupcakes would be nice.
Lyons says the Pirates gave the Cubs "half this team."
We got 12 of them?
E-ramis grounds into a double play and it’s still 4-1.
You’re still in it Cubs, don’t give it up.
Just get ready for tomorrow night! This game is over!!! 1908
Pulpo is still in for the Cubs.
Ortiz grounds to E-ramis.
Don’t you love it when the Sox fans stop by?
Pulpo gets hosed on a 1-2 pitch to Furcal, but comes back to get him to ground to Gruddy for the second out.
Giles singles to right.
Pulpo won’t face Larry Wayne. Dusty gets him and Mike Remlinger is coming in. This could be big if the Cubs tie it up later and have already wasted Remlinger.
I’m ready to put another one in the bleachers!!
Gotta play for now, now. can’t play for now later.
Larry Wayne has no power from the right side, plus Remlinger is tougher on righties than lefties. Why doesn’t Larry just face him lefthanded?
Remlinger walks Larry Wayne.
Dave Veres is up in the bullpen now. Wow, Dusty must have a nice restaurant in Atlanta he wants to visit tomorrow.
Remlinger rallies to strike out Javy. Fat Russ is out for one more inning.
Cubs need to get at least one back here. Down 4-1.
Does everyone have their tickets for Game 5? Good seats still available!
It’s time for a surge.
Actually, I think that’s the restaurant – Serge’s of Atlanta.
Karros homers to left on the second pitch, and Ortiz has nothing left.
If the Cubs can make hay in the Braves bullpen, this one’s easily in reach.
4-2 Braves.
Ortiz walks Gonzalez on four pitches.
Ray King is in to pitch to the pitcher’s spot. Yeah, this won’t slow the rally down.
Wrigley is getting noisy.
Confidence, but not over-confidence.
You’re at home, they’ll start to doubt under pressure.
Whoops. We’re at Bako’s spot. Same thing as the pitcher. Doug Glanville will pinch hit.
Lyons says, "Glanville didn’t bounce into a double play as a Cub."
Next pitch. 6-4-3.
Two out.
It’s Bullpen Time!!!
Bobby limps out to the mound and takes out King. Grybowski in to pitch to Damian Miller hitting for Remlinger.
Who pitches the seventh, Veres?
If it’s not Farns, it won’t matter how many runs we score.
Of the 12 completed playoff games so far, the away team has won only 4 times.
Oak and Bos g3 coming up may change that, but the point is, it’s hard to win away.
Gotta do the business here Cubs.
It’s only the 6th inning……..
It’s only the 6th inning……..
It’s only the 6th inning………
Is Damian really the best we could trot out here?
Lyons is bitching that the Cubs released Lenny Harris. Yeah, Lenny really helped the Marlins. That clutch bases loaded pop-out yesterday was great.
Miller fans.
The Cubs get one back. It’s 4-2.
Dave Veres is in. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Veres? Ha Ha Ha
The good news for Dave, he can’t lose this game. But he can "lose" it. If you know what I mean.
Have you ever seen a person in 2 places at once? I must be in the FRONT Row
Oscar, I knew you were dumb, but I thought you could spell your own name.
Veres gets Druw on a fly out that sends Sammy into the ivy.
Deep Breath………..
Deep Breath…………
Deep Breath…………..
Get me OUT OF HERE!!!
Jones and Bragg are the only 2 batters not to have a hit so far.
Julio Franco is killing the Cubs today. Of course, it’s the first time in the series our starting pitcher hasn’t been throwing 95 miles an hour.
Julio can hit junk, and that’s all Veres can throw.
Hey Dusty, are you paying attention? Go and get that piece of Shiite out of there!
Dusty is on the mound reviewing Veres’ performance.
Dusty: You, you’re not good. You stink.
Veres: DK, 57, baby!
The Farns will come in to face the Mullet. Why he didn’t just start the inning is anybody’s guess.
Kerry better have a complete game in him tomorrow at the pace we’re burning through the bullpen. Is Cruz on the playoff roster?
Does Fox only have three shows? All they show are commercials for 24, The OC and That 70s Show.
Woof.
If you own stock in Fox:
sell.
Prayer: Dear God, please don’t let Veres pitch anymore this year. Amen
You forgot world’s scariest police chases
We’re doomed. Ditka’s singing the stretch.
Coach Ditka is singing the stretch, here comes a rally!
Farns blows the Mullet away.
Who’s NEXT?
tHom is bitching that Vinny should have been ahead 3-0. Shut up, tHom.
He whiffed. Deal with it.
Darren Bragg is up with two outs. He has no chance.
note to self:next year, everyday Joe in setup and Farns as the closer
It was either Cruz or Estes.
Bragg grounds to second.
Here comes Ditka.
Then, here come the Cubs!
After six and a half, Braves 4, Cubs 2.
Who’s Next?!!!
Thanks for the sedatives, I can finally sing this song somewhere near normal………..yet still piss poor. Go Cubs. Before I come down there and kick your ass!
Cruz is on the playoff roster. Estes apparently has a bad shoulder. I think he’s had it for about 32 years.
Grease fire…………what would Jaret Wright do? Probably give up 3 runs in an inning or so. Why not bring him in before we have to face SmoltZ
I’d pour gasoline on that their grease fire………
Jaret Wright in for Atlanta.
That’s a good sign.
His ERA’s still a touchdown.
This is the inning. It’s now or never
Lofton grounds to Furcal. Raffy’s due to boot the next one.
Gruddy grounds Franco to the pitcher.
Two out.
Will Cunnane is warming up in the Braves bullpen…again. Why do they tease us. Bring that piece of crap in.
If Sammy can get on, Wright has nothing to throw to Moises he can get him out with.
ThOM this isn’t detroit moron. We’re going back to Atl. CRAP
Sammy breaks his bat and grounds out to first.
Blecch.
Still 4-2 Braves.
No errors today. So far. Makes a big difference…
Bring in Simon, that’s who should have started anyhow. Outside of the HR:)
Who you calling asshole?
Fick bunts to Farns, Farns makes a nice play, the throw is in to the line and Fick tried to grab Karros’ arm. He may have broken it.
Somebody needs to plant a fastball in Bob Fick’s face.
The first base umpire called him safe, but Larry Young, the home plate umpire overruled him and called him out. Farns might be hurt, too.
I’m just hiding over here on the bench.
Oh no…
Oh No…….
Not Farns
The replay doesn’t show anything that would injure the arm…….
HELP……….
And I’ll be hiding on the bench tomorrow when Kerry pitches too
Farns is hurt and will leave the game. Who the hell is left? Guthrie?
Whoever it is, his first pitch should go into the Braves dugout.
Fox is in no hurry to show, or tell us, who’s coming in to pitch.
Wood just wrote Fick’s name on a fastball in case he gets to face him.
As MUCH time as I need? How does tomorrow sound? By then, Remlinger should be warmed up again.
It’s Guthrie. This could be very bad.
Is Carlos available to pitch an inning?
spice?
Hit him at 1st base, yeah?
If there is a game tomorrow, and Fick starts. EVERY Cub should try and hit him with their left arm on every grounder he takes a throw on.
I mean, obviously it’s the cool new way to run to first.
KW-I’m going to f’in kill Fick tomorrow
Damian Miller-You want to start him with high heat?
KW-Start and Finish him
Furcal will face Guthrie with one out.
Looks like we may get to finally see Will Cunnane.
Nah, probably Roberto Hernandez.
Either way, two runs is a definite possibility.
Do we get the option of putting Estes on the playoff roster for the series with the marlins if we get that far? I can’t believe I’m asking this
Sammy makes a great diving catch to rob Furcal of a double.
Nobody handles right field in Wrigley quite like Sam.
Sammy Sammy Sammy
Hernandez has sat down it’s either Cunnane or Ramirez
Either way, you’ve gotto do the job.
This game is still in the balance. Give them an excuse to lose it guys.
Yes, Estes can be added to the roster if someone is dropped. Unfortunately it’s something that Dusty has already mentioned as a possibility.
You can change your roster after every playoff series.
Well, well, well…it looks like Cunnane after all.
Muahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Giles up with two outs.
Guthrie walks Giles, to get to Larry Wayne. Guh.
Did they ever say what happened to Farnsworth?
Guthrie just tried to throw two no-look bounce passes to Giles.
LR-Hello? Bullpen?
BP-Bullpen here
LR-Do we have anyone left?
BP-Everyday Joe, Skinny Juan
LR-How’s the Franchise’s arm feelin’
BP-who?
LR-Get up the damn franchise. we got to win this game
Larry Rothschild to talk to Guthrie who’s behind Larry 2-0.
Larry: Quit screwing around, moron.
Guthrie: Huh?
LR-Mark, you do know you have to throw it PAST the plate?
MG-yup
LR-You do see everyday Joe warming up?
MG-yup
LR-Can you throw a damn strike?
MG-A strike? Lets go bowling! I love bowling!
They don’t know what happened to Farns.
Guthrie rallies back to 2-2.
Whatever Rothschild told him, worked.
So far.
Full count. Giles to second on the bounced in ball three.
EK-Tell Fick I’m going to f’in kill him
MG-Coo, we can’t stand that redheaded stepchild eithe
Lyons thinks Sammy has a good arm still. Dumb, dumb, Sammy.
Larry Wayne just ended it with a homer.
What time’s the flight to Atlanta?
GD Guthrie! Game Over My friends. Another sleepless night and 9 innings of hell tomorrow. Come on Kerry. It is TIME to step up. Dammit
Let the little Braves have some hope.
It’s all they have left.
Guthrie’s got a basketball in his throat. Chipper kills the ball. I vomit.
uhhhhhh.
Guthrie’s got some good stuff today. The only player he retired was on a diving catch by Sammy.
Javy doubles.
Regular Joe has sat down because this one’s over.
Juan Cruz is warming up.
When Juan is a better option than the guy on the mound…that’s bad.
LR-Bullpen? Is the franchise ready?
BP-Every day Joe is the franchise?
LR-G Dammit. What about Wellemeyer or whatever his name is? Is he around?
BP-Why the hell did you leave Clement in so long?
LR-Why the hell did YOU get up Guthrie. Screw it.
Druw grounds out and the 40,000 Cubs fans let Guthrie know what they think of his performance.
Braves 6, Cubs 2.
We’ll be back to do this again tomorrow night at 7 p.m.
Yikes.
Can’t wait for tomorrow night!! I’ll give you the final score of Game 5
Braves 9
Cubs 1
Will Cunnane is finally in, but Alou pops out on the first pitch.
Chris Myers says Farns "jammed" his right knee.
Better his knee than his arm, but either way, for the short term, it sucks.
Cunnane whiff E-ramis. Suddenly, it’s the Cubs who look dead.
Dammit.
Time for a shower.
Karros jacks another solo homer. It’s 6-3.
The Mark Guthrie thing is making me nauseous right now.
Where’s Fick??? BOOM! 6-3
Where’s everyone goin? I ain’t gettin’ on no damn plane to ATL
Gonzalez grounds to short.
After eight. Braves 6, Cubs 3.
Don’t worry, I won’t let you get your hopes up in the 9th. Make sure you are watching tomorrow night!
Juan Cruz is in to pitch, Randall Simon in at first.
Lyons just compared Cruz to Oil Can Boyd. Not a good thing.
Cruz fans Franco. Sure, now he’s got good stuff.
John Grizzly Adams Smoltz is licking his chops. Ugh
Not so fast. Juan’s behind the Mullet 3-0.
Nope. 4-0.
That’s more like it.
Juan then strikes out Bragg. What is this, every other guy?
Juan gets out of it with a flyball to Moises.
Hey, all we need are three runs off of John Smoltz?
No problem.
Braves 6, Cubs 3.
Randall Simon the first to face Smoltz.
Simon greets him with a double.
Damian Miller is next.
Miller doubles. It’s 6-4.
Nobody out.
The top of the order is up.
Quit playing with my heart like this. I cant take it!
Lofton strikes out. One away.
Gruddy pops up.
It’s up to Sammy.
Sammy flies deep to center and it’s over.
John Smoltz’s elbow fell off sometime during that at bat.
And he still got the last out.
Woof.
Well, you didn’t think it’d be easy did you?
Cubs-Braves, game five, tommorrow night.
Want something to smile about.
We have Kerry Wood.
And they don’t.
I’ll take Wood deep twice tomorrow night, just like today!
A tough loss, Cubs.
It’s up to you to ensure it’s not a regretful loss. Good luck.
When you boil it all down, the biggest thing that killed the Cubs was the injury to The Farns. Guthrie got rocked and took the lead from two to four.
Let’s hope the rally the last two innings wakes up the bats.
Kerry will be filthy tomorrow, but they need to jump on Hampton when he gives them the chance.
See you then.
A tough loss, Cubs.
It’s up to you to ensure it’s not a regretful loss. Good luck.
What in the world is Dusty doing? Doug Glanville AND Mark Guthrie made appearances in a PLAYOFF game. A PLAYOFF GAME. Read that again: A PLAYOFF GAME.
Dusty keeps on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Hopefully the Cubs’ starting pitching senior member Kerry Wood is good enough to overcome his managing (Sarcasm Alert) GENIUS tomorrow night…
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