Pitching matchup:
Astros: Magic Wandy, 6-4, 3.61 ERA
Cubs: Rich Harden 1-1, 1.11 ERA
Lineups
Astros
Anal Fissure, 2b
Miguel Tejada, hgh…oops, SS
Hunter Scoliosis, rf
El Gordo Caballo, lf
Geff with a G, Blum, 1b
Ty Wigginton, 3b
Punty Erstad, cf
Somebody Quintero, c
Magic Wandy, p
Cubs
Al, lf
Dance Fever, ss
DP Lee, 1b
E-ramis, 3b
Vag Face, cf
PonDeRosa, 2b
Fukkake, rf
Hank White, c
Dick Harden, p
On his XM show today, Charley Steiner and Mike Shannon were talking and Charley said, “So sad to hear about the passing of Chip Caray.”
Shannon agreed and then after about a minute, Charley corrected and said, “Skip Caray.”
Happiest minute of my day so far.
I’m conspicuously absent from the lineup. I have post-traumatic stress from all the scary lightning last night.
Seriously, did you see how much of a vag I was last night?
At least Kosuke didn’t strike out. I love that I’m happy for him that he was able to slap a fly ball into left. What a difference half a season makes.
What did I do last night?
I completely lost my shit when the thunder and lightning started.
Went and hid in the dugout and delayed the start of the 8th inning until I grew a pair.
of the Fat Elvis hiding?
That’s my unearned run.
Not the initial incident. This is a few minutes later when they call the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BXPcnuBeMw
Why am I bunting with no outs in the second inning? I have the most hits on the team.
Did you hear the news! I have another joey!!
Little Richie Harden I’ll call him
According to ESPN Gamecast, Blum was caught stealing and then scored. The umps giving the Asstros mulligans today?
“After a lengthy rain delay during the Cubs/Astros game, play resumed. In the 8th, a large thunder and lightning storm moved in, but play continued. Lance Berkman, after initially refusing to go on the field and join his team, decided he would take off his “chain” ( I never understand why on earth a MLB player needs to wear any gold or silver during a game, we all know they make a bunch of money)
A rather loud bout of thunder hit, along with a bolt of lightning which appeared to strike the very high metal pole above the scoreboard where the flags fly at Wrigley. At this point, Berkman sprinted off the field. No one else did, just him.
Now, this game may or may not should have been going on at the time, that’s not the point. The point is, there’s people out there getting paid to make sure your safety is being ensured, suck it up and play the game, don’t be a whiny little girl, get scared, and run from your position.
Confirmed, Lance Berkman, biggest P*SSY in the league.”
http://www.sportsline.com/mcc/messages/chrono/9740296/0/0/9741542#ID9741542
I dropped the throw that would have nailed Blum stealing. He proceeded to score on the Erstad single.
That should make up for the dropped throw.
*crickets*
Not many people survive a lightning strike, dipshits.
I have been fooled badly the last two days on balls I thought were gone.
Yeah, well a bunch of us ran off the practice field at Bourbon-a last night when the sirens went off and lightning flashed (it was shown on Comcast).
It’s not manly to stand outside in a lightning storm. It’s stupid.
It is in fact fun to stand in the middle of a large body of water holding an umbrella during a storm though!
Am I really playing second for the Astros?
Fart…
All the people who used to post during the games have gone somewhere else to post because the quality of the content on Cubs Live has dropped off dramatically. I guess the rest of us were not cool enough to be invited to that party. Anyway, these posts suck.
Berkman’s a pussy.
I’m out.
I’m not real good today. I may need an extra day or two before my next start.
it’s not repetitive at all to have someone bitching during every single CubsLive about how bad they are. We get it, you don’t like them.
So, what’re the odds on Harden hitting the DL after this one?
My next start is scheduled to be 8/12 in Atlanta, so I’ll have six days off.
And can we score a damn guy? DP Lee and A-Ram are gonna hit into one, so they should’ve sent Fonzie.
Dammit. I knew as soon as Soriano got held up we were screwed.
Here we go!
Talk about pitching him carefully…
n/t
I’ll just give up a 2 run homer Lou, don’t worry about me walkin him
This is fucking embarrassing. This is on Lou as much as it is Gas Can Howry. How in the f–k can you NOT pitch around Lee there.
We DFA’d the wrong guy
I am a disgusting excuse for a human being.
The lightning should have struck me.
Our turn to get swept at home.
What a goddamn joke.
I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee. I will not pitch to Carlos Lee.
Whee! Here comes the comeback!!
If you can’t be bipolar while watching a Cubs game, when can you?
2nd and 3rd w/no outs. Great time to not strike out Fukkake
I’m now playing first. Is the lightning gone?
That was truly selfish of me.
Soriano. Fuck. Yeah. I thought he couldn’t hit with 2 strikes too.
It’s kinda criminal that BSB is now in line to get the W.
The lightning is gone… BUT THE THUNDER REMAINS!
Pretty sweet-looking when it results in a 3-run job. wow.
Kind of fun getting hits again in bunches.
Where there is thunder, there is lighting.
I’m Gone!
I feel responsible for the quality dropoff of the Cubs Lives. I’ve only been able to do more than set them up for a handful of them. But as the fall approaches, I’ll be around to whip you morans into shape.
Harden gave up four earned runs? That’s like a month for him.
And it’s awfully nice to see Kerry Lee Wood back on the mound.
Please let those deskbound know how Wood looks.
Speaking of months, I have three hits today. See you in September!
Lazy flyball to center, first out.
Nineteen hopper up the middle for an Erstad “single.”
Quintero way late on a fastball, flyball to right.
So far, so gouda.
I just recovered from the vapors I suffered when that lightning flashed last night.
Not enough to do anything but line to center. Four up, three down. Standing O from the Wrigley faithful for Kerry.
Shit, we’re drunk, we’d give a standing O to a ham sandwich, but still, he certainly wasn’t Howry-esque after three weeks off.
Hey, Howry! I thought you said this shit was hard!
Screw it, let me pitch the ninth, too.
Ugh.
I think some of it MAY have to do with not having the comments numbered now. But I guess that had its own pitfalls. Any way you bring numbered comments back?
Flappity
Flappity, flap-flap, ogdens…
How do you like those apples?
Although I still posed after that homerun despite it landing into the first row.
Oh. My. God.
Meng
Andy can’t be solely responsible for me. Unless he was posting 75% of the posts under different names, I think there have been some desipiot deserters. Andy, if you are the one posting 75% of the content, I have to hand it to you for a job well done. I really look forward to many of the crazy things posted during the game.