Pitching matchup:
Nationals: John Lannan 6-12, 3.81 ERA
Cubs: Not so Grand Marquis 8-7, 4.67 ERA
Lineups
Emilio (seriously?) Bonfiacio, 2b
Cristian Guzman, ss
Ryan Zimmerman, 3b
Lastings Milledge, cf
Ronnie Belliard, 1b
Ryan Langerhans, rf
Willie Harris, lf
Wil Nieves, c
John Lannan, p
Cubs
The Albatross, lf
Dance Fever, ss
DP Lee, 1b
E-ramis, 3b
Vag Face, cf
Geo, c
PonDeRosa, rf
RonCe, 2b
Marquis du Suc, p
I have a personality disorder.
Why do I have to come when the Cubs are playing…..because I can HAHAHA!
This is emotionally exhausting…
much better.
I didn’t realize that the comments weren’t working right if you used Explorer. I’m not sure why anybody would use Explorer. But until that’s fixed, we’re going to switch back to the old Desipio for the Gamecasts.
The only thing keeping those pants up is the grace of God.
Wow, was I one ugly, oddly shaped human.
HANG in there!
Who was the ball girl in 1988? She’s not bad.
Do you think I realized that the button I hit wasn’t actually hooked up to anything?
Back in 1988 I knew it was going to rain about 8:15, but I told Roan it wouldn’t until after midnight just so he’d be out there and get his hair fucked up.
That doesn’t work anymore. He’s all scalp.
Imagine there’s no rain delay
It’s easy if you try
Ermagern ieeeeeeeee! Ieeeeeeeeeeeee! Ieeeeee!
Ieeee! Yow! Ieeee!
Either my tux is six sizes too big, or I weighed 1200 pounds in 1988.
I played for the Padres?
Blah, blah, blah. Somebody feed me.
I was a Padre?
I’m glad they didn’t schedule any night games at Wrigley when I played there.
We didn’t have any lights!
I was loaded up with Consort Hair Spray that night.
by the way, the next Cards pitcher of the DL (Wainwright) is starting tonight…what’s the over/under on pitches before he gets hurt too?
The tarp is OFF THE FIELD!
What do you think he bowled in that last night?
I just homered. Do I play for the Nats now?
Wait, is Rick Sutcliffe pitching for the Cubs?
Why is it so dark out?
Remember, I was an all-star that year.
My ass is casting a shadow over home plate. Somebody better adjust these lights.
Maybe Gordon would rather I play than Kosuke? Did you see my range there?
Oh how I wish I could’ve blogged about that Sandberg HR.
Holy crap, until I saw my own fat ass in the dugout, I forgot I existed!
Chelios.
I think I was the ball girl in ’88, if that was after Marla Collins’ stint.
My actual spelling. And I was a cutie.
I stole home, bitches! FYCTC!
Brickhouse sucked.
Selfishly stealing home.
Can someone explain the steal of home for us working stiffs without video access?
Aramis K, D-Lee swipes second, Soriano steals home
No, the Cubs sucked, the whole friggin’ time. Did I piss and moan (like Caray or Santo?) No, I was relentlessly optimistic. And I got nothing. Zero post-season games. I took the crumbs the team gave and tried to make somethin’ out of it. F you all.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I recommend using an auto-refreshing box score, like on Yahoo…
Marquis strikes out two in one inning? When was the last time that happened? I’m writing the Muskrat right now.
Furthermore, I hooked an entire generation of kids living within rabbit-ear range of WGN’s signal on a shitty Cub team, back when “Wrigleyville” had more in common with crime-rrific Uptown than the bar-infused playground of today.
I know of at least one poster, who takes his handle from the profound fatness of Rick Reuschel, who probably would have ended up a Sox fan if not for my endearing calls of those afternoon games, as he was pretty much the only Cub fan in his neighborhood growing up.
Just sayin’.
I thought I was assasinated.
DLee is king of the diamond!
Anyone?
I think Jack takes an unfair ripping and I enjoy piling on from time to time. He basically invented TV play by play, at least in Chicago, he did every sport, he did political conventions and news and all kinds of stuff. He had a great voice, (except when he was yelling Wheeee!, which was at least geniuine). He was just one ugly mutha. He’d have no chance today.
He suffered through some horrendously bad baseball, and never stopped loving the teams he covered.
I just thought when his widow complained about not having a statue for him (I know there’s one near Tribune Tower) outside the ballpark, that somebody should have told her “Harry was no Cary Grant, but he was a helluva lot better looking than your husband.”
I homer every day, whether I need to or not!
Williams in left, Young in Center, Callison in right. Santo, Kessinger, Beckert, Banks, the infield third to first.
Battery of Holtzman and Hundley. Kenny is 7 and 3 on the year with a 2.88 ERA and three complete games.
The upper deck is open, and we’ve got a good crowd on hand today, probably more than 20,000. Being Friday, it’s Ladies Day- half price grandstand tickets for all you gals, so if you’re in the neighborhood, stop on by!
That’s a pretty well hit ball…back she goes…back, back, back…
HEY HEY!
Now you defend Brickhouse? Where were you when I needed you a few months ago!
Leonard just said the reason Marquis sucks in the second half is because he “tries too hard.” What the fu$% does that even mean? He sucks because he sucks.
My August Whip is 1.28, I am 2 and 1 with an admittedly high 4.59 ERA (not counting the game I am pitching). I havent really sucked this month
Nice jinx, 49. Thanks.
Or… new three hitter?
Watch it now!
Get me the fuck off this roster.
Fuck this shit.
That didn’t take long.
I’m not watching the game. HONEST!
You were saying?
I just said Marquis du Suc can’t get the win. No shit, Mr. Obvious.
Marquis, go walk in front of a bus, you loser.
We’re 45-83 with the worst offense in baseball by far.
Fortunately, we got to see Marquis and Cotts.
I seriously was gone for 5 mins and this shit happens…WTF!?!?!
Guys, he was just trying to hard. Not his fault.
It was Cotts that gave up the gopher ball there, but I suck [although less than other 5th starters out there].
Is going downhill quickly.
I’ll save the day.
This loss isn’t going fast enough, time for Howry to bring the gas can
Don’t forget me!
It is time for a big f’in inning
If the Cubs come back to take the lead, THEN go on to score additional runs, the second set of runs will be “insurance runs”. You should buy some insurance.
At least they’re burning the three shittiest pitchers on the team in one game…
In effigy, or for real? Either way, I approve.
Is it time for me yet?
woof.
We love playing the Cubs.
We swept the Nationals this year. How difficult can it be?
On the plus side, we’re not likely to run into Washington in the playoffs!
Any ole kinda 5-run outburst will keep the Cubs chances alive here.
Did you know the Cubs are among the league leaders in 5-run innings?
Mae that a 6-run inning. But we’ve got some hot bats due up!
Indeed.
8 runs? Weeeeeeeeeeeeee stink!
When did i get so huge? I make the fat kangaroo look downright slim.
We just rang up 3% of our entire scoring output for this season.
Fucking embarrassing.
The post about ‘shit teams in the NL’ loving playing the Cubs is silly considering the Cubs have a dominant record against teams below .500, and are only a few over against the rest.