1-3 1B, K, BB 0 errors

The stadium is will absolutely electric today. I think the last time Wrigley had today's electricity was when Mark DeRosa returned in '09 after getting traded.

Are you exaggerating? Was it him just talking to reporters?

What is the difference between the GM talking to 5 reporters or a full blown press conference? (IM not sure)


Anyway, the hype machine is on, cant deny that

sounds like you already got zapped!

KIRKWOOD + SCOTT BAIO = MATCH

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Aren't you forgetting Kerry Wood day?

He had that one game where he was really good and they had to honor him for it!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I was at the game he retired in the middle of. He had just completed the super-human task of striking out Dayan Viciedo and his kid ran on the field.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

actually the sox/cubs game right after the hawks won the cup where they were all there brandishing the cup and etc was way up there too. it's also the day that i was programmed to kill upon hearing that fucking chelsea dagger song.

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Kerry Wood has a better career ERA and FIP than Mark Buehrle, and they have the exact same ERA+.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

No one cares.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

JORR does.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Where would you bat him?

In front of Rizzo,I would guess.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Nope. Does Kerry Wood have 100 wins yet?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

he does have a contract in a drawer tho. i think jim deshaies tasked himself with hiding the desk in the one place kerry wood couldn't possibly find it (the hall of fame)

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Does body of work make one a Hall of Famer?

Let's get Julio Franco in.

Also every pitcher with over 450 GS.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Why? He's short on every traditional benchmark. He doesn't have 3000 hits. He doesn't have 1500 RBI. He doesn't have 500 home runs. Hell, I'm not even sure if he has 200 homers.

Anyway, I can remember arguing with Cub fans who told me that Wood and Prior were locks to win 200 games. The game just isn't that easy. Except for Kris Bryant.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

San Diego Padres@ Chicago Cubs
CFWil Myers (R)
CDerek Norris (R)
RFMatt Kemp (R)
LFJustin Upton (R)
1BYonder Alonso (L)
3BW. Middlebrooks (R)
2BJedd Gyorko (R)
SSAlexi Amarista (R)
PJames Shields (R)



CF Dexter Fowler (S)
RF Jorge Soler (R)
1B Anthony Rizzo (L)
3B Kris Bryant (R)
LF Chris Coghlan (L)
SS Starlin Castro (R)
C W. Castillo (R)
P Jason Hammel (R)
2B J. Herrera (S)
SD: James Shields (R) (1-0, 2.08)
CHC: Jason Hammel (R) (1-0, 4.50)
Line: CH

You and that old lady season ticket holder they always show during the 7th inning stretch are the only people on earth who think Wood had a better career than Buehrle.

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Right into the fire batting clean-up! I figured they'd have him sixth or seventh for his first game.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Hey JORR if the babe gets off to a slow start and we start calling him "Kris Truby" do you think the cubs fans would get the joke?

WHERE MY PRIMATES AT?????

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3rd sackers since Santo:
Old list left out the best: Aramis Ramirez

Ron Cey 518 Pat Tabler 25 Wayne Tyrone + 5
Steve Ontiveros 398 Ty Waller 23 Mike Adams 3

Bill Madlock 385 Tom Veryzer 22 Fritz Connally + 3

Vance Law 269 Richie Hebner 21 Andre Thornton 3

Keith Moreland 195 Davey Rosello + 21 Mike Vail 3

Ryne Sandberg 133 Matt Alexander + 19 Paul Noce 2

Mick Kelleher 123 Ron Dunn 17 Chico Walker 2

Lenny Randle 111 Dave Owen + 16 Jose Cardenal 1

Manny Trillo 105 Don Kessinger + 13 Steve Davis + 1

Chris Speier 84 Davey Johnson 12 Scott Fletcher + 1

Ken Reitz 81 Junior Kennedy 11 Carmelo Martinez + 1

Steve Dillard 67 Wade Rowdon 9 Dave Meier 1

Rodney Scott 60 Ed Putman + 8 Luis Quinones 1

Rob Sperring + 42 Vic Harris 7 Angel Salazar 1

Davey Lopes 36 Dan Rohn + 7 Kurt Seibert + 1

Carmen Fanzone 35 Mike Sember + 7 Jim Tyrone + 1

Domingo Ramos 30 Bill Grabarkewitz 6

Curtis Wilkerson 26 Steve Macko + 6 +-Originally signed

Hector Cruz 25 Lloyd McClendon 6 by Cubs; totals do

Luis Salazar 25 Rudy Meoli 5 not include 1990

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Carmen fanzone sounds like a place you could meet Spaulding on a slow day.

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Why would you have your Greatest Player Ever bat sixth or seventh?

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-- source

Looking for ANYONE to go out on the limb and say the kid hits one today. All I hear is 'Experts" talking about the pressure and his inevitable Ks?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

get used to this,Chicago!

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Is it too cold for Bryant?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Hey I predicted 2 a page earlier in this thread cuz i'm not a cubs fan trying to feign humility.... Oh wait i'm NOBODY. Carry on!

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dude will hit 30+ bombs this year unless he gets beaned in the eye a la dickie thon.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Jimmy, remember all that time I said I was holding the bus for you, as I agree that years of pain allow you to get the pass for the bus, well beyond the deadline for many others.

Are you on yet?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

A Facebook friend wrote this


So Kris Bryant is getting the call-up from the Cubs' Triple "A" farm in Iowa for Friday's Cubs' home game vs. the Padres at a still very much under construction Wrigley Field...I think this next track only seems fitting. It's the title track from this rocker's 15th studio album, which was released April 14th in this year. It's also the album that introduced a member of the 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, albeit posthumously. The video for this track was directed by David Mallet, which was shot on location in Australia at a bar called Carinda in New South Wales & Warrumbungle National Park near Connabarabran. With help on guitar from Stevie Ray Vaughan, the "Class of '83" now continues with David Bowie's "Let's Dance":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af6jOq0dWqo

I'm not letting injury take away from a player's skill.

Wood was a better pitcher than Buehrle on the mound. Buehrle was able to take the mound more.

Since statistics are your benchmark for letting players into the Hall of Fame, every pitcher with a 3.81 ERA or lower should now go in.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.