Keeping Kershaw standing on the mound in the 7th.

BRAVO!


http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/kris-bry ... aw-dodgers


The game resumed even though all the lights had not come back on yet. But not before Maddon and the Cubs filed an official complaint.

"I didn't like the idea that we had to play against a guy that's really, really, really, really, really, really, really good," Maddon said. "You gotta see spin, you've gotta be able to read everything. I did not like the fact that we had to go out and play without all the lights on.

"Just be a little bit more patient and wait for the lights — that was my argument. I just thought it was inappropriate and I made my case.

"Originally, they said I could not protest, then we kept banging on it, because you can't protest a judgment call. In my opinion, that's not a judgment call. That's not in the book that the umpire can decide whether the lights are good enough or not. That was my contention."

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Kershaw exchanged a few calm words with Maddon at the beginning of the delay, and as the down time wore on, the Dodgers ace started to stalk around the grass between the pitcher's mound and home plate.

He then warmed back up, only to be shut down again when Maddon came back out to file a protest. That led Kershaw into a little argument with the umpires.

"I have no idea (what Kershaw was arguing about)," Maddon said. "Probably that he had to stand out there for at least 15 minutes. I would have argued, too."

Maddon's filibuster worked, as Kershaw surrendered a home run to Matt Szczur — who was just called back up Monday — that gave the Cubs what proved to be a vital insurance run.

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

Right before they went to "Tornado Break" is when the light issue happened and Kershaw yelled at Maddon ...Maddon, shrugged his shoulders and said something back...I think before that he sat down 8 straight...Yup, you do anything you can to break it up when a guy like that is rolling

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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.’”

....just don't take a HBP during a perfect game, apparently.

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That game was 6-0, 2 Out in the 9th....yeah, at some point you concede you are losing that game...?

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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 couple weeks ago, I watched the Yankees take a 8-1 lead into the 9th, only to win 8-7. So, no, you don't concede that.

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Batting the pitcher 8th is a stroke of genius as well.

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