The ump behind the plate was atrocious. He should be fired today.

nope sorry try again. It's over. Zambrano hasn't been right since exceeding his pitch count in the no-hitter. The pitching staff is what needs to get better, not the offense. They're relying on a mental midget, a pitcher who hasn't thrown over 200 innings since 2003, a career .500 pitcher in the AL, a walking injury and a guy who hasn't been on a playoff roster in 3 years. There's your five regular season starters. No surprise they go down quietly to the Dodgers.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

I want to scream from the roof tops that you are wrong and that they will be fine. But I just can't. I truly hope we are both wrong, but last night was sickening and I know it was only one game, and I can't help but think they fold again tonight and go down 0-2 going back to LA.

Dodgers will be shut out tonight. Young players in their first postseason will be unfocused after winning game 1 of a series on the road. They will think they have already achieved their goal of stealing a game on the road.

(relying on a converted closer seems so stupid now)

no, no he doesn't suck...he's a third starter at best in a good rotation. Which the Cubs don't have...which is why he became their defacto ace...which is why they're done

"We didn't play good, like we're supposed to play," said Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano, who went 0-for-5 with 2 strikeouts, dredging up memories of his 2-for-14 skein against the D'backs last year

"It's tough because we got out to a 2-0 lead against a good team and a really good pitcher who is throwing the ball as well as anybody right now, and unfortunately, it came down to my lack of execution that put is in a hole," he said. "I feel I really let the team down tonight."

"It's very tough to hit that slider because you don't know if that slider is going away or coming inside," Soriano said. "Especially him, he hides the ball very good."

first baseman Derrek Lee, who walked, singled and hit into a double play. "I never even thought about last year. We were pretty fired up. Today, we wanted to get that first one. It didn't happen. Turn the page and come back tomorrow."

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

I'd like to see a right handed pitcher that throws a slider that "is coming inside" to a right handed hitter.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

The Cubs are ignoring the leadoffman’s primary objective: to get on base. To do this, taking pitches, a sharp eye and a willingness to sacrifice one’s power swing (pitch-to-pitch) is the discipline. In baseball history, the insertion of an ideal man, such as all-around nightmare Rickey Henderson, pesky-to-death Richie Ashburn or Reds machinist mate Joe Morgan, have been the kick-starters of numerous rallies and early showers for befuddled pitchers. The Cubs need that stuff again – like the 1984 Cubs utilized the talents of speedy Bob Dernier to get to NL MVP Ryan Sandberg to set up Gary Matthews – and I see a potential for that. Alfonso Soriano lacks patience and brings only one superior attribute to the top: power. Hisspeed is still good, but he will never achieve a 50-stolen base season with a high OBP. In fact, he hasn’t gone above .360 OBP in his recent career. Fonzi says, “Whoa!!!” to walking, and “Hey!!!” to swinging for the downs. Soriano's Numbers since 2000
Age BA OBP SLG SB HR R RBI
25 0.268 0.304 0.432 43 18 77 73
26 0.300 0.332 0.547 41 39 128 102
27 0.290 0.338 0.525 35 38 114 91
28 0.280 0.324 0.484 18 28 77 91
30 0.277 0.351 0.560 41 46 119 95
29 0.268 0.309 0.512 30 36 102 104
31 0.299 0.337 0.560 19 33 97 70

I don't like white rappers.

Ok now that Im sober I stand by most of what I said. THey are a bunch of choking pussies.

Jesus,All this talk is making me want to go to the liquor store right now during my break.

Im pretty hammered right now.

Dempster was THE RIGHT CHOICE for the first game. He has been stellar at home and has been far away the most consistent pitcher all year. What did him in was that the Dodgers were very patient at the plate and Dempster couldnt locate his fastball. It happens sometimes.

That being said, the offense has to hit the fucking ball.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

The only thing Dumpster did this year was make sure with a 17-6 record is make sure the cubs will overpay for him and go 12-14 next year.

The pressure may be unspoken but it was there. Now, I expect that game to have woken them all up and I think you will see a far better performance tonight.

All Cubs fans, now hear this! This is a warning for all of you who have been singing "Go Cubs Go" all season long, let me be the one to warn you that a new season begins tonight, and it matters NOT what your record was during the regular season! This has not worked out to the Cubs advantage! This is a bad match up, and you can feel it in the air as Game 1 approaches! You can almost taste in the air, taste the demise of the Chicago Cubs in the first series!

The Dodgers bring a lot to the table! Solid starting pitching! Good bullpen! Good hitting! A fantastic manager who has been through playoff wars over and over again, and knows how to handle the pressure cooker of playoff baseball! The Cubs have a beat up and unpredictable starting rotation! The Cubs have a lousy bullpen! The Cubs pound mediocre pitching, but get stymied by quality pitching! The Cubs have Lou Piniella at the helm, and we all know how he did in Seattle when the heat was turned on in the playoffs after romping through the regular season!

I have been saying it all summer! The day of reckoning is now at hand! No more fun counting Magic Numbers! No more comfortable division leads on the Milwaukee Brewers! No more games against Pittsburgh! Or Cincinnati! Or Houston! There are no more weak little sisters to pound on, now it is time to put up or shut up, and this team looks like it is past its peak! Now the Cubs are no better than any other post-season team!

This smells like trouble, the kind of trouble that future generations will look back on and shudder over - the kind of trouble that will cause little children and old men to openly weep! The expectations of this team are about to be shattered like delicate panes of glass, World Series talk will be snuffed out like a spent cigarette in a parking lot! "Go Cubs Go" can not save you now!

Woe unto you Cubs fans! The hour of destruction is at hand!

PANIC!! PANIC!! PANIC!!

AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! ITS HAPPENING AGAIN!!!!

And if that isn't enough of a wakeup call, chew on this:

FELIX PIE AND RONNY CEDENO ARE ON THE PLAYOFF ROSTER! AND BOBBY HOWRY!

Now, I expect that game to have woken them all up and I think you will see a far better performance tonight.