The Critic

and there's the sacrifice fly. Get 'im on, get 'im over, get 'im over, get 'im his glove.

Was Swisher looking up to pray?

That would have been a productive out one out ago.

Is Balfour always that twitchy?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 06:43 PM) Hopefully something involving a bat and a baseball. But not swinging a bat and missing a baseball.

Here comes Balfour and Cabrera. Let's see if anything happens this time.

Brian getting good wood on it.

Pitch was up. Sox have 600 runners and score two, Rays have 4 runners and score 3.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 06:29 PM) was he even ON the bag when he caught it!? Yes.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 12:03 PM) I dated a woman who said that men should never wear gym shoes as casual shoes nor wear a team jersey. She said that's one way to tell the difference between men and boys. HA! That hen would HATE me. I just retired the Slayer t-shirts a couple years ago. I wear jerseys or team/band t-shirts just about everywhere, and I only wear dress shoes to work, weddings and funerals. Guess that makes me a 150 year old boy.

There were only two possible outcomes. Cabrera gets a hit or rattles Balfour into walking him and it looks like an AJ-quality mindf***. or Cabrera fails to do anything and he looks like an ass for firing Balfour up. I'd have preferred Option A.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:12 AM) The Cubs aren entirely out of this though people. Harden holds a very decisive edge in the next game. Then I think its Lilly vs Lowe, Lowe could easily give up more runs than he did last game. At that point its 2/2 and I think they pitch Zambrano in game 5, and he still could shut them down. This isnt over yet by a long shot. I would agree with this if talent was the only variable. The Cubs' organization is so far in its own head about the 100 years and all that crap that I think they're in full freakout mode right now. GOATS AND BLACK CATS AND ROGUE FANS AND HAUNTED BASEBALLS.....AAAAGGGHHHH!!!!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 12:22 AM) Holy s***, did you guys hear the Lou press conference? lol. Somebody asked him about Fukodome and he was like "I don't want to hear about Fukodome. I'm gonna start Theriot or Johnson or something. The kid's struggling. No use sending him out there anymore." Just kill the guy's confidence for life, Lou. lol. If Fukudome's four months of increasingly s***ty performance haven't killed his confidence, then he's got a boatload of confidence and a bigger boatload of self-delusion. He should have been riding pine for a long time now, and should never have started in RF for this series. Is he the only problem they have? Not by a long shot, but he's an automatic out right now and has been for months. Anyone else relieved that he wanted to be the first Japanese player in Chicago Cubs history?

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 11:20 PM) Am I suppose to take that seriously? I'm not sure - I think THEY do. I don't know why you'd spoof Andre the Giant in a "mockumentary", but that movie is so horrible it's either a spoof or a Jon Heder vehicle.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 07:10 PM) If the atmosphere at Wrigley tonight is anything like last night, then I will lose what little respect I had for Cubs fans. They have to be crazy? dont they? Again, it's not a "diehard Cubs crowd" - it's a "look at me, I got connections for playoff tickets" crowd. The diehards are out on the street outside the park.

Have you seen this piece of s***? This looks like a terrible skit from a cable access show, not an indie "biopic". I hope this pile of crap makes less than zero dollars.

And that'll do it for Captain Cheeseburger. 3 and 2/3 innings, 5 runs allowed, on the hook for 3 baserunners.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 06:12 PM) At 23, I'm sure I'll have more reasons to feel old later; but recently, the thought of going to school with people who were born in 1990 was different. Additionally, walking around campus at any one time and thinking "I'm probably older than 95% of the people on campus at this one moment" made me feel old. I believe it's all perspective though. Whenever I go out to bars I often come across people who are in the their late 30's, early 40's drinking with their friends. Not getting sloppy drunk, but just hanging out. It's a strange assurance to have. Makes me feel that when I become that age I can still spend time with my buddies at a local pub without thinking of it as unusual. Quite the contrary - later in life this is how you'll probably spend a lot of your communal time with friends. Gathering at the pub to watch a game, getting together at one of the gang's houses to play cards and tip a few, stuff like that. Alcohol keeps people together.....until the brawl, at least....

QUOTE (G&T @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 05:41 PM) He's bad in the playoffs. Struggled with Cleveland too. So he's Mr. June?

Looks like the perpetual 3 days' rest has finally drained Fatassia's tank.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 04:38 PM) Guys, don't blame Vazquez. He said he doesn't like pitching in domes. He thinks "dome" means "pressure situation".

I've had it neck-high with this inability to win in a f***ing dome. Weak s***.

Ballgame. Well, gotta go get 'em tomorrow.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 04:31 PM) Looks like they are rubbing one off when they shake em. Well, they're not getting laid with blue mohawks, so it makes sense. Wrist strengthening.

No one looks masculine shaking those itty-bitty wrist "cowbells".