Thursday – 7:05 p.m. Channel 9 – Ryan Dempster vs. Cole Hamels
Friday – 1:20 p.m. Comcast SportsNet – Dick Harden vs. Joe Blanton
Saturday – 2:55 p.m. Fox – Theodore Roosevelt Lilly vs. Brett “I beat my wife in public” Myers
Sunday – 1:20 p.m. Channel 9 – Carlos Zambrano vs. Jamie Moyer
*Everyone and their mother knows that I hate the fucking Phillies*
Fire Ryan Poles | Fire Ben Johnson 
August 28, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Jeez, Jamie Moyer is older than dirt. I can’t beleive he is still pitching.
August 28, 2008 at 2:04 pm
And that’s Ryan “I’m gonna strike this motherfucker out” Dempster.
August 28, 2008 at 2:38 pm
And my money says he will strike this motherfucker out.
August 28, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Nice idea armycubsfan. I will put that in the next thread to your credit. I also agree with Chucky about striking that motherfucker out.
I pray that Pat Burrell tears his knee up in this series.
August 28, 2008 at 6:33 pm
I hate the fucking phillies! I hate em even more then the mets. They have been giving us problems for so many years now and we never seem to be able to beat their faggit ass. I want to see a fucking rape job and sweep this series.
August 28, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Dempster not with his best stuff tonight, but he is minimizing the damage. 100 pitches now though. I don’t see him going much longer. Offense is sleeping again.
August 28, 2008 at 8:57 pm
This Phillies lineup 1-8 has done considerable damage to the Cubs in the past. This is making me sick. The offense is indeed awful again. They are refusing to take pitches tonight.
August 28, 2008 at 9:46 pm
dude walks clog the bases and solo shots turn into grandslams
rookies should be up watching and soto is gonna be rookie of the year and the cubs have the second best era in all of baseball.
dude walks clog the bases and the cubs have outscored there opponets buy more than anyone. dude walks clog the bases and 1 run innings turn into three and five run innings. Dude stay off my back I know what I am doing any one want to respond to that
August 28, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I am stunned. Stunned in excitement.
August 28, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I know I will probably bashed for this but oh well. There is something different about this Cubs team. Last year’s team just wasn’t clicking like the guys this year. Zambrano needs to get his act together and Marquis well he still sucks but all in all they have a pretty good lineup bench bullpen. Yes Soriano makes routine balls into the bloopers all the time but this team is better with him in the lineup. He misplayed a ball tonight but I truly have come to expect that from him. He definitely has cost us a few games with his glove but he has also won a few games with his bat. What really has me juiced about the Cubs this year is that if either the offense is off the defense picks them up, or if the pitcher has a bad night the offense comes through like this evening.
No they haven’t won anything yet, and they may become the lovable losers in September (God I hope not) but this team just seems to have something this year that some of the other playoff teams of the Cubs didn’t have.
Oh yeah and they also have a manager that realizes that walks do not clog the bases.
August 28, 2008 at 10:37 pm
The Cubs got after the Phillies bullpen tonight. If ever you know somebody is going to get a hit, I could tell Ramirez was going to get a hit in the 8th. Great game. The Cub bullpen pitched like we always wish they would.
August 28, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Fellas, this is not your usual Cub team. The Cubs have been losing games like this since I’ve been a fan (1964), and now they’re winning them.
I really don’t see them having a 1969 type of collapse, the pitching is too good, the hitting is too clutch, and the relief pitching is good enough. Therefore, I can’t see them falling out of the division lead.
With that said, the playoffs are another story. Anything can happen in a short series, that’s why I am more worried about the first round than the second. Nevertheless, I still don’t see anyone from the NL knocking them out of the WS, including Arizona. So, I am going on record by predicting the Cubs first pennant since 1945 (banning any catastrophic injury of course).
The teams that could really give them trouble in the World Series are the Red Sox, or the Angels. Neither the Rays, White Sox, or Twins scare me. The Red Sox because of their playoff experience and the Angels because of their manager, clutch hitting, and pitching.
These are indeed historic times we are living in today as Cub fans, but the job is not finished.
August 28, 2008 at 11:04 pm
One of the lasting images I will have of this season is Victorino not even budging on the ball that Ramirez hit, just watching it fly into the stands. That was a great moment.
August 28, 2008 at 11:14 pm
A-ram with the slam! It would be nice to take all 4 from these bitches. We did it to the Brewers on the road, so I don’t think that is asking too much. A Dusty Cubs team would have lost this game 4-0 or worse. This is a new team with a new agenda. It is hard for me to have a negative opinion of this team.
GO CUBS GO!!
August 29, 2008 at 1:16 am
No, I don’t see a regular season collapse with this team-after that 13-4 debacle with Washington, they have won six in a row. Devastating or shocking losses do not have a lasting effect on this team.
I AM concerned about the playoffs-particularly Arizona, but maybe even Milwaukee in the NLCS. I am worried in particular about cumulative pitch counts on Dempster and Zambrano-even when they are pitching real well, they aren’t usually efficient. 114 in 6 innings today does not make me happy. Dempster has pitched his most innings since 2001 and is headed toward 200 innings. Hopefully, the Cubs can keep winning and wrap this thing up asap so we can rest our starters. The last thing I want to hear about the playoffs is that they just ran out of gas.
The Cubs need to go just 16-12 to get 100 wins for the first time since 1935-and that team did it on a 154 game schedule. 100 wins should be plenty for division, so it’s a nice interim goal. However, in 2003 the 88 win Cubs took out the 100+win Braves, so it is certainly not enough to just win 100. But it’s a fucking start.
August 29, 2008 at 2:29 am
What has amazed me the most about this season is that with the 100 year bullshit and the ownership change, the team has not lost it’s focus to what their goal is. They seem to be exorcising alot of demons this year.
August 29, 2008 at 6:58 am
I’ve been looking over old posts at the former site. So much negativity, but you really have to expect it. It’s so hard to be positive, you just seem to get let down time and time again. I hate to say that this year is different, but there are some real positives. Dusty is gone. It’s funny to see what’s going on in Cincy, how could anyone have been dumb enough to hire that moron. This team is solid though, it’s a long season, and there will be ups and downs throughout such a long season, but they will win their division handily, maybe get 100 wins, and then it’s all about who’s hot in the post season. Hopefully Lou can keep them fresh, he really seems to be a good manager. Go Cubs!
August 29, 2008 at 9:27 am
Holy. Fucking. Shit.
With Dustfuck here, that 13-4 loss would’ve turned into a six-game losing streak (see: last week of the 2004 season). With Lou managing, the Cubs start a six-game winning streak the next day.
August 29, 2008 at 10:40 am
HOY HOY HOY
I am taking NOTHING for granted at this time…but this Cub’s team has been alot more fun to follow lately!
All kidding aside, can you imagine what the owners and front office of the Reds are thinking right about now? I would love to be a fly on the wall…and hear what they HONESTLY think — and say — about Dusty Baker.
Did those idiots NOT watch the Cubs 2004-2006?
Did they NOT notice Baker’s obvious lack of leadership during the 2003 NLCS…when the “Bartman event” completely derailed the Cubs? Baker could/should have handled that differently and better.
Did they NOT read…or hear…Dusty’s numerous inane comments?
Did they NOT question his handling — or mishandling (?) — of Cubs pitchers…including Prior and Wood?
Did they NOT notice the extreme lack of fundamentals of his Cubs teams?
Did they NOT notice his puzzling lineups? (don’t you miss Neifi….and Freddie…and Jackoff…and …BARF)
I guess idiots attract idiots.
I could go on…but we’ve all discussed these things — and more — at great length.
I honestly believe that this Cubs team would be in 3rd place AT BEST — BEHIND the Brewers and Cards — if Baker was managing. Hell, maybe worse.
When Lou Piniella was hired, I was pretty sure that it would be a big upgrade over the toothpick chomping numbskull. And it turns out that it was…and is.
I just wish that the Cubs would be sold to owners that are passionate about winning…the current owners are passionate about making money and while that is important in a business venture, at this stage of Cub-dom we want the grand prize, a World Series title.
And just who are we? The REAL fans…most of us long-suffering. NONE of us have witnessed a World Series title in our lifetimes.
And only fans 63 and older were even around for the last World Series appearance…that was years before my time.
100 years. Hard to believe, unless you happen to be a Cubs fan. It is absurd!
There is NOTHING loveable about losing. 100 fucking years of losing….PATHETIC. And there is nothing loveable about sheeple, either. PATHETIC.
BARF. BARF. BARF. BARF. That’s dedicated to the Dusty Baker years.
I suspect Steve Stone would still be with the Cubs had it not been for the toothpick chomping moron….so put that on the list, too. I miss Stoney’s commentary.
Dear Cubs: it’s been a great season so far…Thank You. And keep up the good work!
August 29, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Just wondering…With the Reds 26 games behind and 28 left to play,does Dusty think they are still in the race?
August 29, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I had the impression, and still do, that Dusty is easy to get along with. He was also a pretty good player. I think he was a better player than Piniella was; either that or as good. The old saying applies – being a good salesman doesn’t necessarily mean somebody will be a good sales manager. I still wonder why they didn’t keep him on in SF. His teams there had plenty of success, so why did they dismiss giving him a longer contract with a raise? Maybe the brass in charge in SF also thought he was a moron and, therefore, never gave him credit for all of that winning.
August 29, 2008 at 2:20 pm
A friend of mine is a Brewers scout (insert smartass comment here), and he said it was the same thing. Couldn’t win the big one (in fact, got outmanaged and lost the big one), was given tons of talent and steroid freaks and underachieved.
The Giants’ ownership got sick of it.
August 29, 2008 at 2:53 pm
JF and Bonk, I suspect that you guys are both correct. Indeed, Dusty might be a great guy on a personal level. He was a good player as I recall. But I remember the Giants blowing it in the 2002 WS with Dusty at the helm (read below)…and then it was “deja vu all over again” in 2003. I don’t think Baker will ever win “the big one”. That said, in the last 100 years neither have the Cubs.
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_World_Series)
The Angels won the seven-game 2002 series after staging a remarkable come-from-behind victory in Game 6. The Giants had won Game 4 on an eighth inning RBI single that was ruled unearned and took Game 5 in a 16-4 blowout. Going into Game 6, the Giants held a 3-2 series lead and seemed well on their way to winning the club’s first world championship in 48 years and the first for their West Coast fans. The Giants continued their mastery into the late innings of Game 6, entering the seventh inning with a commanding 5-0 lead. Only eight outs away from elimination, however, the Angels suddenly came to life and rallied for three runs in the seventh inning. The Angels added three more in the eighth, to win the game 6-5 and force a seventh and deciding game. Having stolen the thunder from the stunned Giants, the Angels cruised to an easy 4-1 victory in the final game to reward their fans with the franchise’s first world championship.
August 29, 2008 at 3:56 pm
“The last thing I want to hear about the playoffs is that they just ran out of gas.”
Of all the things I mentioned above, Nemo, that is something I left out. In Cincinnati Lou had Dibble, Meyers, and Charleston, so he could bring in anyone of those guys and save his starters. Wood and Marmol, although getting the job done, are not on that level, thus causing him to leave Cub starters in longer. I guess we will just have to trust his judgment on this. So far every button he’s pushed as worked, can’t argue with success.
I can vouch for the comment that the Giants were fed up with Dusty. I live out here in L.A. and the talk shows were skewering him for that stupid non-move in the seventh inning of the 02 W.S. Giant fans were calling in absolutely outraged at the lost opportunity, and they were ready to get rid of him then. Dusty Baker is a “players manager,” i.e., he gets along with the fellas, but is clueless on how to lead a baseball team. What is happening in Cincinnati is what we, and the Giants, knew all along.
As I am typing this the Cubs took the lead in the bottom of the 7th, but now Smarzdja has got the first two on with nobody out. He may get out of it, but, that bullpen, other than Wood and Marmol, is the Cubs weakness.
August 29, 2008 at 4:55 pm
This was in the paper this morning:
“The left fielder made two errors in the Pittsburgh series – neither miscue cost the Cubs – and dogged a catchable line drive in the fifth Thursday, letting the ball fall in front of him for a base hit.
Ultimately, that play didn’t cost the Cubs, either. But down the road, it might.
So again, the question has to be asked – is he a defensive liability?
If lifted for a defensive replacement, would he mind?
“Yes,” Soriano said. “I like to play nine innings. That’s why they brought me here.”
This is exactly what I hate about this guy! Who cares if it costs the Cubs a game, numbnuts wants to play – “I like to play nine innings.”
Good thing Dusty is no longer the manager or he would. Lou, on the other hand, will lift him whether he likes it or not. If this moron weren’t so crucial to our teams success I’d want him traded after this season.
August 29, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I have no doubt Reed will be in left in late-inning situations if the Cubs play in October.
Sorry Fonz if it hurts your feelings to have it implied that you suck defensively and Reed’s way better. You can dry your eyes with the $17M they’re paying you annually.
August 29, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Oh yeah, on Dustfuck in SF: There was the one-game playoff where he screwed the pooch by starting Salomon Torres. I remember him taking a lot of heat for that.
Bottom line: Lou’s teams find a way to win big games. Dustrag’s teams find a way to lose them.
August 29, 2008 at 5:20 pm
“Fonz SorryONO”…kinda has a nice ring to it…I hope.
August 30, 2008 at 4:12 am
Soriano wants to play 9 innings, but he certainly can’t keep his head in the game for all 9 innings.
I definitely worry that one of his laziness/brainfart episodes will be EARLY in a playoff game against someone like Sabathia or Haren and that the Cubs won’t be able to recover from it. I can live with the hot and cold streaks, but not hot and cold effort.
I don’t understand his motivation problems, he has never won a world series and has a career .225 batting average in the postseason-so there is kinda lots of room for improvement.
We do need his bat, and his arm, but I agree with the others that he may cost us a big game in October.
August 30, 2008 at 10:05 am
For todays game, I request that all sheeple in attendance wear “wife beater” t-shirts with the words “don’t hit me!” written on them.
Thank you and “baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh”
August 30, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Memo to the Fox TV Fucker who is “analyzing” today’s game. THE CUBS FANS ARE NOT EVEN REMOTELY SPOILED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT A FUCKING DICKWEED YOU ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We’ve had 4/5 of a great season, but have yet to make the playoffs. Have not been to the world series since 1945 and not won since 1908. We have the right to boo when the Cubs put on such a shitty performance as today!!!!!!!!!!!
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN WE BE CONSIDERED “SPOILED”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you had uttered those words to me face-to-face, those would have been the last word you would ever utter. SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 30, 2008 at 6:09 pm
And if I may also send those same sentiments out to one J.C. Romero, Phildelphia Phillies resident douchebag. After you do your job in getting 3 outs in 1 inning, DO NOT PUMP YOUR FISTS IN THE AIR, THUMP YOUR CHEST, SAY THANK YOU TO GOD OR WHATEVER THE FUCK IT IS YOU ARE LOOKING UP AT AND TALKING TO, OR ANYTHING ELSE BUT WALK YOUR GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING PHILADELPHIA PHILLIE ASS TO YOUR DUGOUT, SIT DOWN AND SHUT YOUR DICKSUCKING , SHIT-EATING MOUTH.
I hate it when Zambrano does that bullshit, but when it comes to somebody else, I lose my fucking mind.
I go to work 5, sometimes 6, sometimes 7 days a week. I DO NOT do any of the shit these assholes do. IT’S YOUR FUCKING JOB!!!!! STOP THE GODDAMN SHOWBOATTING!!!!
August 30, 2008 at 10:35 pm
I went to baseballreference.com and tried getting stats for these Phillies players and how their career numbers are against the Cubs and I cannot seem to find it.
The fact is is that Jayson Werth has killed this team since his days with the Dodgers in ’05. If someone can try to find these batters 1-8 career wise against the Cubs, I am sure it would be Superman-like.
That being said, I wish a career-threatening leg injury on Jayson FUCKING Werth. Brett Myers too but that is only because he is a wife-beater.
August 31, 2008 at 12:31 am
“Memo to the Fox TV Fucker who is “analyzing” today’s game. THE CUBS FANS ARE NOT EVEN REMOTELY SPOILED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Nemo, are you talking about the game broadcasters, or the studio people? The game broadcasters were Dick Stockton and Eric Karros. Karros played for the Cubs in 2003, so he should know better than to be so stupid. “Spoile!” “Spoiled!” ????
Yeah, you can tell from all those WS banners that we’ve had it easy here in Cubdom. What a MORON!!!!
From Lou saying Dusty Baker was a good manager, to Eric Karros today, I think these guys take “dumb pills” when they enter the booth as a broadcaster. And Mark Grace and Rick Sutcliffe are even worse. I don’t know if these guys think they’re being clever and cute, but it makes them look like fools.
August 31, 2008 at 12:36 am
Career against the Cubs – AVG/OBP/SLG and number of at-bats
Rollins 223/297/345 AB = 206
Utley 287/366/575 AB = 87
Burrell 301/418/559 AB = 186
Howard 200/326/338 AB = 80
Victorino 238/333/254 AB = 63
Werth 245/367/469 AB = 49
Feliz 259/317/417 AB = 108
Coste 276/300/276 AB = 29
I don’t know how much of this season is included.
August 31, 2008 at 12:58 am
“Ah, well.
Sometimes you get the dog, and sometimes the dog gets you.”
by Not Bruce Froemming
This is the reason I left BCB, this guy. I wish someday I could find out who he is, I’d like to pay him a little visit. If any of you guys know who he really is, let me know.
To me, he’s the worst of the worst. Anyone, and I DO MEAN ANYONE, who dares to criticize the Cubs, or suggest they stunk that day will get a little message from “Not Bruce Froemming” letting them know that he won’t tolerate any negative vibes against his “cubbies,” and he will dog you throughout the thread like some sick stalker. After every loss, he says, “Oh well, get em tomorrow.” Of course the Cubs have been saying that for 100 years, I’ve had enough “get em tomorrows” to last me a lifetime.
August 31, 2008 at 1:08 am
ernie’s army-it must have been eric karros. it was the game analyst. and now that you mention it, I remember that he said some stupid shit in an earlier broadcast this year. He was a pretty cool guy in 2003-I don’t know what the fuck happened to him.
August 31, 2008 at 1:44 am
when I want to find a players stats against another team I go to sports.yahoo.com/mlb. I find the player in question either by name search or by their team roster. When I find the player, I click on “split stats”. It allows you to search split stats for any year back to 2002 or click “since 1987” and that will get you career split stats for just about everybody (except maybe Julio Franco).
Split stats gives you lots of great stats: vs team, by stadium, by month, pre and post all-star break, indoors/outdoors, home/away and more.
here’s that fucker Jayson Werth: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6423/splits;_ylt=AjC7u419i8ZFq4fp0LkCixmFCLcF
August 31, 2008 at 9:20 am
First of all, it’s “Cubs”, NOT “Cubbies”.
Nothing loveable about LOSING and nothing adorable about “Cubbies” when it pertains to the “Cubs”.
BCB is full of ignorant sheeple, and the name of the site says it all…PATHETIC.
Regardless of what anyone says, Dusty Baker is not a good manager. Anybody that watched the Cubs from 2003-2006 knows this well.
The game today is important: the Brewers keep winning…but what I am most interested in is Zambrano’s “performance”. On 2nd thought, I just hope Z keeps the “performance” to a minimum…and pitches well.
Finally, I’d like to Thank Neil Cotts for his wonderful contribution to yesterday’s game…BARF. Can we just shitcan him and Howry and bring up two minor leaguers, what’s there to lose? How much confidence do you have in those guys when the season is on the line?
August 31, 2008 at 9:51 am
gonna be warm today, Zambrano needs to hydrate AND have his head in the game. I would have been satisfied with a split here, but after being up 2-0, we need to take this series today. Brewers are for real and look like they are going to the playoffs.
I don’t recall when I first heard “Cubbie.” But, I thought it was after 1984, which I thought was strange as that was their first good season in forever. I fucking LOATHE the term. I don’t think using it means you are not a fan, but I do think it indicates that you are not very concerned with winning-and I have no fucking room for those types of fans.
Neil Cotts blows, but how about a fucking useless offense that had only 1 run on 8 hits in the first 4 innings? That was the ballgame right there.
August 31, 2008 at 10:05 am
I listend to the whole game on the radio and Pat Hughes said after the Cubs had 1st and 3rd with no outs in I believe the 3rd inning and they didn’t score, he said that it usually comes back to haunt a team. It did.
Ronny Cedeno is the dumbest fucking baseball player out there. He struck out in that 8th inning with the bases loaded. Neal Cottsucker did his job of giving up two homeruns in the top half of the inning.
Today is the last day for teams to make waiver deals so the players can be active on the playoff roster. No deal seems to be coming. Bullpen help will have to come from within the minor leagues.
erniesarmy asked about the BCB guy. His name is Al Yellon. He sits in the top of the left-field bleachers each game as he is a season ticket holder. My guys over at HireJimEssian.com make fun of this guy on a daily basis. Pretty funny stuff. Anyway, the guy is a dichead from what I heard.
August 31, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Zambrano will not be pitching today. Sean Marshall will be going instead. He likely will not pitch until Tuesday in Houston, though Dempster will probably go that day. Hopefully the offense wakes up today, because Marshall ain’t gonna pitch a perfect game.
We have not done well in Houston this year so the goal there is to win that series.
August 31, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Just saw that…not a bad idea to rest Z. Good.
What would Dusty have done?
August 31, 2008 at 12:36 pm
armycubsfan,
The Cubs are at home against Houston this week. Off day Thursday then they go to Cincinatti for three starting on Friday.
August 31, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Dammit…have the Cubs pitchers learned NOTHING of Jayson Werth?
August 31, 2008 at 3:41 pm
The Cubs have crawled back into their patented hitting funk this series.
I said the other day that barring any injuries the Cubs should’nt have a problem maintaining this lead down the stretch. Well…..Zambrano can’t pitch today for some unknown reason, and now I hear that Harden has a “tired arm.” If these things are only temporary, then no worries, but if they aren’t????? Then you have to worry not only about the postseason, but about even making the postseason! I also think this is their shot to win it all this year, they aren’t built for the long haul. They need to do it now!
August 31, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Now it’s down to a 4.5 game lead…
August 31, 2008 at 5:18 pm
A split with the Phillies and losing two straight games is unacceptable. If this team ever makes it to postseason, they’ll face pitching and offense as good or better than the Phillies have. They won the left on base contest 20-18, Lee and Ramirez went 0-9 with a walk, nobody hit for extra bases, and starting pitching wasn’t good enough.
That said, the Brewers face tougher competition in Sep than they did in Aug, including six against the Cubs. As mentioned earlier, they (the Brewers) had nine games against the Pirates since the trade deadline and have so far won all 6 with 3 to go. Whoever puts these schedules together is a moron.
I think the Cardinals are out of it for the division title; albeit not yet mathmatically. They still have a chance for a WC and I hope they win all 7 of their games against the D-backs. Again, whoever makes the schedule is also “out of it”.