8/8/08 Non-Brewers IGT

[Blancofan1]

Some games of note for the day.

 

Cubs (Lilly) vs Cards (Looper)

 

Phillies ( Blanton) vs Pirates (Mahalom)

 

Mets (Perez) vs Marlins (Nolasco)

[Blancofan1]

Cardinals up 2-1 through top of the 5th.

[pitchleague]

I didn't even realize they were on until I was flipping channels a few minutes ago. I thought it was a night game. Still 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth.

[sargennm]

I didn't even realize they were on until I was flipping channels a few minutes ago. I thought it was a night game. Still 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth.

Afternoon game on Friday, night game on Sunday. Gotta love Cubs baseball!

 

[pitchleague]

Jim Edmonds is getting to be VERY annoying. It's like he was playing half-hearted in San Diego because they were losing but once he went to a contender he played more seriously again.

 

I didn't really like him with St. Louis. Now I REALLY don't like him.

[Fear The Chorizo]

may be setting up for the first of 3 25 inning games

[Blancofan1]

Yeah, Edmonds has really surprised me with his resurgence in Chicago. he had a .969 OPS coming into the game today and now is 2 for 3 with 2 solo homers to tie the game at 2 in the bottom of the 7th.

With the way he has been playing for them and the contributions of Reed Johnson all year, the Cubs are much better at CF than I thought they would be before the year started.

[Blancofan1]

may be setting up for the first of 3 25 inning games

Let's not be greedy. I was thinking about 23 innings today with a rain out tomorrow and 2 20 inning double header games on Sunday.http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[sargennm]

Wow, Marmol vs. Puljos in the 7th. This should be good.

[Fear The Chorizo]

a tight game late that will probably force LaRussa into his leaky gas can of a bullpen...not looking too good for STL

[pitchleague]

I knew Brenly wasn't in the booth. But for the longest time, they never said who it was. They just did: Dan Plesac. Wow!

[Fear The Chorizo]

Plesac is Chicago's comcast sportsnet Cubs baseball guru - he does a very good job with the pre and post game stuff

[davemakovec]

This has walk-off home run written all over it...

[Fear The Chorizo]

and to extras we go

[davemakovec]

and to extras we go

Thank goodness for that. I was extremely worried seeing Jim Edmonds and then Mark Derosa come up with a runner on in the bottom of the ninth.

[Blancofan1]

Pujols makes an out on the bases in the top of the 10th!! At least we aren't the only team that does it.

[Fear The Chorizo]

since this is the 20th anniversary of the first wrigley night game (even though electricity was invented much earlier than that), hopefully the teams can accomodate PR's dream scenario of playing long enough to make 'em flick those lights back on to continue playing into the 25th.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Ryan Franklin still in to face the heart of the Cub order...this probably isn't going to end well for Cardinal fans

[sargennm]

You've got to walk Fukudome here to get to the ground ball machine that is Blanco.

[Fear The Chorizo]

well, time to grow that wild card lead....as long as the Brewers win their games, it's fun to watch a Cub/Cardinal game knowing that no matter what happens, the Brewers improve their playoff position.

[sargennm]

Or not, geez, Blanco is hitting .291? Aw, well. Let's gain some ground brew crew!

[Blancofan1]

Ryan Franklin still in to face the heart of the Cub order...this probably isn't going to end well for Cardinal fans

couldn't have been any more truth to it than that

 

[davemakovec]

Well, eleven innings isn't too bad. It'd be nice if they could duplicate that feat for the next couple of games. Of course, next time, try to make it a high-scoring affair so both teams have to go through a bunch of relievers http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[razzzorsharp]

Phillies and Marlins lose.

Mets won.

 

Dodgers winning.

Diamondback losing.