― Ally-zay, Thursday, 16 October 2003 12:51 (twenty years ago) link
I can't abide this line of thought. Dusty has been very, very good throughout the season, and is a big part of how the team went from a 67-95 record last year to the NLCS this year.
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 October 2003 14:18 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 October 2003 14:19 (twenty years ago) link
and why hasn't jeffrey maier been mentioned in this cub fan hubbub??? that was an even worse fuckup by a fan!!!
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 16 October 2003 14:25 (twenty years ago) link
Meh, we got elections for that. Baseball is _serious_.
― Hunter (Hunter), Thursday, 16 October 2003 14:30 (twenty years ago) link
I'm sure some people are consulting the northwest suburban mafia already. It will take time for them to execute the perfect plan. They will bury him under their driveway or something.
Love that Eddie Bauer Cubs hat Billy Corgan was wearing.
― Kerry (dymaxia), Thursday, 16 October 2003 14:58 (twenty years ago) link
How is Darren Baker doing?
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:36 (twenty years ago) link
― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:46 (twenty years ago) link
There were a lot of good signs at the game (don't know if they showed the goat-related ones on TV) but the funniest thing we saw was afterwards leaving Wrigley Field a guy walking around with a hand-made sign that simply said "GOD HELP US."
― felicity (felicity), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:14 (twenty years ago) link
― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 16 October 2003 17:17 (twenty years ago) link
― felicity (felicity), Thursday, 16 October 2003 17:45 (twenty years ago) link
:)
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 16 October 2003 17:56 (twenty years ago) link
― felicity (felicity), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:58 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:01 (twenty years ago) link
― felicity (felicity), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:02 (twenty years ago) link
― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:05 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:13 (twenty years ago) link
Oh man, gygax is so OTM here. I mean, do we still "trusty" in "Dusty"? What is Darren Baker doing up there on that podium with Dusty? Shouldn't he have to answer some tough questions after some questionable decisions? Isn't he just using his cute son to paint himself as a more sympathetic figure?
Doesn't he need to asked why Matt Clement is sitting on the bench stroking his beard? McKeon had Redman out of there in a hearbeat. Does Dusty understand the urgency of the situation. Meanwhile, Kerry Wood is allowed to give up 7 earned? And why does Kerry Wood receive a standing ovation after giving up seven earned? I guarantee you that would never happen at Sox park. Guarantee it. I'm pretty sure I talked about his control on this or the other thread a couple nights ago. I give him a lot of credit for his post-game comments though. Anyway, that reception is why the Tribune company doesn't have to do jack to help this team win, and Cub fans will lie there and take it. For 95 years.
Anyway, wow felicity you went to the game! Man, I'm really sorry, I truly am. As I say, I actually coerced myself into rooting for the Cub last night, for the sake of the city and the people I know who hold them dear. I still can't get over what that Beckett kid did last night. Incredible. Has anybody ever given up only one run in 13 innings of work in a span of 4 DAYS?
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:22 (twenty years ago) link
― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:22 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:33 (twenty years ago) link
I saw like 5 seconds of the game last night. Nick said I needed to get used to paying attention to the Cubs. Some guy had to duck because the ball would've hit him in the head. Then they showed him ducking from like 7 different angles. It was funny.
― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:35 (twenty years ago) link
Yeah, actually, I completely forgot about the game situation for a brief instant while we were applauding Wood.
AT WRIGLEY. KERRY WOOD EXITS.
Me: (clapping head off) KERRY! WE LOVE YOU!Me: (to friend) Why is he hanging his head down like that? Friend: I think he's upset about the 3 runs he just gave up.Me: Oh.
― felicity (felicity), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:53 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:54 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:55 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:00 (twenty years ago) link
― felicity (felicity), Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:06 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:07 (twenty years ago) link
It kind of cracked me up when I realized how deluded that was.
― felicity (felicity), Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally-zay, Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:12 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:14 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:16 (twenty years ago) link
Ha ha, so true.
I myself have these weird Yanc3ylike feelings of possessiveness over a guy at my tennis club for no reason. The poor guy goes there with his girlfriend and I have these irrational angry feelings towards her, that she is not worthy of being his girlfriend (even though I don't know either of them at all), so seeing them together makes me livid with rage, even though I have no connection to them whatsoever.
x-post: Oh come on, Darren Baker is like 4 years old! It's cute when he cries. Like when the college basketball cheerleaders cry, I love that.
― felicity (felicity), Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:22 (twenty years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/page2/s/shea/031016.html
"The Cubs are it for me. The other sports I love, but this would be the greatest. ... I don't need it anymore. I have a son; he's 1-year-old. That's my joy. I don't need the Cubs anymore. But, you know, life will go on and we'll get through this."
Does this mean he didn't pay attention to his child before the Cubs lost? Weel, shit... Go Marlins!
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 17 October 2003 05:37 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 17 October 2003 05:43 (twenty years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Friday, 17 October 2003 05:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 17 October 2003 05:55 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 17 October 2003 06:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 17 October 2003 06:12 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 17 October 2003 06:30 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 17 October 2003 07:36 (twenty years ago) link
http://triblocal.com/downers-grove/2011/06/24/police-men-bound-for-cubs-game-accused-of-yelling-slurs-at-children/
this kind of squares w/ my opinion of suburban cubs fans. (speaking as someone who grew up around wrigley and had to put up with them.)
― by another name (amateurist), Saturday, 25 June 2011 06:39 (twelve years ago) link