Chicago Cubs @ Florida Marlins | 7:10 EST | 7/31

[PitchingWinsGames]

Chris Volstad (8-9 4.44 ERA)

vs

Rich Harden (7-6 4.55 ERA)

The Cubs are

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Note: When we win... lettered sweaters will be available in the lobby

:lol

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

WGW

[Beef]

THE CUBS ARE FUCK

[Longview]

Harden vs this line up scares me.

[PitchingWinsGames]

THE CUBS ARE FUCK

'd

c'mon Beef

[mbitcronod12]

Harden hasn't been the Harden of old this year and we did beat him last year.

WGW!

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

WE GON RIP HARDENS TITTIES

[Longview]

lol they just showed a video of Dempster impersonating The Rock from a long time ago on the pre game show, ive never seen that before.

[Jewbility]

Emilio is going to go 5-5 with two homers and when we wake up tomorrow we'll find out that Nick Johnson didn't "pass his physical."

[mbitcronod12]

Are the people in charge of mlb.com so wrapped up in the trades that they forgot to make the video feeds available? All I can get is the spanish language radio broadcast. I don't know what they're saying!

Never mind. There it is. Phew!

[Longview]

Stolen from Mba's fake thread

CC LF
Boner 3rd
Hanley SS
Cantu 1st
Uggla 2nd
Hermida Rf
Coss CF
Baker C

[The Hanram]

Lesss goooo marrrrleeennsss! dun dun duna dun

[nny]

I thought I read NJ would be her ein time for the game?

[Longview]

Fukudome makes Volstad throw 10 pitches, Theriot swings at first pitch and grounds out. Thank you Ryan.

[The Hanram]

I did so too...apparently his flight lands at 750.

Also, nice K.

[MiamiHomer]

He gon pinch hit and hit a HR but we'll still lose.

[The Hanram]

Hanley gon make Aramis look silly now yah.
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Told ya.

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

boner diggin for nose nuggets

[nny]

did rich just seriously sad COdy would sit against LHP?

[The Hanram]

NJ gon go help Herms according to Tommy yah.

[nny]

considering hermida's problems has been power and NJ is not showing power I DUNNO ABOUT THAT

[m26555]

Cody is looking pathetic lately.
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VOLSTADDDD

[Fish and Chips]

Volsatd!!!!!!!

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

our pitchers can flat out rip

[nny]

our pitchers can flat out rip

I know it's mostly said in vain but looked it up

we're second to last in pitcher OPS lol ahead of only pit

.104/.139/.139/.278

NL average is .138/.182/.177/.359

[m26555]

I know it's mostly said in vain but looked it up

we're second to last in pitcher OPS lol ahead of only pit

.104/.139/.139/.278

NL average is .138/.182/.177/.359
Amazing. With Johnson and Nolasco I figured we'd be much higher than that.

[The Hanram]

Haha. Volstud with the big hit.

[Fish and Chips]

Miller, Volstad, and RVH proby have 7 hits all together

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

its true, i said it in vain

[The Hanram]

CODY.

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

nice catch cody

[Fish and Chips]

CODY FUCKIN ROSs

[nny]

If you're on a phone interview you really should have the game on TV

[The Hanram]

Haha Boner with a nice grab.

[nny]

that's the kind of things bonifacio needs to do

He always seems afraid of the ball, and that was a great play.

[Fish and Chips]

2-miller
4-volstad
0-rvh
6 total hits

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

damn. volstad is really tall and cody is really short

[The Hanram]

I love those Cody commercials. They are just so perfect.

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

CODY CODY CODY. Dude we need this in the weightroom.

fuckin hilarious
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i wanna see the adventures of dan and cody

[Beef]

Dan Uggla is Mr. Personality

[¿NICK?]

Why the hell don't these umpires appeal on check swings? Makes no sense.

[The Hanram]

Hanley gon make harden look silly now yah.
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Not this time. lol.

[Fish and Chips]

Cantu found his power stroke

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

KING JORGE TURNED ON IT

[MiamiHomer]

Nick Johnson would have been on base for that :) can't wait

[The Hanram]

CANTU CAN DO.

[Fish and Chips]

Fukudome is really annoying

[Jewbility]

way too many cubs fans there. i'm going tomorrow night, and my section better be ready to cheer for the fish.

[Fish and Chips]

volstad looking sharp

[Beef]

way too many cubs fans there. i'm going tomorrow night, and my section better be ready to cheer for the fish.

I MAY OR MAY NOT GO TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!!

[Jewbility]

real sharp
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I MAY OR MAY NOT GO TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!!

goin with dad and sis....and dad refused to buy tickets ahead of time, even though I assured him that transplated Cubbies would make gametime tickets a commodity

But Beef, just knowing you're there will soothe my impatient soul

[Longview]

You should buy tickets in advance regardless, because the box office will tell you the fish tank is sold out when it clearly is not.

[Jewbility]

I will throw a fake grenade into the box office.

[Longview]

Typical Harden, 9 ks through 4 innings, with almost 80 pitches thrown.
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Hell yea, Volly and Boner, huge DP

[all black marlins hat]

This forum seems to be more "fuck it" than others. It's nice to see people not censoring themselves. lol

[Fish and Chips]

atta boy volstad

[Jewbility]

Nice little comeback by Chris there.

[all black marlins hat]

Boni with a rare walk.

[Longview]

Indeed, now lets turn that rare walk into a double.
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The Happy Youngster is so jealous of that fan
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Ugh, Harden is nasty.

[MiamiHomer]

I figured this would happen but hey we got a 2-0 lead..for now.

[Longview]

Yep, and Harden is already at 90+ pitches so hes not gonna be in much longer.

[all black marlins hat]

Bonifacio with his blazing speed that never steals.
It's as if he's been scared to steal ever since that time he ran the team out of an inning in a ridiculous situation that was uncalled for.
I remember Fredi talking to him afterward too.

[Jewbility]

Boner is worthless. And no, I will not assume that he was paying attention to Harden's sudden lack of control

[all black marlins hat]

wow, way to swing at a horrible pitch.

[The Hanram]

Feh.

[m26555]

Well at least Harden is done.

[Longview]

Wow, i thought that ball was hit a lot farther

[m26555]

Wow, i thought that ball was hit a lot farther
Yeah so did I. I thought, at the very least, it would get over Fukudome's head.

[all black marlins hat]

It looks like it just died out there. Either that, or fokudome thought it was hit harder also.
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Great.

[The Hanram]

Ouch on that pitch.

[MiamiHomer]

92 MPH change up Rich?

[Longview]

Volly at 83 pitches...At least another inning, maybe more.

[The Hanram]

Looking good tonight.

[Fish and Chips]

Volstad:
10 GO/ 5 FO

[Longview]

Good night for Herms
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lmao @ Old Man Hielman with his pants up to his belly button and his stirrups.

[all black marlins hat]

lol


So what happened to tealandblack.net?

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

there never was a tealandblack. its all in ur mind.

[Longview]

That new camera angle is awesome in dead center, wish they would make that the default camera.

[all black marlins hat]

there never was a tealandblack. its all in ur mind.

lol.
I see.

[Longview]

Oohh that ones gonna look nice on the dead center angle

[Fish and Chips]

another HR

[Longview]

That one would not.

[all black marlins hat]

FUCK

[MiamiHomer]

Well that was crushed.

[AdamRavs]

unreal. pitches a great and a fast ball down the middle to a guy who swings at the 1st pitch constantly

[m26555]

That's what you get for not giving him run support. Great job.

[The Hanram]

Goddamn. One pitch. One fucking pitch.

[m26555]

lol Uggla.

[Longview]

:fip

[MiamiHomer]

That's what you get for not giving him run support. Great job.

Harden was no slouch tonight....

[all black marlins hat]

Especially after that bullshit base hit Ramirez got. Now this pos error.

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

holy fuck

[m26555]

Harden was no slouch tonight....
I understand that...

[all black marlins hat]

TERRIBLE

[Fish and Chips]

WTF

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

get a fuckin out please

[MiamiHomer]

That was a really nice bunt.

[m26555]

Great outing by Volstad nonetheless.

[Longview]

Yep, one mistake.

[AdamRavs]

how many have we left on tonite?

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

volstad gives up that mistake a lot

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

but still a good outing

[all black marlins hat]

Talk about momentum.

[Longview]

This inning has just been unreal...Other then the HR its been a joke how they have gotten on. That was a very nice bunt though.

[all black marlins hat]

Get it done!

[Longview]

So Hoffpower (i have no clue how to spell it) is out of the game completely right?

Tommy answered yes for me.

[m26555]

how many have we left on tonite?
14. Pathetic.

[The Hanram]

14. Pathetic.

Seriously?

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

nice pitch

[m26555]

Seriously?
Yep.

[MiamiHomer]

14. Pathetic.

That's impossible.

[all black marlins hat]

one of those has to be a strike

[m26555]

That's impossible.
I'm sorry. I'm a fucking moron.

I added up all the LOB for every player.

:fip

[Longview]

Good shit meyer

[m26555]

HUGE strikeout.

Let's get this lead back.

[MiamiHomer]

We have 7 LOB

[all black marlins hat]

I'm calling it now. Bonerface with a opposite field shot over the score board.
lol

[m26555]

I'm calling it now. Bonerface with a opposite field shot over the score board.
lol
lol.

The roof would come off my house if that happened.

[Longview]

Pigs would fly and Hell would freeze over if that happened

[all black marlins hat]

lol

[Longview]

Old Man Heilman is in the game, for some reason i think he will give us trouble.

[all black marlins hat]

real trouble when he grooves a hanger to boner and causes peoples roofs to fly off and pigs to fly in and crap all over the place.

[Longview]

lol

Her daughter looks incredibly entertained.

[The Hanram]

Well at least no roofs will be coming off tonightsky.

[all black marlins hat]

hey, even ms cleo has been wrong at one point.

[m26555]

real trouble when he grooves a hanger to boner and causes peoples roofs to fly off and pigs to fly in and crap all over the place.
Well we can scratch that possibility off.

[Longview]

Does Meyer come back out for an inning or is he just spent after pitching to one batter?

[m26555]

Does Meyer come back out for an inning or is he just spent after pitching to one batter?
I would hope he comes back out. It really shouldn't be that tough of a decision for Fredi, but I know it will be.

[all black marlins hat]

Damn, that was a hanger to Hanley.

[m26555]

lol...Aaron Heilman?

[all black marlins hat]

Ouch.

[Longview]

Hanley 0-13 against Heilman? Thats impressive.

[MiamiHomer]

lol...Aaron Heilman?

He owns us...bad.

[m26555]

He owns us...bad.
I'm aware of that.

[Longview]

Baker and Cody need to have a commercial together

[all black marlins hat]

So where the heck is Nick Johnson?
Paul Lo Duca moment anyone?

Come in for a pinch hit walk off homerun.

[MiamiHomer]

I'm aware of that.

It's worth mentioning more than once because it's somewhat unbelievable.

[Longview]

We need more Center field cam

[The Hanram]

Nice K by Meyer.

[all black marlins hat]

Very nice. After a 3 and 1 count.

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

good bye meyer

[Longview]

Yea now lets take him out...

[all black marlins hat]

lol
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I have always wanted to sit upper deck in straight away center. Just for the fuck of it.
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Nice.

[m26555]

Swung out of his shoes. Jeez.
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Wow; nice move to first.

[Longview]

He is aiming for the moon

[The Hanram]

That was sexii.

[m26555]

Put a little extra into that one. 92.

[Fish and Chips]

good job

[all black marlins hat]

great pitch.

[Longview]

Nick Johnson there yet?

[Fish and Chips]

92 that's his fastest pitch. usually he tops out on 88
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is it to late for NJ to suit up and hit a walk off homer?

[all black marlins hat]

Nick Johnson pulling off a Lo Duca with a pinch hit homerun just as he arrives.

[m26555]

44 walks in 49 innings? Good Lord.

[Longview]

I like when Marmol pitches
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against us

[m26555]

That cannot be a very comfortable AB.

[all black marlins hat]

Wow that was a great pitch.

[m26555]

Three walks for Cantu tonight.

[Fish and Chips]

that was clos
2nd look, it was a ball

[m26555]

Nah it was definitely high.

[Longview]

I thought it was close too, but after watching replay definitely high

[m26555]

Pinto? Is that you?

[Fish and Chips]

2 walks!

[m26555]

If we don't score here...

[Longview]

Thank you for taking out a very long reliever who owns us after he pitched great for an inning lou

[The Hanram]

Well, I like two walks to start an inning.

[all black marlins hat]

Another very close pitch.

[Namaste]

Its a walk fest

[m26555]

Another very close pitch.
Nah. It was probably a good five inches off the plate.

[Longview]

Let herms do his thing against this wild pitcher

[m26555]

Bunting? lol...

[¿NICK?]

Don't agree with this.

[The Hanram]

Feh to bunting.

[Fish and Chips]

nice play

[m26555]

:fip

[all black marlins hat]

terribleeeeeeeee

[Longview]

SHIT

[The Hanram]

Wow. Dumb, dumb dumb.

[¿NICK?]

Fucking stupid.

[m26555]

Out by a fucking mile.

[Fish and Chips]

CO-DY

[all black marlins hat]

if boni would have been on the bench and cantu playing third, they could have pinch ran right there.

[¿NICK?]

Let's give an out to a guy who's nowhere near the strikezone.

Genius!

[Namaste]

You always want to give a pitcher who is struggling a free out


/Freddi Baseball Handbook

[Longview]

Against a wild pitcher with Hermida who has a very good eye.

[Fish and Chips]

need to score here

[m26555]

lolololol

[all black marlins hat]

terribleeee i cant believe hes going to get out of the inning.

[The Hanram]

Motherfuck.

[m26555]

BAKERRRRRRRRRR

[Fish and Chips]

yes!!!!!!

[The Hanram]

BAKER!!!!

[Sashimi]

Bake!

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

score baby

[all black marlins hat]

fuck yeah!

[Longview]

BAKER SAVES THE DAY

[Fish and Chips]

BAKE IS THE MAN

[Namaste]

Baker bails out the manager

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

lets go gload

[m26555]

Add on Gload.

[Longview]

lol wtf

[Sashimi]

lol! Almost threw that away.

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

i wish he would have thrown it away

[m26555]

That would have been CLASSIC.

[Namaste]

I will blow my Gload if he goes yard here

[Longview]

That works too

[The Hanram]

Talk about no control at all here.

[Fish and Chips]

LOL

[all black marlins hat]

wow. pinch hit helms! now!

[m26555]

I think we've finally found someone with less control than Pinto.

[Longview]

I love Marmol

[all black marlins hat]

I think we've finally found someone with less control than Pinto.

lol

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

That would have been CLASSIC.

Reminds me of AJ Burnett throwin the ball away on a potential triple play

[Fish and Chips]

Jorge Julio?

[m26555]

Bottom half of the order due up for the Cubs in the 9th, too.

[Sashimi]

I'd be more comfortable with a little more cushion for Nunez. He's been a little shaky lately.

[m26555]

I'd be more comfortable with a little more cushion for Nunez. He's been a little shaky lately.
Agreed. A base hit, and it's 5-2.

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

a home run and its 7-2

[all black marlins hat]

a triple and its 6 -2

[The Hanram]

Wow, Wes hit that one hard...too bad it was at the camera well!

[m26555]

a triple and its 6 -2
Actually, a double and it's probably 6-2.
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Good eye, Wes.

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

a walk and its 4-2

[m26555]

Damn that was a good pitch to hit..

[all black marlins hat]

wtf is that giant tire in the dugout?

[Sashimi]

Professional!

[m26555]

HELMSSSS

[Longview]

helms you fucking stud you!!

[Fish and Chips]

WES HELMS

[The Hanram]

WES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

WESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

[Fish and Chips]

5-2 good guys

[Longview]

I used to hate Helms, but hes starting to grow on me.

[all black marlins hat]

I was right. lol triple = 6 - 2 lol double = 5 - 2

[m26555]

Say what you want about Helms, but he is fucking clutch.

[Fish and Chips]

GLoad and Helms have to be one of the league best PH combo

[Longview]

lmao boner

[The Hanram]

Bonifacio=rally killer. :P

[all black marlins hat]

say what you want about bonerface, but he's a fucking idiot.

[Fish and Chips]

boner kills a rally again

[all black marlins hat]

seriously, he like buzz killington from family guy

[m26555]

Hey Boner...take your two IQ points and rub them together; see if you can start a fire...Good Lord.....

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

theres no one in the league better at killing rallys that bonerfucker

[MiamiHomer]

Helms better be clutch..he's one of our highest paid players!

[Chewford]

oh snap, wgw

[all black marlins hat]

wait a second. I just walked away for a second. is bonerface playing LF???

[Longview]

Yep, he can play the OF as well

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

another position he can suck at

[Longview]

Damn it leo, we are up by 3, make them hit it!

[Chewford]

96% chance of winning ftw

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

i like lebatards idea of benching boner and playing with eight guys.

[all black marlins hat]

sounds like a plan to me