Red_Dragon wrote:
Having just learned that Dale Sveum used to play for the White Sox, I now wonder if Marmol is just an incompetent being used by Sveum to throw games.

Red_Dragon wrote:
No,Marmol just sucks that bad for real.I bet the starting pitchers are pooling their money to hire a hit man.

Red_Dragon wrote:
Why bother? It's the Cubs. They'll lose for free. ;)

Prodigal_SOB wrote:
P - and I - wonder if someone isn't paying Marmol (and maybe Sveum) to throw games...

WTF is wrong with Justin Upton?I think he's hiding an injury.

Prodigal_SOB wrote:
oh...dear god. okay, so who in the league is paying marmol to lose games? jeez louise. he does fine if he pitches early innings....but put him in to close, and ....BAM. loss.

It's the young Cubs fans I worry about at times like these. I've been through '69, I can handle it. This kind of relentless, searing, emotionally devastating heartbreak is difficult for their poor young psyches that just haven't been conditioned to it yet.

And now a single. He just needs a double and triple to pitch for the cycle.

Home run and a walk still nobody out. It's like deja vu all over again.

Marmol coming on in the 9th in a save situation! WTF is Dale thinking?
I swear sometimes I think Epstein has him playing for draft picks.

It's so nice to see someone hit a lead off double hit against the Cubs just stay there.

BTW: Those of you not watching it really ought to go to the video section of gameday and watch the "Cubs score on Mets errors" play

CUBS WIN!!!

Eff you Bud Selig.Hopefully you'll be retired before you figure out how I crack your blackouts.

If not,I'll just have to figure out plan B.

Once again the Cubs are forcing their starter to get the RBIs himself if he wants a win.

Prodigal_SOB wrote:
crimony.

Mike The Human Rain Delay Hargrove


Years later pitcher Steve Trachsel also acquired the same nick name. One can only imagine how long an at bat might have lasted if they had ever faced each other.

ColdMiser wrote:

I'm working on an invention...a batting glove that will stay tight for more than one pitch...any interested investors?

Prodigal_SOB wrote:
Yeah, I remember reading about it somewhere and the word "whelp" being used....

triskele wrote:
The AC is for Anno Catuli (in the year of our Cubs) the 04 is the years since we won the division, 67 the years since we were in the series, and 104 years since we actually won it. It's all a very loose Latin translation. Catuli is most often used to mean puppy but can be a young animal of any sort. A real Latin scholar with no knowledge of baseball would probably come up with something like "Let us proceed whelps" for it but Google translate thinks it means "Go Cubs"