Yardbarker: Joe Nelson

Game 151 Recap: Cubs 7, Brewers 6 (12 Innings)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:29:10 -0500

Brewers Give the Cubs a Game, Cubs Happily Accept

W - Wood (5-4), Rob G's childlike faith in spells, fairies and magical comebacks

L - Villanueva (4-7), Brewers' base-running coaches.

Box Score, Photos

Things to Take from This Game

1. Harden reprises Marquis

Like Marquis the night before, Harden got into all sorts of trouble in the first before settling down. The difference between the two starts being that Harden escaped with only one run allowed. Three very economical innings allowed him to get to the fifth, where Harden again struggled. There he snuck out of a bases loaded jam with 115 pitches thrown, and just the one run from the first. Velocity looked good, but Harden had no command on the fastball. 6 walks, 9 K's

2. DeRosa struggles at 2nd, Cubs struggle in 6th.

DeRosa had a throwing error in the first as he chose to try to turn a very tough DP instead of going to first. The first run of the game scored on the play. A bobbled grounder in the sixth helped spark a big inning for the Brewers, abetted by Samardzija's struggles to throw strikes.

3. Solo Scoring

Edmonds and Ramirez hit solo home runs, ~~but that was the extent of the Cubs scoring~~.

4. Crazy-ass rally.

The Brewers ran into two outs on the basepaths in the top of the ninth, squandering a chance to blow the game out. Instead it's "just" 6-2. Bottom of the ninth, two outs, and Ramirez squeaks a double just under Braun's glove. Edmonds and DeRosa single, scoring Ramirez. Soto, who had made a nice block of the plate and nice throw in the top of the inning, takes the first pitch from Salomon Torres and hits a game-tying 3-run homer.

5. Lee wins it.

With runners on 2nd and 3rd in the bottom of the 12th, Lee singles up the middle to drive in the winning run. The Brewers had 25 (yes, TWENTY FIVE) runners LOB to the Cubs' 11, plus the running gaffes. The Cubs certainly had their issues between Harden's wildness and DeRosa's early-game defense, but overall the Brewers deserved to lose this.

The almost-there details, below.

Game Recap

Messmer belts out the anthem, and my mlb.tv feed seems willing to play ball today. woo.

Inning 1 - Top

Harden starts 3-0 on Cameron before throwing a 90mph fastball for a strike
91mph for ball four.
90mph fastball inside corner for strike one to Durham.
Durham with a nice bunt down the 3b line, Ramirez waits for it to roll foul, just a few feet before reaching the 3b bag.
full count to Durham
and ball four.
Nice slider to start off Braun, swing and miss.
deep fly to center, Edmonds catches it and Cameron goes to third. Change up got elevated. Sounded ominous off the bat, wind held it up.
Fielder rolls one into the hole between 1st and 2nd, DeRosa gets there, and makes an ill-advised choice to spin, throw to second avoiding the runner. Poor throw, (can't quite tell on my feed, but told it hit the runner) ball gets away from Theriot. Cameron scores from third while Durham and Fielder are safe at 2nd and 1st. 1-0 Brewers
Harden walks Hardy. 29 pitches so far. One out.
Bases loaded, and Hart K's on three pitches. elevated fastball for strike 2, changeup low and away for strike 3.
2-2 on Counsell. Fans really in to the AB.
3-2. Harden then K's Counsell on pitch number 38, a high fastball at 94. Good damage control, actually, but horrid pitch count.

Inning 1 - Bottom

Soriano bounces out to second.
and Theriot flies to Cameron
and Lee K's looking. Helluva start to this game.

Inning 2 - Top

3-2 on Kendall, before a swinging strike out. 3 Ks in a row for Harden, still has the no-hitter going.
Brenly not sure if fastball is up on purpose, or due to wildness.
and K's Bush swinging.
0-2 to Cameron. Bottom of the lineup allowed Harden to find himself?
95 mph just off the outside corner. Crowd boos. Slider, er, change, off the corner.
Foul-tip K, 5 Ks in a row for Harden. 54 pitches

Inning 2 - Bottom

Ramirez with a sharp bouncer to Counsell, makes the play
Edmonds takes a slow, 70 mph curve up in the zone, blasts it out to just left of center, high up in the bleachers.
DeRosa K's
Soto flies out, Hart makes a nice running, diving catch in the right-center gap

Inning 3 - Top

Durham flies to left
Theriot with a nice diving stop, Braun out at first
3-2 on Fielder, fastball 94 mph inside corner and Fielder goes down swinging. 10 pitch inning.

Inning 3 - Bottom

Fukudome flies to Braun
Harden bounces back to Bush
3-0 on Soriano
3-2 count, Soriano takes a close pitch just off the plate for ball four.
Soriano caught stealing by the suddenly strong-throwing Kendall.

Inning 4 - Top

Hardy flies out to about two steps short of the ivy in center. Wind blowing in helps, again.
Hart K's looking. Wow, Hart is just lost up there.
From behind in the count, Counsell comes back to work a BB. Breaks a string of something like 10 straight set down by Harden.
Kendal flies out to right. Harden still has a no-hitter, oddly.

Inning 4 - Bottom

Theriot grounds to Hardy
Lee hits one that sounds good off the bat, crowd roars, and Cameron catches it several feet short of the warning track.
Ramirez hits a rolling..... something.... into the left field well bleachers. Another lined bullet, very similar to the HR from last night. 2-1 Cubs.
Edmonds flies out to Braun, just short of the warning track.

Inning 5 - Top

Gyeh. Count goes full to Bush, and Harden walks him. Not the way to start the first inning where the Cubs have a lead in a game and a half. 8 pitches to Bush
Harden at 94 pitches, and no one up in the bullpen.
Cameron with a tapper up the line, Harden takes it to the bag. Bush to second.
Fly down the right field line, Kosuke either misplayed it, or deked Dave Bush into thinking he was going to catch it. Brenly and Kasper think the later. If so, it worked: Bush stayed at third on the Durham double. No-hitter over, and finally the bullpen gets moving. My mlb.tv feed isn't good enough to allow me a judgment on the play.
Braun pops to Lee in foul territory.
which allows Harden to IBB fielder. Bases loaded for Hardy.
Harden at 107 pitches
3-1 pitch, Hardy check-swings at a called strike.
115th pitch, a long full-count battle ends as Hardy flies to the warning track in right.
(It won't show up in the box score, but that deke did save a run, which, as I write this part in retrospect, was pretty crucial.)

Inning 5 - Bottom

DeRosa pops to Hardy
Soto K's looking
From 0-2, Fukudome works a walk. Good to see it.
Hoffpauir hits for Harden. Samardzija to pitch
Hoff flies to right

Inning 6 - Top

Samardzija in, Hart grounds to Theriot.
sweet, I know how to spell Samardzija by memory.
A Cubbie Blue and White beachball is on the outfield track. How embarassing.
Counsell walks on a 3-2 pitch
Kendall hits into a potential 4-6-3 DP, but DeRosa bobbles a tricky hop. Everyone safe.
Lamb hits for Bush, runners on 1 and 2
Lamb rolls one to Theriot a bit towards the hole, gets the force at second. 1st and 3rd with two outs for Cameron
Cameron singles to left, run scores. 2-2 game. Samardzija hasn't thrown a first-pitch strike yet.
and Durham rolls one through the right side for a single. Lamb scores from second, Cameron goes to third on Durham's single. 3-2 game.
Braun floats a single into right. The throw goes to third, is offline and hops away from Ramirez a bit, letting Braun go to second. 4-2
Fielder intentionally walked, again, and loads the bases, again.
Samardzija out, all runs so far are unearned.
Randy Wells in to face Hardy with the bases loaded and 2 outs.
Four straight balls. 5-2 game
Hart is a total disaster right now. After 4 pitch walk issued by a new, MLB inexperienced pitcher, he flies out to right on the first pitch he sees. Inning over.

Inning 6 - Bottom

Coffee in for Bush
Soriano with a soft liner past Hardy for a single.
Theriot hits into a 5-4 force, as my computer freezes up.
I'm told Lee GIDP, 5-4-3. A very quick and futile inning for the Cubs and my internet connection.

Inning 7 - Top

Wells stays in, Counsell rolls out to DeRosa
and mlbtv loses sound. Hah. I'm told there were cheers for DeRosa making the routine play
woo, sound returns.
DeRosa with a backhanded 4-3 putout of Kendall
Big Brad Nelson pinch hits for Coffee, lazy fly out to Edmonds on the first pitch
some random hockey players sing the stretch. Incredibly slow tempo

Inning 7 - Bottom

Gagne in for Coffee
Ramirez rolls one to first, Fielder leisurely tags him out.
Edmonds bounces back to Gagne
and DeRosa flies to Cameron on the warning track. Very quick inning.

Inning 8 - Top

Wells still in, Cameron flies to Soriano close to the left field line, in the shadows
Durham bounces into an easy 4-3
Braun breaks a bat, Ramirez with a nice play to his right, easy 5-3, easy inning for Wells

Inning 8 - Bottom

Mota in for Gagne
Soto flies out toward the right field line, Hart catches it
Fukudome K's swinging
Fontenot in to hit for Wells, walks.
Soriano K's swinging

Inning 9 - Top

Neil Cotts in for Wells
and first pitch, Fielder just misses an opposite field HR, doubling high off the wall in left, close to where the well begins.
Cotts out, Wuertz in.
Hardy bunts one up the first base side. Wuertz fields, might not have had a good grip, can't flip to first as he's running in that direction, finally decides to take it to first himself, is late. Runners at 1 and 3
Hart splits the left-center gap, ball goes to the wall. Fielder scores, Hart tries to score from first, is easily out on a nice relay throw from Soriano to Theriot to Soto. 6-2 gam.
Wuertz bounces one way in front of Soto. Hart tries for third, Soto guns him down. Replay suggests he may have been safe.
Counsell pops to DeRosa

Inning 9 - Bottom

Salomon Torres in. Torres, Mota, Gagne... The Brewers bullpen could be a The Surreal Life: Relief Pitcher Edition cast.
Theriot lines to Hardy
Lee flies to Hart.
Ramirez with a sinking liner right at Braun, it sinks just below Braun's glove, goes through his legs to the wall. Braun had been playing very deep, normally that's caught easily. Ruled a double.
Edmonds bounces one off the mound, it gets into center. Ramirez scores, 6-3 game.
DeRosa singles to right-center, runners at 1 and 3. Tying run comes to the plate.
First pitch to Soto, he hits a shot out to left-center for a game-tying home run. Four runs with two outs in the ninth.
Fukudome grounds to Hardy.

Inning 10 - Top

Marmol in.
Kendall rolls out to DeRosa, nice backhand play by DeRo.
Rickie Weeks makes his first appearance of the series, pinch-hitting for Torres. Looks at strike three.
Cameron K's looking at a slider on the outside corner.

Inning 10 - Bottom

Seth McClung in for Torres
Reed Johnson in for Fukudome and a double-switch, Marmol hitting eighth, Reed hitting ninth and leading off the inning.
Reed called out on a check swing at a ball in the dirt. Might not have swung, but home plate ump made the call on his own
Soriano also called out on a 3-2 check swing.
Theriot K's swinging at a high fastball. Nice inning by McClung.

Inning 11 - Top

Wood pitching.
Durham K's looking at a tough breaking pitch
Braun K's looking at a nasty curve over the outside corner. Rapuano has been calling the outside corner pretty consistently.
Wood absolutely blows away Fielder on three pitches. Big rising fastball for the wiff.

Inning 11 - Bottom

Lee K's swinging.
Ramirez wails at a 3-1 pitch, just misses it, fouling it off
And then walks.
After looking at a called strike 2 that probably was wide outside, Edmonds makes a few remarks to Rapuano, who quite suddenly tosses Edmonds from the game, mid-AB. Kasper thinks Edmonds was saying "that's a ball." Strike one was also a called strike that likely was outside, too.
Pie takes over the 1-2 count as he comes in to hit.
Pie bounces to Fielder, tries for the 3-6-3, but Pie safe at first.
DeRosa lines a sharp single to left, Pie gets to third easily. Runners at corner, two outs for Soto
DeRosa takes second uncontested
Soto flies out to center, just short of the warning track. Nuts

Inning 12 - Top

Wood out for another inning.
Hardy singles back up the middle
Hart hits an 0-2 pitch into the left-center gap. Hardy to third, Pie gets to it, almost gets Hart at second. But it's a double, 2nd and 3rd with no outs.
Marshall and Howry warming up.
They pitch to Counsell, with 1st open and Kendall, Pitcher's spot up.
Infield in, Counsell grounds to DeRosa. 1 out, runners hold.
Kendall up, bounces to Ramirez. Ramirez bobbles it in his glove, but is able to get Hardy in a run down. Throws toSoto, then back to Theriot at third for the out. 2 outs, runners now at 1 and 2 for the pinch hitter, Joe Nelson. Horrible, Horrible base-running by the Brewers today.
Blazing 95 mph fastball, 0-2 on Nelson
Nelson just barely checks his swing on a high fastball. Reed Johnson was called out for less.
Grounds out to Theriot, 6-3. Huge escape by Wood, with help from the Brewers.

Inning 12 - Bottom

Ward hits for Wood, Villanueva in to pitch
full count to Ward, he walks on a close pitch. Marquis runs for Ward
Reed bunts him over. One out, runner on 2
Soriano intentionally walked. Theriot's had a tough day, comes up with runners on 1 and 2, 1 out
Theriot flies to Hart, Marquis tags and goes to third with ease. First and third, two outs for Lee
Soriano takes second uncontested
Lee lines a slider up the middle, a bit towards shortstop, and into center for a single that scores Marquis without a play. Cubs win as the team comes out to celebrate and the fans sing.

Parachat Recap

Inning 1

Me and blockhead sit around and wait for more parachatters.
Real Neal helps pick up the slack. tips on parachatting and watching mlb.tv at same time.
America's Next Top Model.
New theories on Fielder's expanding girth.
DeRosa's fielding decision.
Following a tense half-inning
Evaluating Dave Bush: Real Neal and I actually say intelligent things. No kidding.
The socialization of AIG.

Inning 2

Carlos reduces the heat on the political/economic debate. Boobs. And Bees.
Monitoring Harden
A Recap Exclusive: first ever video of me in real life, up on you-tube
Insulting communication profs. and majors.

Inning 3

The Chad School of Test Prep.
Jesus was fat?
Will this be Harden's last start? Will Z start again? (They'll both start one more time, working about half of a normal load. Mark it down.)
Astonishment at Kendall's newfound ability to throw
mocking playoff baseball network broadcasters

Inning 4

an illegal use of "oh, fuck"?
FUDGE!
What's clogging Rob's shower drain?
Blockhead informs us Harden is on pace for a 184 pitch no hitter with 9 BB on 16 K
Sheets' elbow.

Inning 5

big heads and the hats that pop off of them.
Rob identifies the sign behind home plate: Allied Waste: Official Waste Hauler of the Chicago Cubs.
Johann with the early standard in Allied Waste Jokes. Allied Waste: We Got Rid of Izturis for You.
The alleged Fukudome deke.
Following the tough top of the fifth.
Carlos's personal updates.

Inning 6

Mocking the Palins
Oh dear god.
Rob socializes with bloggers
Rob's like the Foster Wallace of Cubs Bloggers: brilliant but slutty. - Andrew
- I wish I knew who Foster Wallace was.
Redneck-powered Internets.
Extending the franchise to the world.
My crappy upstairs neighbors have awoken for the day. I know because they're playing their latest re-mixing of 8 crappy frat-party songs from 1992. Hooray for apartment-living in Arkansas
Groaning at the top half of the sixth.
And more general expressions of frustration.

Inning 7

Critiquing the 7th inning stretch performance
Columbia grads.

Inning 8

Fernando Perez of the Rays is "articulate." Discussion ensues.
More insulting of communication majors.
Rob tries to provide boobs, fails.
- Rob redeems himself
Zack Hample?
Catching balls at games.

Inning 9

Rally Caps? ehh.
RALLY CAPS? Sure.
Lex Lugor
Rob G is a Prophet.

Inning 10

explaining what happened to those who missed it
bad Blackberry updates.
I am informed I missed a "douchebag tourny."

Inning 11

Everything we know about Seth McClung.
24-0 Cubs games.
Gossip Girls
Hawkeye likes his women like his whiskey. 16, Irish, and with coke. Oh my.
Juvenile Wood puns.
Go, Cubs, Go! Turned into No, Carlos, No!

Inning 12

gurf.
Amazed at the brewers' running.
Cheering on Wood, infield-in defenses.
BABIP
Parachat speculates that the brewers would be better off pitching to Soriano than Theriot, as Theriot makes more contact. Not too sure that I agree on that one.
Pleading for a hit.
Cheering for the hit.

The Cubs improve to 12-6 in games recapped.

Game 150 Recap: Cubs 2, Brewers 6

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:26:25 -0500

Wait 'Till... The Weekend

W - DiFelice (1-0)

L - Marquis (10-9), drinking champagne on a thursday afternoon

Box Score, Photos

Things to Take from This Game

1. Horrid first four for Marquis

Marquis loaded the bases with a single and two walks, and Fielder cleared them with a double. After that, Marquis settled down well enough, but the Cubs never overcame the deficit

2. Short-Sheeted

Ben Sheets left after two innings due to tightness in his right forearm. The Brewers emptied the bullpen, and they pitched very well. Six relievers in six innings, no runs added on to the solo homer Ramirez hit off of Sheets. The Cubs manage one run off of Torres in the ninth, but there never really was a sense of an imminent comeback. Before the ninth, the Cubs had eeked out just four hits on the game.

3. Who Cares, Our Magic Number Still is 4.

The rather uninspired details, below...

Game Recap

Inning 1 - Top

Hah. Just as the game starts, my computer crashes. Maybe it's an omen that tonight isn't the night for my return...
While it's rebooting, Cameron lines a 2-2 pitch into the left center gap. Edmonds cuts it off, keeps him to a single
2-0 on Durham, Soto goes out for a chat.
Cameron steals second. Replay shows that Soto's absolutely perfect throw just did get Cameron at second, but he's called safe
and Durham walks.
as does Braun. This is not good. Missing with the fastball. The walk comes after a very, very generous strike call by Joe West on a 3-1 count.
Fielder then lines a double down the left field line, all three runs come around to score. 3-0 Brewers with no outs.
Hardy grounds out to third
and Hart K's swinging. With that, I'm back up to speed. phew. stupid computer.
and Counsell K's swinging. 31 pitch first inning. Yeah, I think it was an omen.

Inning 1 - Bottom

Soriano bounces out to Counsell at third on the first pitch.
ESPN observes that Cameron has some sort of defensive positioning guide in his back pocket that he's consulting. Their crew hasn't seen that before, neither have I.
Fontenot K's looking.
as does Lee. easy first for Sheets, 14 pitches.

Inning 2 - Top

Kendall grounds to Theriot.
As does Sheets. trots down to first on what might have been a bit of a tough charging play for Theriot.
Cameron lines a fastball on the outside corner right to Fontenot. Decent recovery inning for Marquis, only 11 pitches.

Inning 2 - Bottom

Ramirez with a really funky home run. Wails at the first pitch, an inside fastball that looks like it tied him up, and lines it on a frozen rope into the first couple rows of the bleachers, just to the right of the left-field well. Dave O'Brien is three types of astonished at how fast it left the park, says Braun didn't even get his head around before it was out of the park. That's only a slight exaggeration. 3-1Brewers
DeRosa lines to Braun.
Sut thinks Soto is a top 10 MVP candidate
as Braun did, Soto begins trotting to first on ball four, only for Joe West to call it a strike
lines a drive to the right field warning track, Hart catches it.

Inning 3 - Top

Durham taps one up the first base line. Marquis fields, tags Durham out.
Braun fists one inside-out to the right-side hole. Goes over Lee, but Fontenot makes a great diving catch on the shallow outfield grass
and wow, some no-name is warming up in the Brewers pen. Must be something wrong with Sheets?
Fielder walks
Hardy lines one through Fielder's legs, as he leaps up to avoid it. Single to right, Fielder to second.
Hart grounds into a 6-4 force.
Sheets appears to be leaving the game.

Inning 3 - Bottom

Mark DiFelice in to pitch. Sheet on the bench looking on.
Theriot K's looking on what was also a check swing. K-zone suggests, yet again, that Joe West missed the call.
Marquis lines a bouncer off Fielder's glove. Recovers, takes it to the bag.
Soriano lines one to the warning track just left of center. Cameron is there for the out.

Inning 4 - Top

Report is tightness of right forearm for Sheets.
Counsell K's swinging
Kendall floats one to shallow right, Fontenot races out and to his left, makes a great diving effort, but it's just out of his reach. A single.
DiFelice bunts Kendall over.
Cameron lines a sharp grounder to Fontenot's right, picks it easily, out at first.

Inning 4 - Bottom

Fontenot bounces out to Durham.
Lee K's on a low and away slider
Ramirez walks
Edmonds had been 0-21 against Sheets, now lines one up the middle for a single. Ramirez to third. Durham had shaded him way around towards first to pull.
DeRosa rolls into a 6-4 force out

Inning 5 - Top

Durham flies out to the wall, just short of the ivy in right.
Braun also flies to DeRosa.
Fielder smokes one off the top of the ivy just right of center. Hit very hard, Edmonds might have a shot at getting Fielder at second. Makes a slight bobble in glove-to-hand, Fielder makes it in easily.
Hardy with a sharp liner into right, Fielder has to hold as DeRosa charges it well.
Hart with a lazy fly to right, Marquis escapes with no damage

Inning 5 - Bottom

Todd Coffee in.
Full count, Soto walks.
Theriot with a shallow chop to third. Counsell goes to second, can't get much on the throw, Theriot safe at first.
Sutcliffe mentions Z left the game today due to some concern with a grandparent. Best wishes, Z.
Marquis with a nice bunt to third, Theriot to second.
Called strike to Soriano, who becomes the latest to lok back at Joe West's call.
swinging at a slider in the dirt, 0-2
and K's swinging at another bouncing slider. Boo.

Inning 6 - Top

Counsell with a sharp grounder to Lee's right. Nice pick, throws to Marquis for the out, nicely executed.
Kendall walks. Gyeh.
Joe Nelson in to pinch hit for Coffee, 2-0 count to start him out.
Kendall runs, Marquis with a wild pitch, and Kendall to third. Infield comes in, 2-2 count on Nelson
and Nelson walks. End of the game for Marquis, Angel Guzman in.
Sutcliffe compares Guzman to Mariano Rivera.
Cameron K's swinging at a high 96 mph fastball.
Durham pops out just behind home place. Another threat avoided. Cubs really ought to pull this one out.

Inning 6 - Bottom

Carlos Villanueva in to pitch.
Fontenot K's looking, insider fastball.
Annnnnnnnnnnd we have our first Bartman reference of the night. Everyone take a drink.
Cameron makes a nice running, shoe-string catch on a sinking line-drive by Lee.
Ramirez rips one past Counsell for a single.
Mitch Stetter in, a lefty to fast edmonds
Correction, a side-arming lefty.
Edmonds rolls out to second, inning over.

Inning 7 - Top

Guzman hits Braun with a fastball, looks like it caught a forearm.
Fielder lines one into center, Braun to third. Runners at corners, no outs.
Hardy hits one into the right field gap, Braun scores, Fielder to third, double for Hardy. 4-1 Brewers, nuts.
Kevin Hart warming up. A sign LouPa is willing to treat this one as kind of over?
It might be. Corey Hart lines a single to left, Fielder and Hardy in, 6-1
Kevin Hart in.
Corey Hart runs, Counsell is HBP, but it sure doesn't look like it on the replay.
Kendal drops down a bunt, runners to 2 and 3.
Lamb hits for Mitch Stetter
Lamb flies to shallow-mid left, Soriano throws, Hart is called out. It's just another in a long line of calls that Joe West missed tonight.
Wow, was Hart safe.

Inning 7 - Bottom

Gagne relieves Stetter
DeRosa flies out to Braun.
Soto looks at a curveball on the outside corner, strike three
Theriot grounds to short

Inning 8 - Top

Sean Marshall in.
Cameron with a sharp liner to Edmonds
Durham hits a sharp one hopper at Ramirez that eats him up. Generously ruled a base hit, although it was a tough play
Braun lines out to third
Fielder pops foul to third

Inning 8 - Bottom

Mota in for Gagne, Hoffpauir hits for Marshall
and K's swinging
Soriano walks.
Fontenot flies to Braun
Lee with a nice single, Soriano to second.
and on the first pitch, Ramirez rolls right to hardy, 6-4

Inning 9 - Top

Randy Wells in.
Hardy K's swinging, Hart grounds to Theriot
Pujols tells us that we're getting bored with Pujols. Speak for yourself.
Counsell grounds to Fontenot, very quick inning.

Inning 9 - Bottom

Salomon Torres in, seventh reliever in seventh inning for the Brewers.
Edmonds rolls out to second
DeRosa singles sharply right up the middle.
Soto rolls one up the middle, first and third.
Theriot rolls into an easy 6-4-3, but Fielder drops the ball at first - it was a low throw, but didn't bounce, just sort of missed it off the tip of the glove. Run scores, 6-2 game.
Ward hits for Wells
and weakly bounces out to Weeks. Game over.

Parachat Recap

Inning 1

How do we know it's really me?
- Mockery ensues.
Palin
- Mockery ensues
How do we know it's really Carlos?
- Mockery fails to ensue. What gives?
The Z/Fontenot routine.
huh?

Inning 2

How's the economy treating you?
- poorly.
That last pitch Wood threw to Fielder last night
The home run.
Proper uses of ~thunder~
Carlos claims to have seen a black neo-nazi.

Inning 3

RBI opportunity stats
Fontenot's nice catch.
I am introduced to cakefarts. No good comes of it.
Crunch helps the terrorists.
Conspiracies of cartographers.

Inning 4

Brewers future
Super-sized Romo's relations with Jessica Simpson
Beer
Cheese.
With my cooking skills, someone will be lucky to have me for a wife. - Brick

Inning 5

Trans in love.
WOMD.
Punctuality.
"Wrigley rotated a bit when Fielder put on the brakes." - brick.
Bad moments to be caught putting in your contacts in a restroom.
Likelihood of a Soriano homer.

Inning 6

Faux Cubs Pessimism from Whip.
Rediscovering Angel Guzman
Does Marquis make the post-season roster? (no.)
Parachat makes fun of my antiquated vocabulary.
The American League is the league of cutters. They need help. Brick is on fire, tonight.
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Rait
Steven Tyler
80s female pop singers
Whip explains to us, once more, what good music is. :)
- Air Supply, evidently.
Domo Aryagato, Mr. Fontenot. And Aramis Morisette.
Yoko Ono
Seth McClung
- Oddest Parachat pairing ever: Ono and McClung?

Inning 7

Rob's fantasy league.
Porno Dave compliments me, and Rob shoots me down. Now I'm sad.
how dumb was it to send the runner on Lamb's fly ball?

Inning 8

I fight Whip.
Things that have happened since I last did anything at TCR
oh god, not this cakefarts thing, again
The Mike C of Music?!?!! ROFL. God, the things I missed.
Trying to persuade me not to post this recap.
Who should rule TCR?

Inning 9

My Future.
- Reality TV
Carlos is a dirty terrorist with an ape's penis.

Cubs record in games recapped falls to 11-6 on the season. How pathetic, I've only done 17...