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[Brett]

Happy Labor Day, chums. Enjoy day baseball on the road.

[Picklenose]

It is so lonely in here

[cubmig]

I'm late.......but here now...............and btw, it's still echoey in here. Wasn't anyone else invited? (lol)

[cubmig]

One run down. Hell, that shouldn't be hard for our guys to get. Would it?

[cubmig]

Good positioning by Castillo on that inside pitch. It was thrown just right for him to nail the runner off first. " That'll learn-'em !!!" LOL.

[cubmig]

Len: "Cubs have already used 49 players." It's Audition time Len. ...

[cubmig]

Samardzija doing a nice job. All that's needed is some bat support from his teammates and he's in this for a possible win for his record. Here's hoping that pans out.

[cubmig]

If Alfonso hits a home run here, I think the Nats will be callin'......oppps....not a long one, but that gounder had eyes to find a hole. Good one Al.....

[cubmig]

Bob Brenly is offering some insightful info on Detwiller's pitching approach to Cub hitters. He's done some of this before, but not to this extent. .....And as I type.......damn Starlin hits into a DP to kill any chance of getting Soriano in.

shit.

[cubmig]

Bitch time. Samardzija's teammates CANNOT and SHOULD NOT have (nor expect) their pitcher(s) to carry the game without bat support. This is a TEAM effort. Dumping all of the responsibility on the pitcher to make up for their incompetence at the plate is inexcusable. I understand players slump, but where one or two happens, others must pick-up the slack. What we're seeing with this Cubs team is pure inability to manufacture run-producing situations.

Right now Castillo led off with a single. That was followed by a pop out by Vitters.Not a good audition result. Sappelt faces a 1-2 count. Two foul-offs to hang in there (as oppose to Vitters fast end) But.....no matter. Sappelt does worse than Vitters by "manufacturing" a DP.

That's what I'm talking about...........

The Cubs may not win this one, but they sure as hell should be showing some life and effort that affirms the ability to say: "Yeah, that inning's at bat by our guys showed we came up short, but we're o.k. for next time." As it is the incompetence showing riddles us all with doubt.

[cubmig]

Samardzija at 105+. He's probably done for today. If there is any way of his teammates showing their appreciation for a job well done and for the positioning he's left them in, this inning will tell that story.

[cubmig]

In 7 innings this Cubs team could not beg, borrow or steal a way to manufacture and succeed in scoring one, uno, ichi, run! In any language, all they produced is failure. Now they need two, dos, ni runs to get back in the game. It's sad to say, but : "We're fucked." Yes.....I believe in miracles, but in the face of how things are unfolding in this, the present......"Yeah, I'm sure: We're fucked"

[cubmig]

I'm done.

Later.