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I'm a glutton for punishment, I suppose, but I've decided to watch as much of this as I can handle:
First inning:
-Hey, look, Juan Pierre got on base. Think Hairston will bunt? (yes) Think AJ will make an error for the first time in a while? Is it a coincidence that I just read about his errorless streak this morning? Couldn't happen to a nicer guy (side note: I love Michael Barret, but any team that wouldn't want a guy like AJ on its team is nuts)
-Todd Walker is the one guy you want up in this situation. I'll be stunned if he does not get a run home. And he does. 1-0 Cubs.
-Way to hit the ball to the right side, Barret. This is what I can't stand about this team lately. Buerhle throws junk, he can't que it to second?
-Ramirez looks like he is just off. He doesn't get a decent swing in the whole AB, and I wonder why Buerhle is so careful to him
-Because Murton is on deck, now I know. Well, at least they took advantage of the error and got a run. Now it's the Sox turn.
-Nice catch by Ramirez to keep Podsednik off base, but I bet Ramirez is gone by the third inning.
-Maddux vs. Thome is an interesting matchup. I was highly upset when the Cubs declined to pursue Thome when he was available a few years ago (where is Hee Sop Choi these days? Pawtucket?) but there'd be no Derrek Lee if the Cubs signed Big Jim, and I'd rather have seven more years of Lee. Maddux needs to throw strikes. And check the runner. Iguchi had that base stolen before he released the ball.
-Whoa. Where did Thome think that pitch was? He should have hit that ball 900 miles. I'm watching the WGN broadcast with Cubs announcers (Comcast is showing the Sox feed)-show more idiot fans, why don't you? See that banner hanging along the outfield? The one that says "World Champions 2005"? You really can't taunt anyone with a Sox jersey on when that thing is around.
-Nice piece of hitting by Konerko. That was not an easy pitch to hit. So we are tied. Maddux needs to get out of this here. The Sox tend to score bunches with two outs. They just said that is the first run Maddux has given up in the first inning. I'm going to make a bold prediction here and say that this game is going to be determined by the bullpens.
-Two out walks are never a good idea, especially when it brings up a guy who pissed that his AL record fielding streak just ended. And is 6-11 lifetime against Maddux. Another liner to Ramirez. He'll be out by the second inning now.
-Neither pitcher impresses me so far.
Second inning:
-Ah, that's more like it. Nothing like the Cubs 7-8-9 hitters to make an inning go by quick. Looks like Maddux is going to do the same thing, but I say that with only two outs. And there were three outs.
-Live blogging isn't as much fun as I thought it might be. Have other stuff to do but will keep the game on in the background and come back.
Third inning:
-When do you suppose was the last time that Juan Pierre was in the weight room?
-Jerry Hairston is a waste of uniform space. I cannot stress this enough. He makes me pine for Steve Dillard, Joe Strain, and Ted Sizemore.
-There's no doubt that Buehrle is off a bit, so why is Barret swinging at the first pitch? This is the kind of stuff that I wonder if Baker is communicating to his team. Buerhle is throwing a ton of pitches, so why not wait him out? And a two out walk goes for naught.
-Must vacuum. Yes, I am domesticated.
-So I'm pretty sure that in the pre-game pitching meeting the #1 topic was "don't walk Scott Podsednik." If I were the ump, I'd say "take your bases" whenever he walked.
-Iguchi is a stud. 'Nuff said.
-It's interesting to see a 323 game winner get squeezed by a home plate umpire. Bet Konerko swings at the first pitch . . . that should have been a pop-up, yet he lines it down the left field line. Great piece of hitting.
-Jermaine Dye thanks Ronny Cedeno for the gift RBI. Your team cannot score, yet you pass up a chance to nail a guy at the plate?
-And just like that, it's 5-1. All starting with the walk to Podsednik. You don't walk a leadoff man, at least not if you play fundamental baseball. And you don't pass up a chance to throw out a slow runner at home when you are trailing by two, at least not if you play fundamental baseball. The bottom of the third is exactly why I want Baker canned. His team just plays horrible fundamental baseball.
-This game is over.
Fourth inning:
-How many pitches did Buerhle throw? I typed this sentence in the time it took him to retire the side in order.
-So let the Sox get ten more this inning. I want a final score of 18-1.
-FIRE DUSTY BAKER
-Mock me about the vacuuming comment all you want, but if you lived with two white cats, you'd vacuum a lot too.
-My wife just came home from work and brought me a sandwich from Jimmy John's. Reason #716,937 why she is too good for me.
Fifth inning:
-Oh yes, Henry Blanco has warning track power. Especially when he swings at the first pitch. Have I mentioned that this game is over? Oh yeah, FIRE DUSTY BAKER
-The broadcasting team is discussing the fantastic decision by Neifi Perez yesterday, to bunt in the last of the ninth with two outs and the tying runs on base. It went right back to the pitcher. Game over. And they say they liked it.
-They also mention that the Cubs are last in the league with home runs at 27, all the while zooming in on the injured Derrek Lee in the dugout. Like he'd have 27 himself by now?
-Juan Pierre is to lead-off men what George W. Bush is to integrity.
-FIRE DUSTY BAKER
-Hey look, Iguchi made an out!
-At least Jim Thome is on my fantasy team. OK, it's 6-1 two outs bottom of the fifth, and I'm done. Excellent performance by the Boys in Blue so far, a microcosm of the crap performance of Dusty Baker as a manager. I hope the Sox pile it on for the rest of the weekend.
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