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Tuesday Headlines/Open Thread
2008-10-07 12:53:00 Coaches back From the Herald Times: Hendry will have some housekeeping items to deal with this week. All of field manager Lou Piniella's coaches have been invited back for 2009, and Hendry will meet with them this week. Pitching coach Larry Rothschild is the most high-profile among the coaches, and he survived two years under Piniella, who can be hard on both pitchers and pitching coaches. The other coaches are Alan Trammell (bench), Matt Sinatro (first base), Mike Quade (third base), Gerald Perry (batting) and Lester Strode (bullpen). Ivan DeJesus is a special assistant who is in uniform before games. Say it ain't so, Gordo From the Sun-Times: In the bitter end, the difference might have been Brian Roberts, after all. Maybe he wouldn't have overcome the walks in Game 1 or the errors in Game 2, but the Cubs' woeful lack of playoff hitting comes down to two big deficiencies: First, they have no left-handed hitters whom opponents respect. If you don't believe that, ask yoursel...
Monday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-10-06 14:09:00 Colts decide to not completely ruin my weekend I'm starting out with good news today. And the Bears won, too. From Yahoo: Headed for another early-season loss, Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts staged a stunning comeback thanks to a colossal collapse by the Houston Texans. Manning's late-game poise-and the lack of it for Houston quarterback Sage Rosenfels-helped the Colts scored 21 points in a late span of 2:10. Two touchdowns came thanks to fumbles by Rosenfels, then Indianapolis intercepted Rosenfels' last-ditch comeback attempt for a 31-27 win Sunday. On to baseball Lou thoroughly explains how the Cubs lost. There's also some mention of neither Soriano nor Ramirez showing up. From the Daily Herald. But Piniella seemed to know, or seemed to sense, that his team could be had in the playoffs. Asked after Saturday night's loss if he was shocked, he said no. So how did a team go from scoring 855 runs in the regular season to scoring 6 in three playoff games for the second...
Saturday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-10-04 13:33:00 Help us, Rich. You're our only hope. Lou is done with verbal communication From the Daily Herald: "This is not time for words anymore. This is time to go out on the field and play to the best of your ability and relax and get the job done. "That's it. It's simple. You go out there and you play the best you possibly can, and you win, and you play on Sunday. And if you don't, as long as you played a good baseball game, that's all you can expect." Unfortunately, Ryan Theriot didn't get the memo: "Our mind-set is we're down two games, and we have to win," shortstop Ryan Theriot said. No shit!? Now, back to Lou: "I've tried to downplay these playoffs where everybody says World Series and this and the other," he said, referring to the notion that the Cubs' year is a disappointment if they don't reach or win the World Series. "I've tried to downplay that. You've got to play on the field. "Forget all the talking, pep talks and conversations and everything else. You go out and ...
Friday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-10-03 12:50:00 Carl goes to bed, Cubs don't come back From the Daily Herald: The defense let starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano down, committing 2 errors in the Dodgers' 5-run second inning, with DeRosa and first baseman Derrek Lee committing miscues. Third baseman Aramis Ramirez, who refused to talk after the game, committed a harmless error in the fourth. Shortstop Ryan Theriot completed the dubious cycle with an error in the ninth. "I don't think you can win 97 ballgames playing that way," Piniella said. "It wasn't good baseball. In fact, the last two days, they've probably been the two worst games we've played all year from a walking and errors standpoint. It wasn't fun to watch, I can tell you that." Soriano to nay-sayers: "You're right!" From the Daily Herald: "When I swing at strikes, I hit the ball hard," Soriano said. "When I don't hit the ball hard is when I swing at bad pitches. I want to be more selective at home plate, swing at strikes and see what happens." Soriano flied to ...
Thursday Morning Headlines: Zoloft All Around!
2008-10-02 15:13:00 "Don't give up any more salamis and we'll be fine" Last I saw of carl, he was drowning his sorrows with a yo ho ho and 8 bottles of beer, so I'll take over headlines today. I guess everyone knows by now that we lost. The Cubs brought a heavy hitter to Wrigley Field on Wednesday afternoon, asking the Rev. James L. Greanias, a Greek Orthodox priest from St. Iakovos Church in Valparaiso, Ind., to spread holy water around the dugout to remove an alleged curse that has hovered over the ballclub since its last World Series appearance in 1945. But after Ryan Dempster couldn't find the plate and their hitters took another siesta in a 7-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of their National League Division Series, the Cubs might want to get out of the curse-removal business and concentrate on the game itself. And Steve Rosenbloom points out the obvious: This might not be the end of the world, but Cubs fans can see it from here. The Cubs spent six months working and hitting and pi...
Wednesday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-10-01 13:45:00 I'm late for work, so you get seriously stunted headlines. Hope you can find something to talk about. Cubs pick up Lou's 2010 option From the Daily Herald: Lou Piniella the retiring type? Hardly. Less than a week after speculation surfaced in New York that Piniella may retire as Cubs manager if they win the World Series, the Cubs on Tuesday picked up their club option on Piniella for the 2010 season. Piniella, 65, signed a three-year, $10 million deal in the fall of 2006. The option year is worth $4 million. "When (team chairman) Crane Kenney talked about a possible extension a few weeks ago, what they were talking about was picking up the option," Piniella said. "That's what they did. I'm thankful, and I look forward to a couple more years here." Pie makes roster over Hufflepuff From the Trib: Felix Pie earned the Cubs' final NL Division Series roster spot Tuesday as they decided to go with a speedy defensive outfielder instead of slugger Micah Hoffpauir. Pie hit only .243 ...
Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards and NASCAR make headlines at Kansas Speedway.
2008-10-01 07:49:00 Heading into Kansas Speedway, the track had already made noise by announcing that they are going to ask for a second cup date after they just got approved for a hotel and casino, would they get it?Looking at the race itself, a race that was once a boring thing to watch, not any more, in NASCAR, it is said that with all new tracks or new surfaces, it will get better with age, Richmond did, Bristol shore did and guess what, Kansas did as well, interesting third chase race, it was better than Texas earlier this year, however that’s not saying much, but amazingly enough, there was two, three-groves including running up to wall to work with which does make the race better for passing, passing the key to good race at any racetrack, if drivers can’t pass a car, you have a parade, or Formula 1 for the most part.However nothing would have prepared me for the final 5 laps of this one, a race that shaped up to have a classic duel between Carl Edwards and the leader Jimmie Johnson, I watche...
Tuesday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-30 15:20:00 Bruce Miles gets top spot because he starts his article with a Harry Caray quote From the Daily Herald: When legendary broadcaster Harry Caray sensed that the home team was in trouble, he'd bellow, "There's danger here, Cherie." The Cubs aren't in trouble. With the best record in the National League, they'll be favored to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League division series, which begins Wednesday evening at Wrigley Field. So where's the danger? But the Dodgers present danger on several fronts. Here is a look at some of those areas and how the Cubs can ward off that danger: The Manny factor: Left fielder Manny Ramirez remains one of the most dangerous hitters in the game, and he has 24 postseason home runs. When the Dodgers traded for Ramirez on July 31, they were hoping for an offensive spark. That's just what they got, as Ramirez hit 17 homers, drove in 53 and batted .396 with a .489 on-base percentage and a .743 slugging percentage in 54 games. To avoid the ...
Monday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-29 11:01:00 I couldn't resist Cubs let Brewers make postseason I wonder if this is an attempt to further ruin the pitching arms of Ben Sheets and CC Sabathia. From the Daily Herald: The Cubs went with a pitcher-by-committee system, and it didn't work out badly until late in the game. Angel Guzman started and pitched 2 scoreless innings. The Cubs got an unearned run against Sabathia in the second. Cubs reliever Michael Wuertz walked in a run in the seventh. Howry gave up a one-out single to Mike Cameron in the eighth. After Ray Durham flied out, Braun crushed the first pitch over the wall in left. "No, I was just trying to hit the ball hard," Braun said when asked if he was thinking homer. "We've just got to find a way to continue to play." All in all, Cubs manager Lou Piniella said he was pleased with the overall effort of his pitchers. The Cubs finished the season with a record of 97-64, the first time the Cubs have posted a 97-win season since the 1945 pennant winners went 98-56. "Our kid...
Sunday Headlines/Game Thread
2008-09-28 17:53:00 Ted Lilly, you complete us Lilly likes mound in Milwaukee From the Daily Herald: The place was the same. Just the opponent was different. Just as he did back on Sept. 15 against the Astros at Miller Park, Ted Lilly took a no-hitter into the seventh inning Saturday against this ballpark's rightful tenants, the Milwaukee Brewers. Lilly didn't get the no-hitter, but he got his 17th victory of the season, and a makeshift Cubs lineup knocked off the Brewers 7-3, sending the National League's wild-card race down to the final Sunday - and maybe longer. The Phillies won Saturday to clinch the NL East, but with the Mets winning in New York, both the Mets and the Brewers have 89-72 records. The Cubs will send rookie Angel Guzman to the mound today against Brewers ace CC Sabathia. Lilly was happy to play a part in tightening the race. "We want to win," he said. "We knew that. Heading into the playoffs, we need to be aggressive. We need to play hard and have that kind of mentality and aggr...
Saturday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-27 14:29:00 What say you, Lou? From the Daily Herald: "We're in a little bit of what you'd call a transition position right now, but we'll be fine by the time Wednesday comes along," he said. "We'll get everything back in place. We're doing the best we can, but right now, you've got to have a little patience." There were a couple of things that had Piniella concerned: ? Catcher Geovany Soto left the game in the sixth inning when he fouled off a pitch. He felt some pain in his troublesome left hand but later said he was fine and that he could play this weekend. ? The bullpen got a bit of a beating. Sean Marshall (3-5) took the loss. Jeff Samardzija gave up a single that allowed a run to score. And most worrisome for Piniella, Chad Gaudin balked and gave up a 3-run homer to Rickie Weeks in the seventh inning. "We've been trying to get Gaudin ready for postseason, and that's not coming along very well," Piniella said. And from theTrib: "We had a balk, a catcher's interference, bad baser...
Friday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-26 13:46:00 HoffPOWER From the Daily Herald: The Cubs claim they still have questions heading into the playoffs. They may have found one answer Thursday night in Micah Hoffpauir. Even though the Cubs suffered a 7-6, ninth-inning loss to the New York Mets at rainy Shea Stadium, manager Lou Piniella was gushing about the performance of Hoffpauir, who may have sewn up a spot on the roster for the division series. The 28-year-old rookie went 5-for-5, including his first 2 major-league home runs. Hoffpauir also doubled home a run and singled twice, driving in 5 runs. "Impressive," said Piniella, who always perks up when a young player hits. "We're looking, we really are. We're looking for a couple spots. We're looking for a little offense. Put it this way: He'll be in the lineup tomorrow in Milwaukee." Hoffpauir was the Cubs' minor-league player of the year. He had cups of coffee with the big club earlier this year, and he didn't want to get ahead of himself about the postseason. "I'm not go...
Thursday Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-25 13:26:00 Lou on Zambrano And Zambrano on Zambrano. From the Daily Herald: "He came out throwing the ball really, really well, and then he lost the strike zone," Piniella said. "In the next inning, he wasn't throwing the ball nearly as well. What do I think? I give it mixed reviews. "He's healthy. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt that he needs work, that he's rusty. I wish that today were Tuesday so we could pitch him again on Sunday. But we don't have that option." Piniella then launched into a critique. "I wish he would quit fighting himself out there, just relax and pitch and have some fun. You know? He gets angry when he doesn't do what he expects to do, and it detracts from his ability. I've tried to tell him that so many times. He understands when I tell him, and I think he forgets when he pitches." Zambrano concurred with his boss. "I agree," he said. "I agree with that. I think I have to relax and have fun and win my games. I think that's one thing I have to correct in ...
Señor ?The Economy Is Fundamentally Sound? McCain Challenges Barry Obama To
2008-09-25 00:59:00 Obama Says “Thanks but no thanks - get your Panamanian butt down here and debate me” Well, that’s not EXACTLY the way it went down but I do highly suspect Señor J. Sidney McCain’s attempt to appear to take “the moral highground” (As reported by ABC’s... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Wednesday Morning Headlines
2008-09-24 15:45:00 Run Johan run! Even the reporters don't care Cubs not real worried about Mets The only question remaining for the Cubs over the final five regular-season games is how manager Lou Piniella will slot his starters for the first round of the postseason. No matter which way Piniella goes, it's bound to generate some controversy. "I think we all just want the ball," left-hander Ted Lilly said. "I haven't asked the other guys what they feel about where they're slotted, but everyone wants a chance to hit and pitch and be involved some way." After the Cubs lost 6-2 Tuesday night to New York at Shea Stadium, leaving the Mets 11/2 games behind division-leading Philadelphia and one game ahead of Milwaukee in the wild-card race, the focus shifted to enigmatic right-hander Carlos Zambrano, who makes his final regular-season start Wednesday. of Course everyone wants to talk about Zambrano Z Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano, honored Tuesday as the National League Latino MVP Pitcher of 2007, was pr...
Señor J. Sidney McCain Pulls The Ole? ?Bait And Switch? On Mainstream Media
2008-09-24 00:59:00 J. Sidney McCain Pa?a Èl Presidenté Campaign Tricks MSM Organizations Into Snapping Photo Ops Of Event Then Breaks Age-Old Tradition Of Allowing Followup Interview Questions… They’re going to look FANTASTIC — the fresh photos of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin pictured with the... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Tuesday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-23 14:03:00 Hey, we won! And not only was Marquis not completely useless, he was kinda helpful. Oh, and we clinched homefield advantage Marquis, who once again will be the odd man out in a playoff rotation, was a one-man demolition crew Monday night in the opener of a four-game series at Shea Stadium, the Cubs' last before the orange-and-blue monstrosity will be destroyed. He smashed a grand slam during a six-run fourth inning that sent him to his 11th win and the Cubs to a 9-5 victory, assuring the Lou Crew of home-field advantage throughout the National League playoffs. "It's a step," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "It's an important step. You can see that home field has been very important all year." And aaaaaahhhhh, sweet, sweet karma (not irony, Alanis. See the difference?) The Mets, in danger of a second straight late-season collapse, dropped 21/2 games behind Philadelphia in the NL East and had their wild-card lead reduced to one game over Milwaukee. They have ace Johan Santana set ...
Señor J. Sidney McCain Pa?a Èl Presidenté Campaign?s New Strategy: Fight Ob
2008-09-23 01:15:00 Panamanian Born, Pro Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants Republican Senator’s Staffers Berate MSM For Refusing To Publish Either Poorly-Researched OR Intentional Baldface Misrepresentations Of Obama-Biden Histories And Relationships — You Be The Judge Which One… Can anybody say... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Monday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-22 13:29:00 From the Sun-Times: Cubs not putting crappy team out there every day. The lineup will look different tonight when the Cubs open a four-game series in New York. ''We're going to play a regular lineup,'' Piniella said. ''We'll have to play as representative a team as we can. I can't let all these [regular] guys sit.'' Piniella understands the integrity issue involving the playoff races, but he has other reasons for spacing out rest for his players. Decisions have yet to be made about the playoff roster, and the starting rotation carries questions of a different sort -- such as, will Carlos Zambrano or Dempster be the Game 1 pitcher? ''I'm not making any comment as to what our rotation will be,'' Piniella said flatly. What is certain is that the starters will be shortened in each of their last regular-season turns. Dempster threw only 67 pitches Sunday, with his next start scheduled for Friday in Milwaukee. From the Trib: Phil tells us what we already know. The Cubs mi...
Ultimate Solution To National Financial Crisis? Easy ? It?s Called ?One Wo
2008-09-21 21:48:00 President Bush, Fed Chair Ben Bernancke, Congress Mulling Obvious Solution To Mortgage Crisis — Sell Your Homes And Land To Foreign Countries’ Banking Institutions I, as has Congress, President Bush, and all of the “evil financial geniuses” in the wake of the largest... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Sunday Morning Headlines/Game Thread Cards @ Cubs 1:20 CT/2:20 ET
2008-09-21 12:31:00 Cubs win From the Daily Herald: It felt good to a Cubs team that won last year's Central title after digging a huge hole for itself early in the season before furiously rallying to win the division on the final Friday of the season, only to go three-and-out to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the division series. This year, the Cubs got out in front early and stayed there. The clinching victory was No. 93 against 60 losses. "You know what I like about this year's team?" asked manager Lou Piniella after enduring numerous champagne showers. "We played ahead all year. You've got to learn to play ahead. It's not easy. And the second thing is our September schedule was a playoff schedule. You're not going to find a rougher schedule than we've been through this September. That's a tough finishing schedule. "It wasn't easy. That's why I've been preaching caution all along." ... "We're enjoying it," said Lilly, who reached 16 victories for the first time in his career. "We're celebr...
Stanford University Poll: Barry Obama Must Overcome Racism And Señor J. Sid
2008-09-21 00:22:00 Regardless Of Biases, America Is Virtually GUARANTEED A “First” In Presidential History In November: The First Black President Whom Isn’t A “Co-Black President” (i.e., The Clintons) OR The First Octogenarian (give or take a few years)... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Saturday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-20 10:00:00 Zambrano throws yes-hitter From the Trib: Cubs manager Lou Piniella had to walk a fine line Friday. On one hand, he expressed sympathy to starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano, whose grandmother died this week, forcing Zambrano to make a quick trip to Venezuela on Wednesday. He returned Thursday. On the other hand, Piniella wasn't pleased with Zambrano's comportment as he tried to remove Zambrano from the game after just 1 innings on the way to a 12-6 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field. As Piniella neared the mound, Zambrano began to walk off, a no-no in Piniella's and most managers' worlds. "It's not the easiest thing in the world," Piniella said of Zambrano's situation. "I didn't get him in trouble out there. All I expect when I take a pitcher out of a ballgame is wait and stay on the mound, give me the baseball. No more and no less." So Z, what have you to say for yourself? For his part, Zambrano was making his first start since no-hitting the Astros on Sunday ni...
Friday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-19 12:46:00 Chicago Cubs: Great team, or the greatest team? From the Daily Herald: Wrigley Field, a place that had just been partying like it was 1999, suddenly was nearly void of noise. Out of the dugout popped Cubs manager Lou Piniella for a quick chat. "Lou went out there and asked Kerry what he wanted to do," Soto said. Their conversation went something like this: "I'll get three strikeouts," Wood told his skipper. "No, just get three groundballs," Piniella said. End of discussion. And three batters later, it was end of threat. And a few minutes after that it was end of game as Derrek Lee drove in pinch runner Jason Marquis with a single to center to cap a crazy day that saw the Cubs' magic number to capture the NL Central crown reduced to 2, courtesy of their 7-6 win. "The beauty of baseball is you never know what's going to happen until that final out," Piniella said. "It was a heck of a ballgame, and I can say that because we won. "It's uplifting to us and it's deflating to the oth...
Thursday Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-18 12:22:00 Cubs don't want to clinch at home From the Daily Herald: Marquis, who was coming off 3 quality starts in a row, hadn't pitched since Sept. 6, and it looked like it took him awhile to get fully with the program. So did the long layoff hurt Marquis? "I knew you were going to ask that," Piniella said to a reporter. "Look, I don't know if it did or not. But the 2 walks didn't help." Piniella was talking about back-to-back walks in the first inning that preceded a 3-run double by Prince Fielder. Marquis and Piniella more or less peacefully coexist, and that's about it. When it comes time to skip somebody in the rotation for something other than health reasons, No. 5 starter Marquis usually is the guy. "Like I say, any starter will tell you they like the routine of getting the ball every five days," Marquis said. "Sometimes outside circumstances don't allow it. You've got to deal with it. You've got to find a way to still go out there and make pitches. "It took me a few hitters t...
Hacking Private Email Account Of Governor Sarah Palin Is An Act Of ?Liberal
2008-09-18 02:17:00 Or, More Likely, “Leftism” Alright, folks — here’s where I draw the line of distinction between “leftism” and “liberalsm”. It’s just NOT “okay” to go around using your hacking prowess as the group called “Anonymous”... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Wednesday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-17 12:29:00 Cubs get to CC, hold on late From the Daily Herald: The Cubs hit Sabathia hard early, handing the Milwaukee ace his first National League loss after 9 wins. "I think we have to feel very special because everybody knows who CC is and what he has done in the National League," Alfonso Soriano said. The Cubs scored once in the first on doubles by Soriano and Derrek Lee. It became 3-0 in the third on singles by Ryan Theriot and Lee, followed by Aramis Ramirez's line 2-run double into the left-field corner. Soriano's line drive home run to left in the seventh off Sabathia made it 4-2, and the Cubs got a big insurance run in the eighth on pinch hitter Henry Blanco's RBI single. Prince Fielder hit 2 home runs for the Brewers but struck out looking at a wicked Kerry Wood slider in the ninth inning with the tying run at third. "I don't think anybody could have hit that pitch, not after four (fastballs) at 97," Lee said. "I think I kind of got away with one there," Wood said. "It looked l...
Factcheck Time: Al Gore Invented The Internets; Señor J. Sidney McCain Inve
2008-09-16 23:51:00 McCain Para Èl Presidentè Economic Adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Says Without J. Sidney of Arizona Panama, There Would Be No Blackberries A clearly impressed and befuddled Jonathan Martin of The Politico brings us up-to-date on just how Republican nominee para Èl Presidentè, Señor McCain, who... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Tuesday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-16 09:29:00 Ted: We love you. Ronny: It's not your fault Flirtatious Ted gives no-no a whirl In the end, he decided it wasn't for him. From the Daily Herald: Lilly joked Sunday about the tough act he had to follow, and for a while it looked like his stuff was good enough for the Cubs to make it two no-hitters in two days. As it was, the Cubs set a major-league record. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the 1 hit is the fewest allowed by one team over two games in baseball history. Lilly admitted to thinking about the no-hitter. "About in the sixth," he said. "I knew even at that point there was a lot of work to do. It doesn't get any easier the closer you get. I had fun out there. I made pitches. Guys made some great plays and made it interesting." Of greatest interest to the Cubs was the job they did in this makeup series, which became necessary because Hurricane Ike blew through Houston over the weekend. The Cubs improved to 90-58, putting them at 90 for the first time since the 1998 c...
Et Tu, FoxNews And Karl Rove? Then Fall, Señor McCain!
2008-09-16 00:26:00 Two Days, Two Separate FoxNews Anchors -Slash- Analysts Call Upon The Señor J. Sidney McCain Campaign To Stop The Lies And Clean Up Their Campaign — Karl Rove Yesterday; FoxNews Babe Megyn Kelly Today That’s right, folks — when the New York wing of the White House press corp,... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Monday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-15 10:19:00 Well done, Big Z Move over, Milt Pappas Cecil Cooper, you can suck it. You have only Drayton McLane to blame. From the Daily Herald: Zambrano pitched the first no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs in 36 years, returning from a sore rotator cuff to shut down the Houston Astros 5-0 Sunday night in a game relocated because of Hurricane Ike. "I guess I'm back!" Zambrano woofed. Pitching for the first time since Sept. 2, and cheered on by thousands of Cubs fans, Zambrano stopped a Houston team that had not played since Thursday. The storm forced baseball to move two games from Texas to Miller Park and the weary Astros arrived only hours before the first pitch. The Cubs, meanwhile, faced a short bus ride. Plenty of their faithful followed them up I-94, once again turning the Brewers' ballpark into "Wrigley North." This was baseball's first neutral-site no-hitter, the Elias Sports Bureau said. "It was a long travel day and Hurricane Ike," Astros manager Cecil Cooper said. "That's what I put...
MSM To The Rescue: 84 Year Old Señor Juan Sidney McCain Isn?t ?Internets?
2008-09-15 09:53:00 Señor McCain of Arizona Panama Para Èl Presidenté Campaign And MSM “Buds and Buddettes” Go BALLISTIC, Over Obama-Biden Jabs (Source: ABC’s Jake Tapper’s Polical Punch) At Ancient “War Hero’s” Inability To Operate Computers Or Answer... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Karl Rove: You Can?t Trust FactCheck.Org And John McCain Should Stop Lying
2008-09-15 00:45:00 Takes One To Know One: Serial Liar Says McCain Ads Go To Far Over The Edge Of Truth With the amount of satire and irony I use on this website, one might imagine I’m making this up for a laugh or two, but these are actual points made by the the king of sleaze himself, Karl ... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Sunday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-14 12:11:00 Wrigley North Play Ball! From the Daily Herald: Look for right-hander Carlos Zambrano, who hasn't pitched since taking himself out of a game Sept. 2 because of shoulder pain, to start for the Cubs tonight. Jason Marquis is the likely starter for Monday. The Astros will be the home team for both games, and the Brewers say tickets will range from $25 to $60. They urge fans to go online at brewers.com and use the "print at home" option to avoid long lines. The Brewers said seating will be in the field and loge levels only. The Astros had been hopeful of getting one or two games in this weekend or today and Monday at Minute Maid Park, and they seemed adamant in their opposition to playing at Miller Park, which is about 90 miles from Chicago. But no other options emerged. The Cubs did not want to travel through bad weather to get to Houston. Other options mentioned since last week were St. Louis, Atlanta and Tampa Bay. Hendry diplomatic From the Trib: The Cubs waited all day to get a...
Sarah Palin?s Visit To Iraq Was Cut Short; So Short, She Never Even There I
2008-09-14 02:09:00 Distortions Of The Truth Quickly Beginning To Derail Señor John Sidney McCain’s Straight Talk Express The “New Kind Of Campaign” Señor McCain of Arizona Panama had promised us has, indeed, turned out to be a “New Kind Of Campaign” at that. I’ve seen some FILTHY... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Saturday Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-13 14:05:00 Break good or bad for Cubs? From the Trib: "Now we're looking at bringing a pitcher back on his fourth day instead of the fifth day, so it probably will cause us some problems," Piniella said. "Our preference would have been to play, believe me, and Houston is hotter than a pistol. But we wanted to keep playing." Because the Astros insist on doing everything possible to play at Minute Maid Park instead of a neutral site, that won't be possible. The Cubs took their unscheduled day off Friday and are set to return Saturday for an afternoon workout at Wrigley Field. ... The games will be played sooner or later, but what effect will they have on the Cubs? "I can tell you three or four games after we come back and play," Alfonso Soriano said. "A lot of guys are tired, but at the same time we can lose our rhythm. So it's probably 50-50. Sometimes we take one day off and we're not the same the next day." In any case, the Cubs are eager to get back to work. "It'll be nice to run aroun...
Question: Was Sarah Palin Stumped By Charles Gibson?s ABC Interview Questio
2008-09-13 02:09:00 Answer: Who In The Dickens, Standing In HER Shoes WOULDN’T Be? Hey now, folks — let’s be FAIR here — Sarah Palin is somewhat “new” to the whole “Bush Doctrine” thing; she’s more familiar, of course, with the “Señor Juan Sidney McCain Para... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Friday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-12 12:34:00 Cubs begin new series winning streak From the Daily Herald: The Cubs' 3-2 victory Thursday night over the Cardinals gave the Cubs two out of three in this series, putting them 5 games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Central. Once again, the Cubs (88-58) excelled in two of three aspects of the game, pitching and defense, while the hitting struggled. The Cubs got a quality start from Rich Harden (5-1), who worked 6 innings after having not pitched since Aug. 29. Kerry Wood ended the game by getting the dangerous Albert Pujols to pop out. Wood stranded two and earned his 30th save in the process. The Cubs also got big catches from Alfonso Soriano in left field and defensive replacement Kosuke Fukudome in right, who robbed Felipe Lopez at the wall in the eighth. "What an exciting finish to a baseball game," Piniella said. "I've said all along, when we pitch well, we play good defense and timely hitting. The only thing that's been missing here of late has been t...
Sarah Palin In ABC News Interview: It Might Just Be Time To Go Kick Some Ru
2008-09-12 01:44:00 UPDATE BELOW (ATTN., ANDREW SULLIVAN AND READERS), 11:30 PM, CST — Friday, 12SEP08… Sarah Palin Warns Charles Gibson She, Too Is A “Hardliner” “You mess with the USA or our allies and you get your BUTT KICKED up around your ears!” has been the mantra of both... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
[Previously] ?Lost? Video Footage Shows Señor John McCain Departing Hanoi H
2008-09-11 20:41:00 Question Of The Week: Did Señor J. Sidney McCain Have A Terrible Accident On His Flight Back To The United States From Vietnam To Warrant A Set Of Crutches? Folks, thanks to newly-discovered, new, previously-unreleased footage of J. Sidney McCain’s departure from the Hanoi Hilton, now more... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Thursday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-11 12:44:00 Lilly kicks ass, takes names From the Daily Herald: Lilly pitched 8 innings of 1-run ball before giving way to Kerry Wood, who made things interesting by giving up a 2-run homer to Ryan Ludwick and getting his 29th save. Not only did Lilly seemed to get stronger as the night went on, he seemed to energize himself in the second inning when he crashed into Cards catcher Yadier Molina while trying to score from third base on a grounder. Lilly was out, but eventually, so was Molina, who had to leave the game in the fifth because of a bruised left thigh. On top of it all, Lilly claims not to have known about Piniella's comments of the previous night. "He might be over 100, but he's still got a lot of fire in him," Lilly said when informed. Piniella laughed when informed of Lilly's "compliment." During his own postgame session, Piniella heaped praise on his pitcher, who improved to 14-9. "Lilly's stolen bases this year," said Piniella, whose Cubs improved to 87-58 and stayed 4 games ...
CONSERVATIVE Andrew Sullivan On Señor J. Sidney McCain Para Él Presidenté:
2008-09-11 00:34:00 Sarah Palin Just The Tip Of The Iceberg Of Sullivan’s Major Rant As regular readers know, I, The GTL?, is under a self-imposed “Go easy on Sarah and Todd Palin” rule due to the fact I kinda-sorta grew up in Alaska with these two people and aside from our (apparently VAST)... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Wednesday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
2008-09-10 15:26:00 "You can't do this to me" Lou's had alls he can takes and he can't takes no more From the Daily Herald: "We're playing like we're waiting to get beat," Piniella said as he stood behind his office desk, his voice rising. "You don't have enough big of a lead in September to play ball like that. Teams that play baseball like that invariably get caught no matter how big their lead. You've got to stay aggressive. You've got to do the things that you've done all year. "We're not executing. We're making mistakes, and we're getting beat. And I'm getting tired of watching it, to be quite honest with you. That's not the way we played all year to get to where we are now. And I know we're trying. But truthfully, trying isn't good enough." But for the good part, we'll go to the Sun-Times, since they print swear words: ''We had many chances today again and we had many chances Sunday against Cincinnati, and it's the same result!'' he said. ''If we had played ball like thi...
Él Presidenté ?Wannabe? Señor J. Sidney McCain Now Squealing That Barry Oba
2008-09-10 02:42:00 Señor McCain of Arizona Panama: “Dot monz, Barack Obama, dees monz… dees monz, he call Señora Sarah Palin a ‘Peeg’, he deed!“ Ben Smith of The Politico is reporting our loveable “war hero“, Señor J. Sidney McCain Para Él Presidenté is having a little fun... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Tuesday Morning Don't all Flip Out Headlines
2008-09-09 15:32:00 Panic Time! Dave van Dyck gives us all reason to worry obviously someone has stock in Prozac Panic: Ugh, that schedule: toughest of any National League contender. All 19 remaining games are against teams with winning records and all those teams have postseason hopes, making none of them pushovers. And only six of the games are at the supposed Friendly Confines, which haven't been all that friendly of late. Even worse, the Brewers have three left against Pittsburgh, which they have beaten 11 of 12 times. Not to panic: The Cubs ended August with baseball's second-biggest lead, which is why you play 162 games. Sure, there are six games remaining against the Brewers, but the Cubs swept the last four-gamer-in Milwaukee. Cubs fans can take heart from the 2005 champion White Sox, who had a 71/2-game lead on Sept. 9 which slipped to 11/2 on Sept. 24. It's almost impossible for the Cubs not to win at least the wild card. And not to be outdoneGordo gives us more reasons to panic seriously...
Barry Blows It Again ? Barbara Streisand To Headline $2,500.00 Obama-Biden
2008-09-09 01:21:00 Twenty-Five-Hundred U.S. Dollars To Listen To Barbara Streisand And Fellow Hollywood Leftists Pontificate And Sing? Has Barry Obama Lost His Mind? Way to GO there, Barry! We have Él Presidenté “wannabe” Señor J. Sidney McCain of Arizona Panama shooting up through the polls, gaining a... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Monday Morning- Work in Progess Headlines
2008-09-08 15:44:00 Lou is not a happy camper. Even for those who don't believe the Cubs are eternally doomed, Sunday would give them pause. After losing seven of eight games, including Sunday's 4-3 stinker to the Reds, it is understandable that the mentality has evolved into a sky-is-falling September swoon. Can anyone put things in perspective? If manager Lou Piniella could, he certainly didn't try Sunday. He refused to meet with the media for the first time this season. So it was up to team elder Derrek Lee to assess the mood. "We still can't panic," Lee said. "We're still in good shape. We just need to be better. We're a better team than this, and we would like to play better. You don't ever want to play under your talent level, and that's what we're doing right now. "We're in a funk. We're in a skid. We've just got to fight out of it." Could you maybe be in a little less of a funk? You know, one where you don't lose 2 of 3 to the Reds? For those that missed it Caution: may cause...
Gallup Daily: John McCain Flip-Flops Again, This Time By Enjoying The Sarah
2008-09-07 21:19:00 Last Week: Barry Obama - 48%, Señor J. Sidney - 45%; This Week: Señor J. Sidney - 48%, Barry Obama - 45%… Hold up, now; PLEASE don’t get me wrong here — when I make reference to “The Sarah Palin Bump” in my headline, I’m not trying to imply Señor J. Sidney For Él... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Sunday Morning Headlines/ Game Thread Cubs @ Reds 12:10 CT/1:10 ET WGN
2008-09-07 12:31:00 That's more like it Cubs snap into shape A day too late. From the Daily Herald: Cubs manager Lou Piniella issued a warning before Saturday night's 14-9 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. "These last 20 games or 21 games, I'm going to try to play a lineup that can win a ballgame that day," he said. "That's all I'm going to do. I've played everybody all year. Everybody's gotten opportunities all year. "And now we're going to try to play a lineup that can win a baseball game that particular night. These guys want to stay in the lineup, swing the bats." It seems the Cubs got the message. One guy who really got it was left fielder Alfonso Soriano, who hit solo homers in the third and fifth innings and followed it with a 3-run blast in the sixth. It was the third time Soriano went deep three times in a game, and it helped the Cubs (86-56) snap a six-game losing streak. The 14 runs matched their amount for the entire six-game skid. More on Lou's new-look lineup Why didn't he try ...
PSA: While You?re Busy Trashing Sarah Palin And Barack Obama, Bush-Cheney I
2008-09-07 00:37:00 “Wag The Dog?” Bushco Claims Navy Is Only Docked In Georgian Port For Humanitarian Aid; Russia Claims BushCo Is Arming Georgian Military… Alright, heads UP, folks — While everybody in the political blogosphere is busy defaming Barack Obama and (especially) Sarah... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere! |
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