Time to wake up Cubbies. We have been through this before. The bats were quiet to start the second half of the season….but not this quiet.
In keeping with long standing baseball traditions regarding superstions, we here at 100 Year Itch will also change it up…grow a mustache if you will. No preview…No recap, no mention of the teams…no tags…lets see if it breaks us out of the funk
Live game chat below…
100 Year Itch - Chicago Cubs Blog 
i’m cool know, ncaa football did the trick..now i hope i stay cool.. its up to the cubs..
shit….mlb.tv is ohio based again…
cool…they moved soto up in the lineup
derrek lees birthday….hopefully he unwraps his old swing
hello guys
what up…espn still fucked up?
assholes are out in full force two hours b4 game time
i am so sick of the trolls…ill not be visiting over there today i dont think
for all of the repeat shit u read over htere….i repeat myself too much too…i just wanna talk about the game…not play daddy
dont lie mikey you love fucking wit the trolls
here…ill make you feel at home
1908
haha
honestly cuban
i am sick to fucking death of it
i like the line up lou sent out today….
get it right 1907 and 1908 first back 2 back titles in any sport in the whole world..
i told raven about this site, i hope he pops in
wow…gotta like the start
i told raven about it a long time ago…he knows…hes chasing tail though most of the time…lol
you raven is not my best friend.. he tried to tell me about japanese baseball..he said nothing true and told me i was wrong about it.. I LIVE IN TOYKO!!!!!
i know this will turn out to be a lie…but i dont think i want to go to espn anymore…i get banned every other day….you never get to talk baseball…if the opposition hits a HR 25 people stop in to tell you to fuck off….
its just getting old….and as the postseason approaches it is only gonna get worse
its been a week of ground outs, i would rather see the ball in the outfield…
yeah…i agree
someone needs to look at the tape before this slump started to see what changed….even derreks double was another ground ball
shit when is it gonna start.. get the bats started c’mon….
awww. man that tastes good….my first sip of beer for the day
there will never be a big exodus from espn to this place….people like the sugar shack / myspace / social network aspect over there
i went to the outback stakehouse for the first time, its been here for about 5 years.. it was so fucking good man.. i now know why americans are so fat…
for sure….all the red meat and blooming onions and beer
lol…my son got tix for the game in st louis last night vs the marlins…wore his cubs hat, people were yelling to him f**k the Cubs, the Cubs suck, etc
figures…and they say cubs fans have no class
come one jason, bear down big guy, we need you tonight like never before
and if you tell a st louis fan that story they will tell you thats a lie.. those fans are so stuck up on how baseball friendly they are!!!!
i see big mouth is there @ espn…who the fuck is this alex the great guy…cubs fan or not?
i can’t get this friggin game on my house radio or tv, i am going out to the car now and then to listen to it
NO, alex the great, I think is bucfanron…i told him in no uncertain terms never to refer to the Cubs as “us” it was an insult to real baseball fans
ok, walked bako to get to cueto, and IT WORKED!!
you guys having trouble keeping the espn convo board going? mine won’t download properly the last two nights
yeah…me too…and it always seems to be just in time for some fuck to fuck with us
mlb japan has said mark cuban is the front runner and he will sign man ram from la and c.c. from the crew and will also put fukudome in center and fonzi in right… i hope thats not true.. i dont want to pay man ram 200 million…
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i wouldnt mind that so much…manny would crush at wrigley
That was cranked!!
#25 could not of come at a better time…. AAWWWWWWW lets go cubs….
2-0
was that some offense?
man ram is not a cubs player, too much me, me, me…he is done pulling in the big $$$, at his age, he’ll be lucky to get a two year deal…he will be a cancer no matter where he goes
Feels kind of funny to have a lead. Keep it continue!!
larry…im sick f espn……and the trolls…ill be here all day only
wit manny and soriano in the outfield would be the wost “D” in the world!!!!!
big suprise…derrek w a ground ball
thats why fukudome in center…he could patrol the gaps
alex claims to be such a big fan, can’t even spell alfonso’s name right lol
Ahhh….don’t let those people bust your balls too bad. The Cubs will have to have a complete and total collapse to not make the playoffs. I see where the Dodgers beat the Dbacks today and the Rays beat the Jays. Cubs just need to win and all will be well.
you mean the jays beat the rays….
Marquis needs to be very focused on the strike zone. BOB will kill him/Cubs.
well, it’s time for Jason to make his case to be included in the plaoff roster. If he steps up and gives us that huge game to stop the skid, maybe people will cut him some slack. He has been pitching well the last month. I get aggravated with him at times, but I am not down on him like a lot of Cub fans
@ larry
not upset at busting balls…i expect that as a cubs fan
i am just tried of repeating my self
cuban – you are correct. I could have sworn I saw a score where the Rays had one by 1 run in extras. Gotta start layin off…..
why the f**k did wgn carry the sox tonight? like anybody cares? they have a first place team and still can’t sell out the cell
1cubfan – Marquis has actually pitched very respectably. A lot of fans just don’t like him. He hasn’t always portrayed himself as a team player so I.m sure that counts against him.
sam zell owns part of the sox…and tribune too….tribune owns wgn dont they?
if marquis ould stay away from that one big inning…he would be fine….but he always seems to have the one big inning when the cubs are struugling….which magnifies the mistakes
It all comes back to them this inning!!
i thought sam zell was a part owner of the brewers, but i could be mistaken
larry read my comment three back
lol, how’s this one? alex claims he’s seen more Cubs games than i have…i was a fan before he was born/hatched/shit, however he came out
yeah, maybe hes just buddues with reinsdorf…i dont remember how it all works
nice double soto….slowly dusting off the cbwebs it looks like
Yep, the big inning is a killer. That’s why throwing stikes is important. A lot of those big innings start with a streak of “I can’t locate the strike zone.”
is that what you call a good groundout?
dude alex did not know jodi davis and the song harry would sing when he came to bat.. i hope all you can.. i can and i saw it from japan…
C’mon DeRo – pick up the RBI and grow the lead. Keep it continue!! Tuen the wheel.
On gamecast that looked like Marquis put some poke behind that swing.
1cubfan – if it gets us a run, it’s good!!
cuban – what was the song Harry did for Jody? Bette Davis eyes?
Marquis is working the count to be in favor of the hitter. Too many balls, not enough strikes.
if we ot all of the guys that normally chat here for one game we would have about 1000 comments i think
missing
bozecubbies
the wisdom cube
man in the box
theres like two others i cant think of right now
i guess what i am saying is we wouldnt be missing much
no…… ” jodi, jodi davis king of the wild frontier” HARRY CARRY’S favorite player…
i would love to have go pack and FYP over here….now…but especially for the brewers series
man i hope this isnt the one big inning
this is jasons bad inning, he needs a dp now….
cuban – I am drawing a total blank on that one. I knew Harry really liked Davis, but the Davey Crockett sing along just doesn’t register!! LOL
Big K
i invited them over
No where to put him & tough to double up. Throw strikes, damn it!!
sitiing here quietly..praying
it was the first time i saw a cubs game so its kinda burnt in my mind.. after that when ever i saw a game i would sing along wit him and everybody would get a kick out of my 8 year old ass singing in a bar…..
wheere was that on k zone i wonder…it looked like a strike
not so bad…it coulda been much worse
wow close one…
Well, we gave them 1 back, but it could have been worse. Keppenger could have put one in the seats and that would have been that. We go on to fight another inning
awwwww i love it yesssssssssssssss
man i wish soriano would hit third or fourth in the lineup
c’mon lee no ground balls lets put this game out of reach….
This is the time when Soriano put the team on his back last year, wasn’t it??
fons is the man tonite?
you gotta figure lee is due at some point…todays his birthday
larry
yes….how many HRs in september last year? 14?
cuban – Lee would have to hit a 12 run HR for that comfort level to be achieved.
well..at least it wasnt a ground ball….things are looking up
i need to clelbrate that dlee fly out with another beer
lee would have to get a hit, but he got it in the air no ground ball is a start….
i know that espn board is fucked up but there are so few people over there right now
so the question is
are the cubs fans really in hiding
or just sick of the fucking trolls
i see the trolls arent even there now
unless you count alex….which depends on his real affiliation
base hit geo…comn baby
mikey i think football is slowing down the boards
alex’ profile says he is a cards and a sox fan…i think he should change it to alex the moron
tip your cap to phillips there…hell of a play
now alex is trying to be friendly to me…i think…fuck him
history is made…phillips made an out…he is a certified Cub killer
i am laughing a little right now…we may actually pass up the number of comments at espn
is there a comment counter here?
yo mikey do you have the cal game cause your in cali.. they are thrashing wash st…
yeah…at te top…we are at 108 and espn is at 112
Marquis needed a neat 1-2-3 inning and got it. He may give us 7 solid innings. The bats need to drum up some more support just in case Lou decides to use Howry!!
go
cal is the second best team in the pac 10 for sure….its not even close….ASU and Oregon ar both overrated…but if beanie wells is hurt – USC should run the table
cubs
speaking of using howry….where the fuck has marshall been?
Did Lou leave him at the gas station on northeast Ohio??
well, here’s a useless comment to help out lol
never mind …marshall is scheduled to start tomorrow
only one comment behind with this one…haha
i couldn’t believe it when i read that story…i lmao…it was hysterical
Work the count Reed. Cueto is currently a little wild. If he grooves one, paste it.
do you have a link?
i wanna read that one…sounds funny as hell
Too soon to PH??
I guess so. Time to help yourself, Jason.
i dunno, i was thinking that too….get him out BEFORE the big inning…but man…if its howry i say fuck no
Into the bullpen – time to rock, Cubbies!!
i gotta say something i didnt wanna say at espn
the cubs have a 99.3% chance of making the playoffs right?
the angels who are 17 games up in their division are a 99.9% chance to make the playoffs…
so despite this little losing streak, we only have a 1/2 percent chance less of making the post season then a team that is 17 up
interesting
3 HRS
FUCK YESSSSSSS
Mikey – here is the link to the article in the Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/1148203,CST-SPT-cub06.article
Holy shit!! Who woke the Fonz up??? I am glad they did!!
fucking lou…why didnt he go with the team?
thats pretty funny though?
here’s the story mikey:
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080905&content_id=3423275&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc
Barring a collapse that would require the Cubs to essentially lose out – and hell even the Nationals can’t do that – the playoffs are a reality. How we get there and how the Cubs feel about themselves will depend on well they finish. Not lookin too bad tonight, but then again, the Reds laid a ton of runs on the Cubs last night so I’ll wait until the 9th is over to count this one in the W column.
yeah…now i see…i wish howry was left at some truck stop on that trip…or out in a corn field
GEO = ROY
im with you larry…cautiously optomistic
milwaukee only up by one…top nine
GEO = ROY
/ its science
careful fons…the next one may come vvvvveeeeeeerrrrrrryyyyyyyyy close
did cuban fall down drunk…or is he just asleep…or translating for some idiot sailor?
yes….fonzie may wanna wear the facemask on his helmet next AB
in a developing story…if the dodges continue to win….we dont have to face good pitching in the post season
cubs will not lose out in the playoffs, and i am hoping this little blip makes them stronger…i agree with mikey’s posts the last couple days…nobody can avoid a five or six game losing streak over the course of a season
wow…breaking out in a big way
we were lucky to never have had a losing streak the whole sesaon
when you go 110 games and your worst streak had been four games….well you are a pretty fucking good team
base hit ties it in milwaukee
Very nice to see all this. Reminds me of how spoiled we have been all season. And Mikey, you are spot on with the analysis of other teams losing streaks. It happens and is part of the game over a 162 game season. It certainly appears as if the bats are alive and well again.
i cant believe that milwaukee is letting sheets go after a complete game
its a final in milwaukee….1-0 brewers
MIL just went final 1-0
crew wins 1-0, complete game by sheets…yost will have his arm duct-taped back on
i wish cuban was here….does anyone know when the japaneses league season is over?
1cubfan – might need some baling wire as well LOL
i was wondering because it would be nice if it was this month…then the cubs should hire whoever fukudomes hitting coach was in japan for the rest of the year for $1M consulting fee to remind kosuke that he is a power hitter and not ichiro suzuki
1cub…what was his pitch count?
Look like Japanese baseball wraps up their season around October 9th.
i know you guys wont want me to get ahead of myself…but do you guys realize we are going to be a contending team every year for the next five?
whoever buys this team will makesure of it…but look at who we have locked up
its part of the reason i started this site
even if the itch gets scratched this year, 100 Year Itch will stand as a remider of all of the shit we had to endure form all of the assholes out there
sheets threw 120
marquis????
i take it all back jason
why would anyone let sheets throw more than 95?
thanks neddy
wow…derrek another double
but why all of the ground balls?
HR!!!!!
Marquis has gotten us through the 7th inning – his pitch count is at 93 – maybe one more inning , but I would put the Shark & Wood out there for an inning apiece.
Unbelievable!!
i’m back had a quick booty call knock on my door and she was wanting the dick… wow they broke out , holy shit 3 dingers…
I guess Soriano wanted Jason to enjoy his moment in the limelight a little longer so he just singled this time
a lot of things happened tonight
hoffpauir and reed started in place of edmonds and kosuke
geovany soto hit fifth behind ramirez
soriano redicovered his stroke
marquis didnt have his one big inning
hopefully lou is remembering all of this…because i dont giive a fuck if we are paying kosuke $20 m a year…you dont hit – you sit
I fell really good about saying the losing streak is OVAH!!
Smart move to give Soto a blow. Little break when the game’s outcome is pretty much determined will help these guys stay sharp.
here’s a thought…for some extra rest…since they have expanded rosters, why not start marshall, and just make it a six man rotation for the last three weeks?
C’mon Micah, drill one
Nutz
marshall is actually starting tomorrow
espn cub board…we may not out comment them….but thats gotta be an all time low over there for a cubs thread
trolls chaced everyone these past few days i guess
1cubfan – I think it would be a smart move. Rest the arms a little more between starts and see how it goes.
on the fukudumb thang he is done for the year he has never hit in the late season and in the post season.. the dragons loved his bat for 3/4th’s of the season but he saw the bench alot near the end and post season.. it was a blessing he went on the DL at the end of last season, cause they went on to win it all…
lol…reds announcer just asked about marquis…
“how can you have a seven pitch and a nine pitch inning with a guy that had so much control problem early in the game?”
yeah, i would like to see the effort from marshall that marquis gave us tonight…fans have been a little hard on him, but he’s pitched well the last month, and he stepped it up tonight…i’m giving him a standing o
what happened to you cuban…fall down drunk?
ronny in left has he ever played in the outfield?
mikey had to take care of some pussy it was dripping all over me…..
well i gotta say i owe the biggest apology off all to rayn dempster
read his post frm preseason
preface…i posted a retractiona nad an apology later
http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/fans/MikeyCHX/blog/posts/14407
it wasnt the kind where it was a warm cup of water then?
shark siting
well for the few guys we had here tonight…we had better conversation…troll free….and for the five or six of us who havebeen here…or was it four…we kept good pace…without the bullshit….let that be a lesson to you guys….haha
no this pussy is one of my main stays, she is a good girl that i should marry but i’m a fucking fool and want to tasta as many as i can.. we have been hittin it for the last 5 or 6 years… but i know the day i ask her it will be to late…
well my first marriage i married a girl that any guy would want to fuck….you know the high maint type…short lived marriage
marry the marrying type….not the “club girl”
wow…how many fucking errors this week?
What happened??
yeah she is not the club girl more of the family type the perfect wife and mom.. i’m just stupid and dont want to grow up… we have tossed it around and its 100% she is down but for how long? i hope i dont wait to long to get over this love for pussy..
If Marquis does not get this win I will not watch the rest of the year. This is ridiculous.
Pitching change?
ill be back in 10 minutes…can i trust you guys with this lead?
if i dont get to talk to you guys because the game is over i will definetly be here tomorrow for marshalls start….
kind of nice on espn now…cubs played well, and the trolls disappeared
trolls disappeared because we didnt show up like ususal…all sick of the trolling
oh well…i gotta go for a walk w my kids….take care of this lead…ill see you guys tomo
see you tomorrow mikey, have a good one guys
ok later guys lets keep this going tomoro and on and on til we get 95 wins… later….
Is the 8th inning over yet?
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why the fuck is this game still on?
done and donnner?