sparky39762
Apr 30, 2008 Jun 10, 2010 3 166
Loved the Cubs since I got a ball in 1996 when I was 11. The Met's Manny Alexander hit the HR and it was thrown back on the field. Bullpen guy gave it to me. Started going back in 2004, been back for at least a series every year.
18-12 record at Wrigley over the years.
Best games:
May 2008- Colorado Comeback, 10-9: front row bleachers on our honeymoon.
May 2007- Jason Marquis CG shutout, 1-0
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Semi-OT: Dodgers' Rotation includes 4 Lefties
Slightly OT here, but still baseball. I've been watching the Dodgers lately since a childhood friend of mine got called up (Brent Leach, a LH bullpen pitcher) and my wife and I will be at Wrigley for 3 games against the Dodgers in a couple of weeks.
Today I noticed that they recently called up a FOURTH left-handed starter. Their rotation now includes lefties Eric Milton, Clayton Kershaw, Randy Wolf, and Eric Stults. Chad Billingsley, a righty, is their fifth starter.
I think it's odd that LA's barrage of righties in the playoffs led Hendry & co. to sign so many lefties / switch hitters this offseason, and now 4 of the Dodgers' starters are left handed.
Can anyone recall a team throwing 4 lefties (or even 5) in their rotation? I remember Lilly, Hill, and Marshall were 3 lefties in the rotation most of the year in 2007, and I thought having 3 lefties was unusual.
Thoughts?
Edited to break up the paragraphs. At first I'm lined up on the left with no paragraph spacing and now I have spacing but I'm all in the center. I need a "Fanposting for Dummies" or something.
Kudos to Koyie
I haven’t seen much Koyie Hill love around here recently, and I think he deserves some, with Soto’s return on the horizon. I didn’t know what to expect when we named Hill the backup, but he has handled the reigns well. In 5+ games and 20 at bats, Hill has 6 hits (.300BA) including a double and a clutch go-ahead 2R homer, 3 runs scored, 5 RBIs, 3 walks, and a .417 OBP. I realize he probably won’t keep this up, but for a [hopefully] short injury to Soto he’s done much better than I expected. Attaboy.
OT: Getting married today
by sparky39762 on May 17, 2008 4:46 AM EDT
on Bleed Cubbie Blue
Just thought I'd share my joy. It's 3:30am, and I'm getting married today at 2:00pm - still trying to get everything ready with the pictures and the honeymoon packing and stuff. Gonna be a long day for me tomorrow. Anyways, I'll miss the 2nd half of the game tomorrow, so if we could find a way to load the bases prior to the game so Soriano's leadoff HR will put us up 4-0, that will ease my stress level for the day.
But I'm moreso posting about our honeymoon, and I thought I'd post this now because I don't know if I'll have much internet access next week. We're going to NYC for a week catching some plays and 2 Yankees games, and then we'll be in Chicago for a week, where we will see five Cubs games. I told her we had to go for at least 3 Cubs games, and she suggested one more, and then hinted on wanting to sit in the bleachers another day, so we got a 5th pair of tickets. So if you see some Mississippi kids walking around Wrigley a week and a half from now, yell at us.
We'll stop by and say hey, Al - we're in the bleachers two days. You may not remember, but I'm the guy you saved a seat for the last home series of the year last year against the Pirates - my plane arrival time almost made me miss the first pitch but I just barely made it. I still appreciate that - the bleachers were PACKED that day, and it woulda been REAL hard getting a seat. That was my first time in the bleachers, and I had a blast. Coincidently, I scored playoff tix and flew up from MS and sat in the bleachers again in October, but that didn't turn out as well as my previous bleacher experience.
Anyways, I gotta stop procrastinating. Looking forward to being back home at Wrigley. Go Cubs!
-Ryan
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