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IGT 7-14-06 Mets at Cubs for the first time all year!

SteveJRogers Jul 14 2006 12:21 PM

Seems appropriate to post a great baseball song by a great artist who left this world much too soon. Steve Goodman, who's most famous song is City Of New Orleans which became a hit for both Arlo Guthrie and Willie Nelson. This is his tribute to his beloved Cubbies: [url]http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_cubs.shtml[/url] A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request By the shore's of old Lake Michigan Where the "hawk wind" blows so cold An old Cub fan lay dying In his midnight hour that tolled Round his bed, his friends had all gathered They knew his time was short And on his head they put this bright blue cap From his all-time favorite sport He told them, "Its late and its getting dark in here" And I know its time to go But before I leave the line-up Boys, there's just one thing I'd like to know Do they still play the blues in Chicago When baseball season rolls around When the snow melts away, Do the Cubbies still play In their ivy-covered burial ground When I was a boy they were my pride and joy But now they only bring fatigue To the home of the brave The land of the free And the doormat of the National League Told his friends "You know the law of averages says: Anything will happen that can" That's what it says "But the last time the Cubs won a National League pennant Was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan" The Cubs made me a criminal Sent me down a wayward path They stole my youth from me (that's the truth) I'd forsake my teachers To go sit in the bleachers In flagrant truancy and then one thing led to another and soon I'd discovered alcohol, gambling, dope football, hockey, lacrosse, tennis But what do you expect, When you raise up a young boy's hopes And then just crush 'em like so many paper beer cups. Year after year after year after year, after year, after year, after year, after year 'Til those hopes are just so much popcorn for the pigeons beneath the 'L' tracks to eat He said, "You know I'll never see Wrigley Field, anymore before my eternal rest So if you have your pencils and your score cards ready, and I'll read you my last request He said, "Give me a double header funeral in Wrigley Field On some sunny weekend day (no lights) Have the organ play the "National Anthem" and then a little 'na, na, na, na, hey hey, hey, Goodbye' Make six bullpen pitchers, carry my coffin and six ground keepers clear my path Have the umpires bark me out at every base In all their holy wrath Its a beautiful day for a funeral, Hey Ernie lets play two! Somebody go get Jack Brickhouse to come back, and conduct just one more interview Have the Cubbies run right out into the middle of the field, Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt And I'll be ready to die Build a big fire on home plate out of your Louisville Sluggers baseball bats, And toss my coffin in Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow From the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind When my last remains go flying over the left-field wall Will bid the bleacher bums adíeu And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue The dying man's friends told him to cut it out They said stop it that's an awful shame He whispered, "Don't Cry, we'll meet by and by near the Heavenly Hall of Fame He said, "I've got season's tickets to watch the Angels now, So its just what I'm going to do He said, "but you the living, you're stuck here with the Cubs, So its me that feels sorry for you!" And he said, "Ahh Play, play that lonesome losers tune, That's the one I like the best" And he closed his eyes, and slipped away What we got is the Dying Cub Fan's Last Request And here it is Do they still play the blues in Chicago When baseball season rolls around When the snow melts away, Do the Cubbies still play In their ivy-covered burial ground When I was a boy they were my pride and joy But now they only bring fatigue To the home of the brave The land of the free And the doormat of the National League

MFS62 Jul 14 2006 12:30 PM

]and then a little 'na, na, na, na, hey hey, hey, Goodbye' Nice, but that line cheapened the whole thing. I used to feel bad for Ernie Banks and for the family of Ken Hubbs. Slightly less bad for Billy Williams. But ever since Santo's heel-clicking, my feelings for the Cubs and ther fans has been "Fukk them and the goat they rode in on." Later

SteveJRogers Jul 14 2006 01:49 PM

NY Mets J. Valentin 2b P. Lo Duca c C. Beltran cf C. Delgado 1b D. Wright 3b C. Floyd lf X. Nady rf C. Woodward ss (Reyes is still resting the finger) S. Trachsel p Chi Cubs J. Pierre cf T. Walker 2b D. Lee 1b A. Ramirez 3b J. Jones rf M. Barrett c A. Pagan lf R. Cedeno ss G. Maddux p

MFS62 Jul 14 2006 01:54 PM

]R. Cedeno Nahhh. It couldn't be. Could it? Later

Iubitul Jul 14 2006 01:59 PM

]M. Barrett c Since it's Friday, my first thought was to wonder when Marty Barrett became a catcher....

Centerfield Jul 14 2006 02:01 PM

The same time Roger made the jump to shortstop. Is that Angel Pagan in leftfield? Wasn't he once a Cyclone?

ScarletKnight41 Jul 14 2006 02:06 PM

Centerfield wrote: The same time Roger made the jump to shortstop. Is that Angel Pagan in leftfield? Wasn't he once a Cyclone? Yes. And a B-Met. And a Tide.

Rockin' Doc Jul 14 2006 02:20 PM

Play Ball!!! Time to rock Maddux's world.

Willets Point Jul 14 2006 02:22 PM

Beating up on Maddux makes me feel like this guy:

Rockin' Doc Jul 14 2006 02:24 PM

Valentin leads off the game with a double. Let's score early and often.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:27 PM

Groundouts by Lo Duca and Beltran bring home the run. Delgado fans for the third out.

Rockin' Doc Jul 14 2006 02:27 PM

The Mets play "small ball" and use a pair of "productive outs" to plate Valentin. Metts 1 Cubs 0 heading to the bottom of the 1st.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:28 PM

I have a choice of watching this on ESPN or I can get the Cubs local telecast. Right now I'm on ESPN, but I may switch back.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:33 PM

And very quickly there are two outs in the bottom of the first.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:34 PM

Two-out double for Derrek Lee.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:39 PM

A walk and now there are two on for Jacque Jones.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:40 PM

Jones doubles off the ivy and two runs score.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:41 PM

Oh them bases on balls.

soupcan Jul 14 2006 02:41 PM

Oh, dem bases on balls.

Rotblatt Jul 14 2006 02:42 PM

Jacque Jones isn't fucking aroudnd this year, man. 2-1 Cubbies on a base-clearing double.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:44 PM

David Wright leads off the second inning for the Mets.

Elster88 Jul 14 2006 02:45 PM

I missed baseball.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:45 PM

Wright's out. Floyd singles to right.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:46 PM

Nady's up. ESPN announcer wondering if the Cubs will pitch out with Floyd on first. And they do! On the second pitch.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:47 PM

On the third pitch, with Floyd running, Nady DPs back to Maddux.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 02:52 PM

Maddux is losing the decal on his helmet, someone call uniwatch.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:52 PM

Cubs scoreless in the 2nd. Still 2 to 1, Chicago.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:56 PM

Top of the third we have Woodward, Trachsel, Valentin. Woody starts by striking out.

Centerfield Jul 14 2006 02:56 PM

Gotta get into that Cub bullpen. Work Maddux.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 02:56 PM

I love watching the movement on Maddux's pitches. (Except for the whole "Beating the mets" part)

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:58 PM

Trachsel fans. Two out.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 02:59 PM

And Jose grounds to second. 1-2-3 for Maddux.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 03:06 PM

Leon Lee and Leron Lee. That'd be an excellent crime fighting duo.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:07 PM

Nice diving play by Wright on a grounder gets the third out in the third. Still 2-1 Cubs.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:11 PM

Lo Duca leads off the fourth with an opposite field single to right.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:11 PM

I sense an impending home run by Beltran. Let's see if I'm right...

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:12 PM

A single to right. Lo Duca to second.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:13 PM

So my premonition was off by three total bases. Oh well.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:13 PM

Maybe that home run I smelled was Delgado's.

Elster88 Jul 14 2006 03:14 PM

You're working this thread today.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:15 PM

Hmmm... The picture of Gooden over my head has turned into an HTML hyperlink. Meanwhile, Delgado strikes out swinging. Mr. Wright strides to the plate.

Rockin' Doc Jul 14 2006 03:15 PM

Well, I'd be happy with three more singles from Delgado, Wright, and Floyd. As I'm typing that, Delgado strikes out, fooled by a change up.

Centerfield Jul 14 2006 03:15 PM

Yay Wright!!!! Tie game.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:16 PM

Wright singles to left. Lo Duca scores, Beltran to second. Game tied at 2.

ScarletKnight41 Jul 14 2006 03:16 PM

Mr. Wright drives in LoDuca to tie the game :)

Rockin' Doc Jul 14 2006 03:16 PM

Wright singles to drive in LoDuca. Tie game! Come on Cliffie, bust this game open.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:17 PM

ESPN guys are "certain" that Beltran will try to steal third.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 03:18 PM

Floyd gets the lead back! 3-2 Good Guys.

ScarletKnight41 Jul 14 2006 03:18 PM

An RBI double for Cliff brings Beltran home - 3-2 Mets.

Centerfield Jul 14 2006 03:18 PM

Floyd: DON'T LEAVE ME OFF THE COVER!!!

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:18 PM

He (Beltran) never got the chance (to steal third). Double by Floyd scores Beltran. Wright stops at third.

Elster88 Jul 14 2006 03:19 PM

Was Wright's single a line drive? A seeing eye grounder? Did Floyd hit the fence on the fly or go down a line or hit one in the gap?

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:19 PM

IBB for Nady.

TransMonk Jul 14 2006 03:20 PM

Make me proud, Woody!

Centerfield Jul 14 2006 03:20 PM

That'll do. Whatever works.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:21 PM

Woody hits a DP grounder, but a hard slide by Nady makes the throw go awry; two runs score.

ScarletKnight41 Jul 14 2006 03:21 PM

A 2-run error makes it 5-2 Mets. Cedeno is shaken up on the play.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:21 PM

Two out, Woodward on second. Trachsel up. Cedeno the Cubs 2B may be hurt.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 03:22 PM

Clean slide. 3 feet away from the bag, but I guess it was clean.

Rockin' Doc Jul 14 2006 03:22 PM

Nady playing hard nosed baseball helps the Mets keep the inning alive.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:24 PM

Trachsel draws a walk. Maddux is beatable today.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:25 PM

Of course, that's obvious, since he's down 5 to 2.

Rockin' Doc Jul 14 2006 03:26 PM

Elster88 - "Was Wright's single a line drive? A seeing eye grounder?" Looping line drive over shortstop into shallow leftcenterfield. Elster88 - "Did Floyd hit the fence on the fly or go down a line or hit one in the gap?" Doing some chores while watching the game, so I unfortunately missed Floyd's double. I'm really going to miss having Cliff around next year.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:28 PM

Floyd's double was a grounder past the bag down the right field line.

Edgy DC Jul 14 2006 03:29 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Trachsel draws a walk. Maddux is beatable today. Yancy Street Gang wrote: Of course, that's obvious, since he's down 5 to 2. Post-padding Seaver Wannabe.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:30 PM

If you think I was rude to that guy in the Binghamton thread, just wait until I become Tom Seaver. Trachsel gets two outs on two deep fly balls. Rain threatening; game's not official yet.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:35 PM

ESPN says it's going to start raining in fifteen minutes. Lo Duca and Beltran are out in the fifth. Four more outs until the game is official.

ABG Jul 14 2006 03:36 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: If you think I was rude to that guy in the Binghamton thread, just wait until I become Tom Seaver. Trachsel gets two outs on two deep fly balls. Rain threatening; game's not official yet. Don't take a strike, men.

ScarletKnight41 Jul 14 2006 03:37 PM

1/2 inning to go.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:38 PM

Yes, but Trachsel's pitching that half inning.

Elster88 Jul 14 2006 03:39 PM

Trachsel really IS the human rain delay/rainout.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:39 PM

The grounds crew is rushing into position. Bottom of the fifth underway with a strike to Cedeno. And now a groundout to Woodward. One out.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:40 PM

Maddux flies to Beltran. Two out.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:41 PM

Three outs! Quick inning by Trachsel! Official game! Let's get Cal Ripken to do a lap around the field!

ScarletKnight41 Jul 14 2006 03:42 PM

We have ourselves an official game. Let the skies open!

Centerfield Jul 14 2006 03:43 PM

Pierre grounds out. We're official.

ScarletKnight41 Jul 14 2006 03:43 PM

And not a moment too soon! The tarp is on the field.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:44 PM

Return from commercial break, it's pouring rain and the tarp is on the field.

Centerfield Jul 14 2006 03:44 PM

Good. Let it rain for 2 hours until I can get home to watch it.

Rotblatt Jul 14 2006 03:46 PM

Centerfield wrote: Good. Let it rain for 2 hours until I can get home to watch it. Better yet, let it rain for an hour and 13 minutes, so I can watch it at the gym. Watching sports while on the treadmill or bike is amazing--the time just flies by. Except for during commercial breaks. Those suck.

ScarletKnight41 Jul 14 2006 03:46 PM

Rain delay theater - the 1988 division clincher against Philly.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 03:56 PM

If the game doesn't resume, it will be the second rain-shortened complete game for Trachsel this year.

ScarletKnight41 Jul 14 2006 03:59 PM

I was at the other one - the Aaron Rowand game.

TransMonk Jul 14 2006 03:59 PM

He'll be on the long side of this one though. (Damn you Rowand!) Would be his 7th win in 7 starts.

ScarletKnight41 Jul 14 2006 04:00 PM

What's the forecast for Chicago for the rest of the day?

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 04:03 PM

National Weather Service says... ]AT 240 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF COOK COUNTY. SHOWERS ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG A LINE STRETCHING FROM LINCOLNWOOD THROUGH LOGAN SQUARE... HUMBOLDT PARK...AND CICERO. THESE SHOWERS WILL BEGIN AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE CHICAGO CITY LIMITS SHORTLY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE SHOWERS PASS THROUGH THE AREA. Sounds like play will probably resume.

ScarletKnight41 Jul 14 2006 04:05 PM

And with that, the tarp is coming off the field.

seawolf17 Jul 14 2006 04:11 PM

="ScarletKnight41"]And with that, the tarp is coming off the field. Game on!

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 04:26 PM

Both starting pitchers stay in the game. Wright leads off the sixth against Maddux.

Elster88 Jul 14 2006 04:27 PM

Rotblatt wrote: Watching sports while on the treadmill or bike is amazing--the time just flies by. Except for during commercial breaks. Those suck. Agreed

Gwreck Jul 14 2006 04:29 PM

OlerudOwned wrote: Clean slide. 3 feet away from the bag, but I guess it was clean. Ed Coleman and Tom McCarthy on WFAN suggested that it wasn't, that Nady couldn't even touch 2nd if he reached all the way out.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 04:32 PM

Chavez in the game for Beltran. Wussup with that?

Rotblatt Jul 14 2006 04:37 PM

Uh, what Olerud said. Why is Beltran out?

Gwreck Jul 14 2006 04:38 PM

Rotblatt wrote: Uh, what Olerud said. Why is Beltran out? No word yet. Guys on SNY don't know yet. Speculation (from me): something irritated from when he fouled the ball off his leg in the ASG.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 04:41 PM

I was thinking he may be a little tweaked in the leg from the over-exention into 1st base during the ASG. Either way, he looked fine out there so I'm hoping it's just precautionary.

soupcan Jul 14 2006 04:42 PM

Beltran - 'soreness in his right knee' according to Eddie Coleman on the 'FAN

soupcan Jul 14 2006 04:42 PM

Guys watching on TV - was Woody's hit out or not?

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 04:43 PM

KABOO... Nope. Yup. Maybe. Could it. Nah. Wait. I dunno.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 04:45 PM

Young Cub fan points to where it landed, that's a home run. But it's not. Bah. That kid's a traitor to his side, though.

Edgy DC Jul 14 2006 04:45 PM

Looks like it's clearly a blown call. Woodie, to his credit, I guess, ended on third.

Gwreck Jul 14 2006 04:46 PM

soupcan wrote: Guys watching on TV - was Woody's hit out or not? Clearly, 100%, not a doubt about it.

Rockin' Doc Jul 14 2006 04:47 PM

Woodward's drive was out of the park. After reviewing in slow motion, both of the Cub announcers agreed it should have been a home run. Woodie's getting screwed. No worries, the team will drive him in.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 04:49 PM

And they do, Marrero singles for Trachsel. 6-2 Mets. Then Jones misplays a foul pop by Lo Duca.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 04:50 PM

Valentin running like a leadoff man.

Frayed Knot Jul 14 2006 04:50 PM

Marrero PH-ing for Trax drives Woodie in w/a Sac Fly. Trax continues to confound Met fans - whenever they're ready to write him off and ship him out he becomes like good and stuff - almost as if he does it on purpose (I like to think he does)

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 04:51 PM

Oops, I got it mixed up above. Marrero had an SF then Valentin singled. Then Jose steals second. Then he steals third.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 04:51 PM

Valentin really running like a leadoff man.

Rockin' Doc Jul 14 2006 04:51 PM

Valentin goes all Reyes-like on the Cubs and steals third base too.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 04:52 PM

Lo Duca misses an easy RBI chance with a weak grounder to short.

Gwreck Jul 14 2006 04:53 PM

Beltran: sore right knee. Not injured on any particular play during the game. Bothered him so he left. Via Gary on SNY via Jay Horowitz.

Edgy DC Jul 14 2006 04:53 PM

OlerudOwned wrote: Valentin really running like a leadoff man. Valentin running like Ty Cobb.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 04:53 PM

Another report of Beltran's sore knee. They should let him sit for a week.

Rockin' Doc Jul 14 2006 04:54 PM

Valentin unable to steal home, stranded at third as Endy Chavez grounds out to second.

Edgy DC Jul 14 2006 04:55 PM

Glenn Beckert bringing the Harry Carey for the seventh-inning stretch.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 14 2006 04:56 PM

Heilman in the game.

Edgy DC Jul 14 2006 05:00 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 14 2006 05:10 PM

Cubbies wearing the Cool-Flo helmets also, but none of the two-tone nonsense.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 05:04 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Cubbies wearing the Cool-Flo helmets also, but none of the two-tone nonsense. Sadly, the Mets are the only team to use that weird looking crap.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 05:07 PM

It's just not Mets baseball if Floyd isn't getting hit with a pitch.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 05:09 PM

Cliff gets caught dead to right's stealing, but the ball flies out of Walker's glove.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 05:11 PM

Nady avenges Floyd by smacking a ball right off of Cubbie pitcher Scott Williamson.

Edgy DC Jul 14 2006 05:11 PM

Looked like Walker didn't get the tag on him anyway. Memories of a generation of phantom tags from Ryne Sandberg.

Centerfield Jul 14 2006 05:35 PM

Gwreck wrote: Beltran: sore right knee. Not injured on any particular play during the game. Bothered him so he left. Via Gary on SNY via Jay Horowitz. Day to day?

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 05:37 PM

Wagner shows Delgado his eyeball.

Johnny Dickshot Jul 14 2006 05:39 PM

Game over, tho those guys were killing the ball against Alpacaboy.

OlerudOwned Jul 14 2006 05:39 PM

Mets Win

seawolf17 Jul 14 2006 06:52 PM

Centerfield wrote: ="Gwreck"]Beltran: sore right knee. Not injured on any particular play during the game. Bothered him so he left. Via Gary on SNY via Jay Horowitz. Day to day? We're all day to day.

soupcan Jul 15 2006 12:26 PM

="OlerudOwned"]Mets Win I just got a BlackBerry and all week I'm struggling trying to figure out to use it. So yesterday on the train home I finally figure out how to surf the net, dial this place up and -BAM- the first image to appear is the above one that takes up my whole screen! Scared the crap out of me.

Frayed Knot Jul 15 2006 01:42 PM

Got a chance to watch part of the game on replay: - Woodward def got robbed. They've added an extra small fence behind the "basket-like" out-dropping that sits atop the real fence and the ball cleared the basket before bouncing off the second fence and coming back onto the field. I have no idea what the purpose of that second mini-fence is but they say that's at elast the 3rd time the umps have screwed up a visiting team's HR call just this year. - Nady's slide that broke up the DP leading to 2 runs was hard & aggressive and justabout legal, but the Cubs really don't have much of a beef. First of all the SS got rid of the ball before Nady ever touched him so it's his fault that he threw wide (and the 2nd baseman for a slow flip). Once Nady did hit him foot-to-foot several feet off the line he reached out for the base and would have had it with longer fingers. Technically could have been called I suppose but since it didn't really interfere with the throw and was within inches of being completely legit I'm not surprised they didn't.

OlerudOwned Jul 15 2006 03:18 PM

="soupcan"] ="OlerudOwned"]Mets Win I just got a BlackBerry and all week I'm struggling trying to figure out to use it. So yesterday on the train home I finally figure out how to surf the net, dial this place up and -BAM- the first image to appear is the above one that takes up my whole screen! Scared the crap out of me. Hah, sorry about that one.