08/09/2006: Brewers (Bush) vs. Cubs (Zambrano), 7:05PM CDT

[hawing]

Dear Brewers:

 

Please please please please please don't suck tonight. I'll be there and would appreciate your disregarding the thousands of goons wearing the wrong team's swag. You're not there for them. Do better, for me.

 

Thank you.

 

Sincerely,

 

hawing

 

(Edited to correct time of the first pitch)

[brewers19]

This game is gonna be ugly.

[hawing]

This game is gonna be ugly.

 

Part of me keeps hoping not, but most of me can't stop agreeing. B19, as previously stated last night, you have my full permission to use the "Stupid (cub player's name)" phrase as needed in the chat room tonight.

 

I was just taking a look at one of my all-time favorite clips:

 

sportsillustrated.cnn.com.../cubs.html

 

It's the best Brewers-Cubs mojo I can think of. Well, catch you guys on the other side.

[cruiserx43]

Zambrano leads the league in walks, which is pretty darn amazing when you think about DD amazing pace. If the free swinging brewers take advantage early he implodes. When they swing at his crap, they get owned. I am betting on the later.

[augie46]

Will we let Zambrano walk us?

[sheethead]

Zambrano goes yard in the 2nd and the 6th, strikes out 11, and the friggin Cubs fans piss me off again tonight. What I would give if that weren't true.

[BrewCrewForever]

Maybe if Tony Gwynn could get a start he might be patient enough to take walks from Zambrano. And will Jeff Cirillo get off of Neds bench tonight for a start?

[brewmann04]

Zambrano with a 3 hit Shutout to go with 9 k"s

[bullox]

Maybe if Tony Gwynn could get a start

 

No such luck. He was sent down to Nashville.

[MillerBombers]

No such luck. He was sent down to Nashville.

 

This just really irritates me for some reason. Is there anyone else that we could have sent down.

[giffted1]

Lineups

Chi Cubs

&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp

J. Pierre

C. Izturis &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp

M. Barrett

A. Ramirez

J. Jones

P. Nevin

M. Murton

R. Cedeno

C. Zambrano

 

Milwaukee

&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp

B. Clark

T. Graffanino

P. Fielder

G. Gross

B. Hall

G. Jenkins

D. Bell

D. Miller

D. Bush

[DHonks]

it's amazing how we own the Cubs in Wrigley, and they own us in Milwaukee.

[PNut33]

 Chicago Cubs Milwaukee ------------ --------- Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG. --- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ---- CF Pierre, Juan 1 25 .276 CF Clark, Brady 2 22 .284 SS Izturis, Cesar 1 14 .250 2B Graffanino, Tony 0 1 .302 C Barrett, Michael 13 44 .330 1B Fielder, Prince 21 58 .286 3B Ramirez, Aramis 25 73 .278 LF Gross, Gabe 9 31 .266 RF Jones, Jacque 18 55 .288 SS Hall, Bill 25 59 .272 1B Nevin, Phil 9 24 .243 RF Jenkins, Geoff 10 55 .253 LF Murton, Matt 6 39 .295 3B Bell, David 6 34 .272 2B Cedeno, Ronny 4 29 .257 C Miller, Damian 6 35 .260 P Zambrano, Carlos (12-4, 3.42) P Bush, Dave (7-8, 4.74) 

[B2k1121]

Where is Cirillo?

[MillerBombers]

Where is Cirillo?

 

Him and Hart are platooning on the bench tonight.

[IslandsAC]

Is this the first game since Bell arrived that Bell, Grafanino AND Mench aren't all starting?

[AJAY]

Cirillo is on the bench, Bell is in the lineup, Jenkins is starting, Hart is on the bench, and Gwynn is in Triple A

 

I just want to scream right now.

[augie46]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

[MillerBombers]

Classic Line:

 

Gwynn was in the starting lineup today and then was sent down. Cool so he was in the starting lineup for a couple of hours before the game.

[SeriesFinale]

Sounds like "Wrigley Field North" there again.

[thablingster]

Another ho hum 1-2-3 inning for the offense. It's early though. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

I like Big Z's shoes, hopefully he doesn't spend too much time tonight putting the boots to us http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif .

[burniebrewer]

Sounds like "Wrigley Field North" there again.

 

I guess they're taking back Miller Park.

 

If our fans have (understandably) lost interest, I guess we'll take their cash.

[B2k1121]

Zambrano has thrown a lot of pitches it seems, and most of them strikes.

[MillerBombers]

Zambrano has thrown a lot of pitches it seems, and most of them strikes.

 

He has also thrown a no-hitter. You think you can jinx someone when you want to.

[Bruce Ciskie]

So I just looked at the lineup, saw Gross in the cleanup spot, and decided to let my wife watch her stupid dancing show on Fox.

 

I'm really not interested tonight. Last night was too much for me. I watched until Daron Sutton told me it shouldn't matter because it's just a baseball game. Then I turned it off and went to bed, because it didn't matter, after all.

 

(Thank goodness it doesn't matter, because if it did, there might be enough interested people across the Upper Midwest to justify paying good money to people so they can broadcast the games on television and radio. Oh, wait...)