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Cubs 3, Marlins 8, Final score (Going to Game 7) ~~ LIVE THREAD
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Posted on 10/14/2003 4:35:38 PM PDT by Dog

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To: libbytarian
We need NOW to look forward to winning and victory and shake off the feeling of losing and defeat.

Of course we do....

Go Marlins! Obey the Billygoat!!!!!!!

Be Seeing You,

Chris

p.s.: Cubs fans on WLS going bonkers over the fan who interfered. Meanwhile, here in Florida, the least deserving front-running phony fans in all of baseball had a gift handed to them last night...

1,221 posted on 10/15/2003 4:35:55 AM PDT by section9 (Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "Drop the sushi, clic on my pic, and visit my blog. Or else!")
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
If it had been a Cub's batter I bet interference is called.

Just because of the home field not any hatred of the cub.
1,222 posted on 10/15/2003 4:41:34 AM PDT by sharkhawk
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To: JustPiper
I guess if things didn't go down this way then it just wouldn't be Chicago.
1,223 posted on 10/15/2003 4:43:08 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: tscislaw; All
"The kid reached out over the railing. The ball was heading right into the glove."

When I went to sleep (had to), the Cubs were winning 3-0..... I'm speechless.


1,224 posted on 10/15/2003 5:12:10 AM PDT by proud American in Canada ("We are a peaceful people. Yet we are not a fragile people.")
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To: doug from upland
"....try more fiber."
I knew someone would say that---of course, it turns out to be DFU. I failed to mention that when I went to the bathroom, I read nearly an entire chapter of STUD---Adventures in Breeding by Kevin Conley, a great book on thoroughbred breeding. The game seemed to turn very quickly, though, and it started with that idiotic incident with the fans interfering with Alou as he was trying to catch that ball just barely into the stands.
1,225 posted on 10/15/2003 5:53:10 AM PDT by willyboyishere (HE)
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To: section9
the least deserving front-running phony fans in all of baseball had a gift handed to them last night...

Except you Chris...

1,226 posted on 10/15/2003 5:58:31 AM PDT by Petronski (I'm *NOT* always *CRANKY*.)
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To: Chi-townChief
Drat, they ain't making it easy are they.
1,227 posted on 10/15/2003 6:24:50 AM PDT by Impy (Don't you fall into the trap, democrats are full of crap.)
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To: Chi-townChief; Davea; Allegra; ThreePuttinDude; Kozak; JustPiper; Prodigal Son; ChadGore; mhking; ..
Wha' hoppen?

I'm stunned. Still in shock. Unbelievable.

It's the Curse of the Billy Goat, I tell ya!

But tonight we REVERSE THE CURSE!!! Knock on Wood. ))

And I'm going to the game. Got tickets (which, up until the 8th inning last night, I was sure I wasn't going to get to use). Driving up about an hour from now, from here in St. Louis back to my old hometown.

BTW, I'm an ordained Lutheran minister, you know. Maybe I should perform an exorcism of Wrigley Field. I'll look for a Rite of Degoatification.

Look for me on TV tonight. I'll be the guy keeping his hands in the stands on foul balls.


GO CUBS!

1,228 posted on 10/15/2003 6:56:10 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Tonight we reverse the Curse of the Billy Goat!)
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To: TrappedInLiberalHell
Damn, it looks like DU the morning after Bush got elected.
1,229 posted on 10/15/2003 6:59:43 AM PDT by Treebeard
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To: Petronski
No, it's true. This town is filled with the phoniest front-runners in sports. If the Marlins hadn't gone anywhere, they'd be lucky to get ten guys to show up in the stands.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

1,230 posted on 10/15/2003 7:03:59 AM PDT by section9 (Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "Drop the sushi, clic on my pic, and visit my blog. Or else!")
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To: okchemyst
My own personal favorite from the Cubbies board (and there are some JEWELS):

"*****I hope they win but Dusty is still Dusty. There is a reason San Fran didn't want him back!!**** Dusty will allow Wood to pitch until his right arm falls off, then encourage him to pitch left-handed. Farnsy will get up and spend the first ten minutes adjusting his cap. The fans will blame some kid who "interfered" with a ball Alou wasn't going to catch anyway. A bunch of slap-hitters and guys with one testicle will drink champagne at Clark & Addison. You guys can have the next 95 years, I'm out. I will not watch tomorrow. Even if they do win, I will not watch the WS.

1,231 posted on 10/15/2003 7:11:44 AM PDT by Treebeard
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To: All
I can't help wondering if 'the fan' has game 7 tickets. Outisde of our fine military, that guy would be the bravest guy in America if he had the guts to go back to Wrigley, especially if he sits in the same seat. Considering there was no interference called, security technically has no basis for barring him from the game, right?
1,232 posted on 10/15/2003 7:38:11 AM PDT by TrappedInLiberalHell (Hillary walks into a bar. Let's hope it leaves a nice bump on her forehead.)
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To: thoughtomator
I think Dusty Baker was the one who F'd up the Cubbies chances by leaving Prior in too long.
1,233 posted on 10/15/2003 7:40:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (All I want for Christmas is Ron Zook's firing (But he did beat LSU))
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To: doug from upland
Momentum can be a very powerful thing. I followed the New England Patriots Super Bowl season a couple years back. They started the season 1-3 and lost their starting quarterback (Drew Bledsoe) during a humilating loss to the Jets. The Patriots looked dead in the water for the season.

But in a game against Indianopolis, with an inexperienced Tom Brady as starting QB, linebacker Bryan Cox leveled one of the Colt players with a devastating hit. It literally changed the tempo of the game right then and there and the Pats steamrollered to an easy victory and never looked back.

Tom Brady gets too much credit for that Super Bowl season (though he did play well). It was the Patriots defense along with some clutch field goals by Adam Vinateri that put them there. That one hit by Bryan Cox changed the outcome of the entire season.

True to form, the Pats released Cox the very next year and they haven't been back to the playoffs since!

1,234 posted on 10/15/2003 7:46:03 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (208.0 (-92.0) Homestretch to 200)
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To: Charles Henrickson
I'll be watching out for ya! Will you be the guy with the Butterfly net?.. :) GOOD LUCK!
1,235 posted on 10/15/2003 8:01:54 AM PDT by carlo3b (http://www.CookingWithCarlo.com)
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To: dfwgator
blaming this fan for the loss is kinda like blaming Monica Lewinsky for Clinton's impeachment.

The reality is that the fan was having fun doing it and it was all a big game to the players, but the rest of the world took matters far more seriously.
1,236 posted on 10/15/2003 8:04:03 AM PDT by bonesmccoy (Defeat the terrorists... Vaccinate!)
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To: SamAdams76
I think that those who don't 'get' momentum tend to view individual plays in sports as independent events, like repeatedly flipping a coin. You know, past performance does not influence future events. But there are two key differences in baseball. One, it's not a timed sport. Extra outs give the other team more batters. And two, certain types of plays can rattle a team, while rallying the opponent. If that pop fly had gone in a little further into the seats, Alou doesn't get upset, Prior doesn't feel robbed, and the Marlins don't feel they caught a break. Would that DEFINITELY have led to the Marlins scoring fewer than eight runs. No, of course not. Nobody can say. But, if Alou catches that ball, now there are two outs and the infielders don't have to play at double-play depth, nor rush their throws.

So momentum may not be an actual physical thing. It's an idea. And ideas are powerful things.

1,237 posted on 10/15/2003 8:04:47 AM PDT by TrappedInLiberalHell (Hillary walks into a bar. Let's hope it leaves a nice bump on her forehead.)
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To: doug from upland
yes, but the USC Trojans don't have billy goat problems.

:)

They have that horse that tramples anything in it's path and a dog that did the same.

One horse and one tirebiting dog can chase any goats away.
1,238 posted on 10/15/2003 8:06:31 AM PDT by bonesmccoy (Defeat the terrorists... Vaccinate!)
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
bump to post #557 :> the first exclamation
1,239 posted on 10/15/2003 8:11:05 AM PDT by KantianBurke (Don't Tread on Me)
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To: Charles Henrickson
Well Rev. Charles, your #7 see's fruitation -g- WTG...yes perform an exorcism on Pudge!!!
1,240 posted on 10/15/2003 8:15:28 AM PDT by JustPiper (18 out of 19 HiJacker's had State issued Driver's License's !!!)
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