wow, what a debacle.

baseball needs a mercy rule.

this is pretty great

Well, half-price Monday was the only reason we sold out that game, not to mention it was Memorial Day. I'm a die hard South-Sider but I've come to terms that the Sox will never draw. I like it that way... you can go to any game you want and the people that are there, know their baseball. I liken it to being a part of an exclusive club.

The Sox have to keep winning like this, then when we get those 8 home games vs. the Twins and the NYY series in August, you'll see a massive spike. Hell, the first home game after they clinched in 2000, Comiskey was only 3/5 full... and Pedro was throwing that night.

They now have some of the same food as US Cellular.

Don't forget Harry. He almost single-handedly revitalized that park/neighborhood.

Also, Metra is contemplating adding a line that goes out to Sox park... then all of the old season tix holders that live in the southwest suburbs have an easy time going to games. The plan is coming together.

I think I saw the words "Chico's Bail Bonds" on the back of Damon's jersey.

I seriously want to find the picture from last season of Johnny Damon and Gabe Kapler standing in the outfield at Fenway and their jersey numbers together are 1918.

There's gotta be some 98 year old Cubs fan out there going take that you sons of bitches, I knew we'd get you and your fucking Babe Ruth one day!

cubs win 7-6. cubs win series. might as well just sweep tomorrow. bitches.

Good job, robotboy.

For your outstanding shit talking and taunting, I will punch Derek Lee's name on three ballots at the Nationals game tomorrow.

I knew i liked you for some reason, Elvis Fu.

oh the humanity.

boston's outfielders might as be sitting in lawnchairs out there.

Not to get ahead of the season, but since we've had the Battle of the Bay (Giants-As in '89), and Subway Series (Mets-Yankees in '00), what about this year an I-5 Series (Angels-Dodgers) or Subway and Elevated Series (Cubs-White Sox)?

A Chicago band should do a song called "Ground Ruled In The Ivy"

That's some outfield.

i'm nervously excited about tonight. something about the cubs on a nationally viewed espn game frightens me.

but hey, even if the worst happens, we win the series.

and although wakefield is not doing well this year, I could totally see him owning the cubs w/ his knuckleball shit.

I'm sure Patterson will be all over Wakefield's pitching!

Upper deck row 2 tonight!

my sister had 4 bleacher tickets for friday's game. they ended up going, but if I was her I would have seriously considered selling them. $500 a pop easy.

I went to the Nationals game today and had one of the worst all-around baseball experiences ever. Fuck those Expo fucks.

well i had a hunch that it'd be a bad game for the cubs, but i'll still take 2 of 3

quoted for posterity.

Hopefully he's back on track now.

i was at a barbecue this afternoon and my friend's husband gets a call from his brother that a guy in a bar where he's at is unloading 100 levels for $30. we leave the barbecue and rush down to meet him at wrigley. by the time we do, he says the tickets were gone and he's got another way in for himself, but not for us. then he gets a call that his pass isn't coming through. we walk around looking for tickets, but scoff at $60+/per.

he feels bad about having us come down and starts making calls. he gets wind that one of his old friends has a stack of tickets and is just sitting at some bar. we go there, but the friend isn't around. he feels even worse for walking us all over wrigleyville and says, "i'll be back." he leaves. my friend's husband confidently says, "he'll have tickets when he comes back."

five minutes later, he comes back with suite tickets for $30. we're all excited. i immediately start to fear they're fakes, but we get inside and find the suite. the people in there tell us the tickets were stolen and we can't stay because they're entertaining clients. (they said we could've stayed otherwise.)

so, the brothers tell one of the security guys that we bought stolen tickets and i'm thinking, "you guys are idiots! they're going to think we stole them and throw us out!" security starts walking us downstairs and i tell my friend that i'm bailing if we turn toward an exit. instead, we go into an office and security starts asking us about the tickets. we're told that we can stay if we cooperate. the guy who bought the tickets gives a description of the scalper and they tell us to go to standing-room or find empty seats. so, it didn't turn out too bad.

funny side note: my friend is a domme and saw one of her clients at the game. she pointed him out and then hid her face. i found it highly amusing, especially after she told me his kinks.

a domme?