Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
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| SP | Brandon Backe | SP | Jason Marquis |
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6-10, 4.72, 100 K, 56 BB, 129.2 IP |
6-7. 4.68, 64 K, 45 BB, 117.1 IP | ||
| 2B | #Kaz Matsui | LF | Alfonso Soriano |
| RF | Hunter Pence | SS | Ryan Theriot |
| 1B | #Lance Berkman | 1B | Derrek Lee |
| LF | Carlos Lee | 3B | Aramis Ramirez |
| SS | #Geoff Blum | CF | *Jim Edmonds |
| 3B | Ty Wigginton | 2B | Mark DeRosa |
| CF | *Darin Erstad | RF | *Kosuke Fukudome |
| C | Humberto Quintero | C | Geovany Soto |
| P | Brandon Backe | P | *Jason Marquis |
What a surprise!
I returned Tuesday night from a wonderful vacation on the East Coast, and based on the news mix I got from the all-sports radio station in Boston, I assumed all of MLB had gone on hiatus while the Red Sox negotiated their divorce arrangements with Manny Ramirez.
Turns out the Cubs had, in fact, stayed busy, eviscerating the Brewers and taking two-of-three from the Bayless Bucs while building a 5-game lead in the Central. This afternoon they try to even up their season mark against Houston—currently they're 5-6—while capturing yet another series win. In 18 series so far this year at Wrigley, the Cubs are 14-3-1.
Jason Marquis, winless in his last six starts (0-4, 5.25), goes for the home team. Brandon Backe, the losingest pitcher on Cecil Cooper's staff, has an ND and loss against the Cubs this season.
Hey, I see the Cubs are stumping for permission to play some of their home night games on Fridays and Saturdays. Why not? Then Erin Andrews could cover the games in a cocktail dress.
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#1 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
saturday night games in wrigley would be awesome
#2 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Sean Gallagher is expected to go on the disabled list with a sore shoulder. A source told the San Francisco Chronicle that Gallagher felt a "pop" in the shoulder in his July 25 start against Texas.
#5 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
bet no one had Gallagher ahead of Harden in the pitcher death pool...
#3 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Jason Marquis, winless in his last six starts (0-4, 5.25)
That is not a really fair look at Marquis.
Four of his last five starts been solid or good, all being "quality starts," which should be more than enough to win on this team.
#4 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Hmm... and maybe Bruce Levine can wear a Tux or something.
Oh wait... we don't care what he wears, because he is a guy.
#7 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
#8 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Umm... how is a dress at all comparable to cut off jeans and flip flops?
Poor parallel.
#9 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
The parallel lies in their unsuitability in what is, for all of the other reporters and the players themselves, a place of business.
#10 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
No... they are not.
Wearing a dress that makes a woman look sexy has no similarities to a man wearing cutoffs and flip flops.
Sorry... strongly disagree with you on that one.
#12 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
You're wrong on this dave.
It's about what is appropriate and what is not. She was not dressed appropriately.
#14 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
I've gotta disagree on this. Bruce Levine's job isn't to be on tv. Like it or not, Erin Andrews isn't a typical "journalist". She's like a host on E!, except she talks about sports instead of celebrities. Part of her job is to look good for the camera.
I have absolutely no problem with her dressing a little sexy. If she were a beat writer using her tits to get a scoop, then that's a problem. But she's not. She's a fucking sideline reporter who appears on camera 4-5 times per game and lobs the players/managers softball questions for our entertainment.
#15 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
so what you are saying is that she is eye candy and is not to be respected as a real journalist.
#23 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
That's a real stretch from what I said. You may have your own issues if you think you can't be both attractive and respected at the same time.
There's a reason you don't see very many ugly people on television. Part of her job is to look good. The other part is to ask a few questions that we (the viewer) might find interesting.
And let's drop the whole "respected journalist" garbage. It doesn't make me sexist or a mysogynist because I don't think she's breaking the next Watergate any time soon. And that has nothing to do with her gender or her looks. It's because she's a SIDELINE REPORTER. Woodward and Bernstein she is not, but she's good at what she does.
#27 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
she wants to be thought of as a hot chick first and a reporter/journalist second.
the same does not go for other women reporters.
#38 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
that's a stretch considering she doesn't take her work as a joke.
you aware that a great number of sports writers never wanted to be sports writers? it's just the job/beat that they were put on or assigned to for a lotta them.
it's like any specialization, though...once you work it enough it becomes a whole lot easier to go from place to place within your specialization.
besides, the pressure to wear what she wears may not even be her call.
the changing face and dolling up of jennie zolasco...who's a very legit baseball reporter...doesn't even remotely match her personality.
#41 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
she wants to be thought of as a hot chick first and a reporter/journalist second.
She does? I didn't realize that you knew her.
#42 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Very few sports guys are "respected reporters". The entire genre is built first on entertainment with real journalism a very distant 10th or 11th. So Erin first going for the entertainment part of the job is absolutely no different from any male reporter first going for the entertainment story about a player, or reporting only ARod's infidelity.
I'd say Erin wearing a revealing dress is a lot better actually then all the drivel spouted by ESPN talking heads.
But god knows if you show some cleavage you must be a slut and have no real value as a human being, let alone a reporter.
#43 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
just what she puts out there.
legit reporters don't pull that kind of stuff.
#48 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
She could be both, not that I'd notice. She had me at hot chick.
#44 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
What he meant to say was that she isn't a real journalist. She has no business being outside the kitchen. She should be barefoot and pregnant somewhere in the south.
#50 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Seriously... someone can't be attactive and a respected "real journalist?"
The two are not exclusive.
#51 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
actually, yes. very attractive people don't do well in journalism. That is why news anchors were never very handsome guys. not ugly. just not 'hot'.
#52 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Huh? There are a ton of attractive/very attractive new anchors.
Chad... lets be honest - you have zero credibility on this issue. You believe that women have no place in men's sports, which leads to you having no credibility in issues related to women in men's sports.
#53 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
There are no news anchors who would be considered "hot". Like the way George Clooney is considered hot.
Lauren Sanchez is the only 'hot' news anchor in Los Angeles of all places and no one takes her seriously.
#54 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
http://www.icpin.com/theuriau.shtml
http://www.melissa-theuriau.fr/en.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9lissa_Theuriau
Just sayin'
#55 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
I'm just saying that maybe you can find someone in America?
Just sayin'
#58 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Maybe I could, but why bother? She may be French, but she can surrender to me any time.
#64 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Connie Chung was considered pretty hot in her day.
#56 Re: Game 115 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Chad's fightin' hard for the title.
#6 I'm chillin''
in Parachat for the Brewers/Cincy game while I wait for the Cubs one...
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