Bruiser Chong

This thread made me realize how many tasty sounding combos generally go on hot dogs. I'll never know for sure, though, since I've never willingly eaten a hot dog in my life.

Isn't his record and ERA a bit of a mirage, though? It seems like any time I've watched him pitch this year, he's walked a ton and managed to get out of most jams. This, nevertheless, has made him a six-inning pitcher at best.

Wasn't Dice-K supposed to be good? We went through all of this bidding to negotiate hype for this?

Even better than the Cubs coming from behind to beat the White Sox in walk-off fashion was getting to hear Hawk call the shot. Put that idiot in his place.

- C. Marmol relieved S. Gallagher - W. Aybar walked - D. Navarro walked, W. Aybar to second - G. Gross hit by pitch, W. Aybar to third, D. Navarro to second - A. Iwamura hit by pitch, W. Aybar scored, D. Navarro to third, G. Gross to second - S. Eyre relieved C. Marmol - C. Crawford homered to deep right, G. Gross, D. Navarro and A. Iwamura scored - B.J. Upton tripled to deep center - E. Hinske doubled to deep right, B.J. Upton scored

Carlos Marmol just channeled Rick Vaughn with that appearance. I haven't seen him look that bad since he was a starter.

Yes, another injury-prone guy with command issues is just what the team needs! That said, I expect a deal for him to be announced within a week.

Another one-run loss with a chance to win it in the ninth. And Zambrano left late with shoulder/neck problems. Super.

It took a while, but Edmonds finally got hurt. If he has to miss time, I can only imagine what Hendry will offer up for someone like Coco Crisp. Could get ugly.

"Thata boy, Reed. Play ball the Neifi way!"

Reed Johnson is a shit-for-brains idiot. Who the hell tries to steal third base late in a one-run game with two outs and your best hitters coming up?

The Cubs got two hits out of the infield off of Kazmir, both which were deflected. Other than that, they had an infield single. And yet, here it is, the fifth inning and Kazmir's sitting on the bench watching his pen go to work. Those walks sure clog up the bases.

Don't hurt 'em, Bavasi!... I want more comments like this.

No kidding. Injuries like this just lend credibility to the argument that most baseball players are inferior athletes to football, basketball, soccer, and hockey players. So what major deal is Stein going to pull off now that his best pitcher is gone for the majority of the season?

I swear something big happens every time I lose Internet service or power. I still remember losing the 'net for a night, coming back on and seeing that Mark Prior's elbow had exploded from a linedrive and then the Cubs had traded their closer. Anyway, this is a tasteless move by the Mets. The circumstances are bizarre, but I think Al's points pretty much cover the possibilities as to why things went down the way they did. I still don't see how this is going to help the Mets. You can't really fire the players, but I don't see how it's Willie's fault none of the big names were hitting, most of their rotation is shitty, and their pen can't be trusted.

Never let it be said RZA isn't about at least trying something new. He's a weak emcee, but this is left-of-center enough to get a few spins before I relegate it to the "songs on my iTunes list I never listen to" category.

I'm not ready, either. Where both teams are in the standings never takes away the sense of urgency that permeates these series, but it's going to be even worse with both teams in first. I'm slightly encouraged the White Sox have looked so human at the plate this last week after murdering the ball for a nice stretch there.

- The Dodgers were one of the most uninteresting teams to watch bat for eight innings. Only Detroit's lousy pen made it interesting. - Being surrounded by Tigers fans during a trademark Todd Jones save attempt was classic. I was there two years ago when Youkillis homered off him in the ninth. Even though he blew the save there and preserved it here, today's was much more of a white-knuckle ride for Tigers fans. - The eye candy that walks around the park is a great way to pass time before the game and in between innings. - Even though there was some massive rain for a while, I wound up with a killer farmer's tan after the rains subsided. Ouch. - I'm still always in awe of how expensive everything at the park is. Ten-dollar parking at best, $4 peanuts, $6.75 bottles of Bud Light, etc. It's no secret pro baseball's just big business, but I can't imagine how much an outing to the ballpark must set the average family back.

An extra ticket for the Tigers/Dodgers game fell in my lap a few minutes ago. I'm not into the Tigers and the Dodgers are just brutal to watch, but I haven't been to a game in two years, so it's tough to pass up.

Some friends and I watched it last night. A little disappointing, since they focused too much on the Gooker and their scope of gimmicks discussed was limited. I can't believe Hayes actually made it sound like it was Taylor's fault for the Red Rooster gimmick failing. We enjoyed the bad moments more so than the discussion on the bad characters. The Freebirds debacle was classic and the Chamber of Horrors was classic WCW. Nothing on the program compared to what we watched afterwards, though: The Piledriver Album Video! Nothing better than spending a Friday night with a bunch of dudes watching a music video that includes Hogan spraying cement all over Arnold Skaaland's ass.

Guys the Cubs picked up off the scrapheap are sure making their former teams look silly.

Every time I see Eric Byrnes' name, I remember he's the reason Carlos Quentin is now in Chicago and all the DBacks have to show for it are some extra bats, pine tar, and gimpy corner outfielder.

Czech's going to have a stroke.

I completely forgot Summerslam was getting the anthology treatment. I'm only interested in what would make up the first two volume sets. I've either got the other ones on DVD or couldn't care less about the others.

I went to bed during the fourth quarter, assuming the Lakers had the game in the bag. Oops.