woooooo Cubs vs Cardinals

 I was all excited to actually watch a Brewers game on tv, only to see my guide 5 minutes before game time say Cubs/Cardinals.

What??

OK so Fox decided to bombard the country with NL Central games in their national TV slot this week (sorry Houston, not you) and of course living in Iowa I get stuck with the crapfest that is Chicago/St. Louis.  Should I just revert to the Brewers radio or try and find a crappy internet feed for the Brewers??

No.

I am going to sit through Cubs/Cards and blog my reactions.  I'm going to go ahead and predict this is going roughly 99% hate.

Let's roll.



(All times in CDT, we rule today screw EDT!!)

• 3:01--We start off with a tease in New York and a couple minute feature on the Brewers
• 3:04--Randy Wolf is the only Brewer that knows when the last Brewers playoff series win was
• 3:06--Welcome to Wrigley Field
• 3:06.02--Vomit
• 3:07--Oh good Mark Grace is calling the game
• Totally impartial
• 3:10--Jim Hendry memorial service
• 749-748 career
• Maybe next year
• 3:11--He was actually fired 4 weeks ago
• We fixed the glitch
• 3:12--Matt Garza's starting for the Cubs
• 5-9
• Probably not what they were hoping for
• 3:13--Time for first pitch
• WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!!
• Or a low flying plane from the Air and Water show
• Sorry didn't think anything was going on here
• 3:14--Mark Grace points out Garza wears #17 and has a G R and A in his 5 letter name
• Get over it
• Jon Jay lines the 2nd pitch into left and somehow doesn't get thrown out at 2nd
• Umpire has X-Ray vision
• 3:15--What, Mark Grace was a Cub??
• 3:17--Mike Quade picks his ear
• 3:20--Albert Pujols has the most HR's vs the Cubs than any player vs any team ever....or something
• 3:21--Garza intentionally walks Pujols with a 3-0 count and 1st bast open
• Scattered boos from the crowd
• The crowd is stupid
• 3:24--Berkman walks, Garza looks awful
• Quade visits the mound, asks Garza what time it is
• Garza replies Orange
• Quade decides to leave him in
• 3:26--David Freese grounds into a double play
• Quade is a genius
• Orange was the right answer
• 3:35--Cubs go down 1-2-3, more planes, and Larry King was here yesterday
• Houston hello!!
• He's old, he doesn't know where he is
• 3:36--Second Steve Trachsel mention of the game
• I don't know if I can do this much longer!!
•  3:37--Ryan Braun HR highlight
• woot
• 3:40--Yadier Molina strikes out and talks to the umpire without spitting on him
• 3:43--Carlos Pena is hitting .224??  good for him
• 3:46--Tony LaRussa once ran for Ron Santo
• Well he does have both legs
• 3:52--Carlos Zambrano is a douche flashback
• 4:00--What, Mark Grace was a Cub????
• 4:04--Ron Santo statue unveiled
• Yes it has legs
• 4:07--Pujols flies out
• LaRussa blames the smog off of Lake Michigan
• 4:15--Chris Carpenter talks about how awesome the Brewers are
• Also mentions their good defense
• -1
• 4:20--Aramis Ramirez is sick of listening to Chris Carpenter and hits a 2 run HR
• Dude makes one-handed catch in the bleachers
• 4:24--Pena triples, Byrd doubles making it 3-0
• Carpenter is suddenly not so talkative, interview over
• LaRussa to the mound, complains it's not regulation
• 4:40--Soto doubles into the left field wall
• yes into, get a gardener out there please
• 4:41--Matt Garza passes up the conventional bunt to try and hit a home run
• He's hitting .065
• Yeah that didn't work out
•  4:41--Matt Garza bunts on the 2nd pitch
• 4:44--So this is really a thing??

 

• 4:45--Back to the game....seriously, what was that??
• 4:50--Hey the Brewers are winning again
• 4:51--Where are Prince and Albert going to play next year
• Let's worry about that in the offseason ok??
• 5:01--Pujols pops out
• LaRussa blames it on global warming
• 5:12--42,374 in attendance
• Some of them Cubs fans
• 5:18--Skip Schumacher gives the Cardinals false hope putting 2 on with 1 out
• 5:19--Yadier Molina hits into a double play except for Ramirez throws high and Pena can't come down on the bag
• 5:20--Ryan Theriot strikes out to end the inning....because he's Ryan Theriot
• 5:21--No 7th inning stretch because it's not Chicago TV
• woooooooooooo
• Eat it James Denton
• Who??
• 5:25--Looks like Garza's done, 7IP 0R 8K 110pitches
• I told you it was Orange!!!!
• 5:28--Sean Marshall coming in for the Cubs....uh oh
• 5:31--and Tony Campana is in Left
• What Soriano can't play defense??
• 5:34--Matt Holliday swings 3 seconds early on a breaking ball to strike out
• 5:36--Kerry Wood time!!
• I seriously missed his 2 pitches in the 8th
• 5:42--Mark Grace hit an inside the park HR once
• nobody cares
• did you know he played for the Cubs once??
•  5:50--To the 9th
• Marmol
• Fun
• 5:53--Pujols grounds out to short
• LaRussa blames bad dirt at Wrigley
• 5:56--Cubs win
• yuck
• wait that's what we want....
• I feel dirty

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