St. Louis Cardinals drub Chicago Cubs 8-3

[Harold]

The Cubs are an absolute disgrace, as is their manager. Lou has completely given up, and is just mailing in the rest of this season. Soriano, Bradley, Fukudome, etc., etc... the list of worthless baseball players goes on and on. Lee is the only player doing anything worth a dime of salary on the North Side.

Cubs fans should be ashamed to call themselves such. Tell you what, Scrubbies fans, I'll see you shirts that say "LOSER" on the front for $5 each - that way, you can save $13 from buying a licensed "Cubs" shirt, and everyone in Chicago will know what it means anyways.

The Ricketts family should save themselves $800 million, and buy a minor league team instead. They'd have the exact same chance of winning the World Series.

[David James]

Your article was too kind. The cubs stunk up the place. If we are going to have a .220 hitter in left let''s at least have someone who can play defense. Reed needs to learn who is in charge in the outfield as well!

At which point in the season are managers going to walk Pujols no matter what the situatiion. I would rather load the bases than picth to Albert.

this is from Wiki:

Question:Which baseball players have been intentionally walked with the bases loaded?

"Nap Lajoie, Bill Nicholson and Barry Bonds
This just in...

Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers was intentionally walked with the bases juiced. Joe Maddon made the call with the Tampa Bay Rays leading 7-4 with 2 outs in the 9th. The next batter, Marlon Bryd, struck out to end the game.

Enough said!

[Bruno]

We are so like the Sex in the City girls me and you Nadas a Smurf. That comment was such a Samantha thing to say.

Bruno loves the Cubs and Boystown!

Nadas a Smurf wrote:

Its gotta suck to be a sox fan...no where to rant on how great they are. Just go to Cubbies blogs!!!BWaaaaa (Sox fans are passed out in their trailers).

[odod]

they should be thanking god every day they play in the NL Central. If they were in the American League, they really would be burried by now.

[odod]

Tony Clarke wrote:

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Well said.

When are morons like you going to realize that the "97 win team" was a fluke? They played in a pathetic division in an even worse league and kicked the hell out of garbage teams all year long. They were under .500 in interleague play-does that mean anything to you? Two years ago-this team won 85 games-which is probably about what they will win this year. Get 97 wins out of your head-its not going to happen again. Their division, and the national league, is nowhere near as bad as it was last year. Add some injuries (unlike last year) and career performances last year from guys like Dempster, Lilly, Wood, and possibly Samardja and Soto-and there shouldn't be hard to understand what is happening now. Unless your a cub fan-then this must be truely puzzling.

[chgofan]

When the Cubs fall hopelessly behind, you just know that the 2 biggest bow-wows will have their excuse ready! The fans mistreated us by their comments while we were playing the field. They will come up with the jaques Jones comment. Any bets?

[jerry]

Let's face it folks. This is a 500 ball club period. Come August we may get a chance to move some of this dead wood. Let's hope so!

[Bobby Abreu]

I could be helping the Cubs now. Hendry couldn't keep his eyes off my wife's azzzzz. I also knew Milton Bradley was a racist against white umpires, he's wired that way.

[cubbaholic]

Jim Hendry wrote:

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That's about 890 games more to go. Just to put it in a little perspective.

Or $10,606.00 a game, that's including 30 games off for bad hitting behavior while getting his mind cleared.

[Jorge Arbusto]

Hey, hey, holy mackerel,
no doubt about it,
the Cubs are on their way!

The Cubs aren't gonna hit today
they're won't pitch today
they're will not field today
come what may,
the Cubs are gonna lose today!

Hey, hey holy mackerel
no doubt about it
The Cubs are on their way

They've got no hustle
they've got no muscle
the Chicago Cubs are on their way!!!

[weather buff]

I thought we had a chance this year...what was I thinking?

[Deane Paulson]

The Million Dollar Babies in the corners of the outfield (No Field/No Hit), pitchers whom let the slugger Beat You, and a manager whom is turning from Sweet Lou to Sour Grapes, these are what 40 thousand plus come out to see each and every day? Soon there will be empty seats along with empty wallets. Go Cubs & Take the Bears with you!!

[jimhickman]

I wouldn't worry about one loss. What do you think, we'd sweep the Cardinals? Lou should sit Harden down until Labor Day to get his arm back in shape for the stretch and the playoffs. Hendry should go get Roy Halliday to take his place in the meantime.

[Bauer]

Nada Surf wrote:

<quoted text>It's the dumbwa from Ottumwa...
Home of Tom Arnold...
Tony T Bowl!

I thought his name was "Tiny Pee Bone"...

[Wooly Bully]

When Soriano signed The Mother Of All Horrendous Contracts, he was probably crying........from laughing so hard.

Does anybody else wonder if the guy was really closer to 40 than 30 (years of age) when he signed it?

[Sorry ano]

jerry wrote:

Let's face it folks. This is a 500 ball club period. Come August we may get a chance to move some of this dead wood. Let's hope so!

This is looking like a team capable of at least 10 to 15 games below the level mark. They're stuck with most of these talentless mopes. They already got rid of Kerry (dead) Wood, and no one is going to show any interest in the radio color man, non-HOF goofball.

[Sorry ano]

Deane Paulson wrote:

The Million Dollar Babies in the corners of the outfield (No Field/No Hit), pitchers whom let the slugger Beat You, and a manager whom is turning from Sweet Lou to Sour Grapes, these are what 40 thousand plus come out to see each and every day? Soon there will be empty seats along with empty wallets. Go Cubs & Take the Bears with you!!

One thing about you flubbers is you can't stay away from a mediocre frat party. Go Bears and don't forget to take Fuku tackling dummy with you.

[The Truth]

Harden stinks.

This team does not have what it takes.

[Sorry ano]

Some questions for you flubber dubbers.

Have they found the soap for the rest rooms yet?

Does the drunk tank where they dumped Ryan Freel have room for lulu?

Have they exhumed every stiff from that cemetery in Alsip and signed them to no-trade contracts to occupy 2nd base yet?

They only thing more pathetic than the team is their fans. If the flubs ever won anything, it would be a terrible loss for the world of comedy. Think of a world where there's no flubs...you'd be left with Tom Dreesen.

[Bauer]

Let's review Jim Hendry's 2009 free agent acquisitions:

1) AARON HEILMAN: Heilman routinely chokes; has no guts when facing the Cubs' archrival Cardinals; Heilman also oftentimes looks extremely constipated and beleaguered on the mound.

2) AARON MILES: Touted as a suitable replacement for the departed fan-favorite Mark DeRosa, Miles struggled to keep his batting average above his weight before vanishing in to thin air; Miles is believed to still be in the Cubs organization, but his whereabouts are unknown.

3) MILTON BRADLEY: Bradley's greatest accomplishment thus far in 2009 has been unraveling, through his diligent sleuth work, the conspiracy amongst all Major League umpires to tarnish the good name of Milton Bradley. Bradley has also entertained fans with his whimsical antics, like the time he forgot how to count to 3. His ongoing dispute with the Gatorade cooler has also added some intriguing drama to this storybook season. Unfortunately, his baseball game has really sucked.

4) KEVIN GREGG: In some ways, Kevin Gregg is a perfect fit for the Cubs; just when you think he's turned the corner, he reminds you how truly awful he can be. Gregg oftentimes seems unfocused; may need to have his goggles cleaned more thoroughly, or his prescription updated.

FINAL MIDTERM FREE AGENT GRADE FOR HENDRY: F-