**OFFICIAL CUBS REGULAR SEASON THREAD**

[woodyk1]

Soto is back tonight!

 

[woodyk1]

LaHair playing RF tonight. Just made a nice running catch.

 

[DuffMan]

Lehair just made a nice running catch in RF. He doesn't look like a huge liability on D to me.

 

[woodyk1]

Lehair just made a nice running catch in RF. He doesn't look like a huge liability on D to me.

Jinx! LaHair just hit a 2 run HR to give the Cubs a 2-0 lead.

 

[woodyk1]

Cubbies up 5-0 after HRs by Castro and Soriano!

 

[MikeDog70]

That was a bomb by Sori!

I detest watching games called by the Sox announcers...It's always "us" and "we", "good guys", "bad guys"...and the worst home run call in baseball, IMO.

 

[BlckNGldHwk]

Welcome back Geo!!

 

[MikeDog70]

Seriously...I don't think I would enjoy that "you can put it on the board..." crap even if I was a Sox fan.

At least it's an entertaining game to watch with all the dingers. Hold on Cubs!

 

[woodyk1]

Cubs extending the lead ... 9-3 now top of 7th. Still batting

Wow ... barely posted this and it's 12-3 ... HR by Valbuena

 

[BlckNGldHwk]

VAL-BUENO!!!!

 

[MikeDog70]

POUR IT ON!!!!

 

[MisterLucky]

The most enjoyable game of the year, and there ain't a close second. I regretted having to listen to the Sox announcers at the beginning, but now it's kind of fun.

 

[MikeDog70]

Haha....hearing how dejected they are...barely a reaction on Valbueno's homer, just "and that ball's killed"

 

[Hawkfromnorwalk]

Offensive juggernaut!!!

 

[MikeDog70]

Trying to find how often someone has been hit by pitch twice in one inning. That can't happen very often, and I doubt it's a situation many players want to be associated with.

 

[MikeDog70]

Found my answer:

Hit by a Pitch Records by Baseball Almanac

 

[woodyk1]

Found my answer:

Hit by a Pitch Records by Baseball Almanac

As a kid, I remember Ron Hunt. He used to wear a rubber suit (supposedly) to bat because he got hit so often. He was hit 50 times in 1971!

Remembering the Mets First “Starâ€￾ – Ron Hunt | Mets Merized Online

 

[ssckelley]

Found my answer:

Hit by a Pitch Records by Baseball Almanac

Only the 6th time ever. We were watching a piece of history tonight.

Any chance the Cubs can steal another? Peavy has been good this year.

 

[spliff45]

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned, but I'll take any game where the Sox announcers are forced to STFU.

 

[MikeDog70]

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned, but I'll take any game where the Sox announcers are forced to STFU.

You can put that on the board, Spliff. Yes.