IGT 7-14-06 Mets at Cubs for the first time all year!

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Trachsel draws a walk.

Maddux is beatable today.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Of course, that's obvious, since he's down 5 to 2.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Elster88 - "Was Wright's single a line drive? A seeing eye grounder?"

Looping line drive over shortstop into shallow leftcenterfield.

Elster88 - "Did Floyd hit the fence on the fly or go down a line or hit one in the gap?"

Doing some chores while watching the game, so I unfortunately missed Floyd's double. I'm really going to miss having Cliff around next year.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Floyd's double was a grounder past the bag down the right field line.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Trachsel draws a walk. Maddux is beatable today.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Of course, that's obvious, since he's down 5 to 2.

Post-padding Seaver Wannabe.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

If you think I was rude to that guy in the Binghamton thread, just wait until I become Tom Seaver.

Trachsel gets two outs on two deep fly balls.

Rain threatening; game's not official yet.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

ESPN says it's going to start raining in fifteen minutes.

Lo Duca and Beltran are out in the fifth. Four more outs until the game is official.

[Guest ABG]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: If you think I was rude to that guy in the Binghamton thread, just wait until I become Tom Seaver. Trachsel gets two outs on two deep fly balls. Rain threatening; game's not official yet.

Don't take a strike, men.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

1/2 inning to go.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Yes, but Trachsel's pitching that half inning.

[Elster88]

Trachsel really IS the human rain delay/rainout.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

The grounds crew is rushing into position. Bottom of the fifth underway with a strike to Cedeno.

And now a groundout to Woodward. One out.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Maddux flies to Beltran. Two out.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Three outs! Quick inning by Trachsel! Official game!

Let's get Cal Ripken to do a lap around the field!

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

We have ourselves an official game. Let the skies open!

[Centerfield]

Pierre grounds out. We're official.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

And not a moment too soon! The tarp is on the field.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Return from commercial break, it's pouring rain and the tarp is on the field.

[Centerfield]

Good. Let it rain for 2 hours until I can get home to watch it.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Centerfield wrote: Good. Let it rain for 2 hours until I can get home to watch it.

Better yet, let it rain for an hour and 13 minutes, so I can watch it at the gym.

Watching sports while on the treadmill or bike is amazing--the time just flies by. Except for during commercial breaks. Those suck.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Rain delay theater - the 1988 division clincher against Philly.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

If the game doesn't resume, it will be the second rain-shortened complete game for Trachsel this year.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I was at the other one - the Aaron Rowand game.

[TransMonk]

He'll be on the long side of this one though. (Damn you Rowand!)

Would be his 7th win in 7 starts.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

What's the forecast for Chicago for the rest of the day?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

National Weather Service says...

]AT 240 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF COOK COUNTY. SHOWERS ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG A LINE STRETCHING FROM LINCOLNWOOD THROUGH LOGAN SQUARE... HUMBOLDT PARK...AND CICERO. THESE SHOWERS WILL BEGIN AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE CHICAGO CITY LIMITS SHORTLY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE SHOWERS PASS THROUGH THE AREA.

Sounds like play will probably resume.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

And with that, the tarp is coming off the field.

[seawolf17]

="ScarletKnight41"]And with that, the tarp is coming off the field.

Game on!

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Both starting pitchers stay in the game.

Wright leads off the sixth against Maddux.

[Elster88]

Rotblatt wrote: Watching sports while on the treadmill or bike is amazing--the time just flies by. Except for during commercial breaks. Those suck.

Agreed