re: #TFC Thread-4/24-Cubs@Reds- 0-1 - F - No Offense

WTF was that bunt?

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Stone refused a contract extension as the Cubs color-man after the 2004 season amid a controversy involving Cubs players who felt he was being overly critical of their performance. Even so, he was a fan favorite. This was apparent at the Cubs' last home game of 2004, when, after the game had ended and all the players had left the field, nearly everyone left in the stadium looked up to the broadcast booth and chanted "Stoney! Stoney!" for several minutes. One reason he was so well-liked was his ability to accurately predict what might happen in various game situations, explaining to the audience why the strategy or pitch would be successful prior to the play. A famous example of this was him expressing "I wouldn't pitch to this guy" in a 2004 game, seconds before the batter (Adam Dunn) hit a home run off Cubs pitcher Mike Remlinger to give the Reds the lead. Stone expressed frustration with Cubs manager Dusty Baker for not controlling his players. At one point during the 2004 season, Kent Mercker called the broadcast booth from the bullpen during a game to complain about comments made, also confronting Stone in a hotel lobby.[15] Among the comments that reportedly irked Mercker were Chip Caray's praise of Houston Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt. It was also reported that Mercker and left fielder Moisés Alou shouted at Stone on a team charter plane to a road game in 2004, and that Alou tried to have Stone and Caray banned from the team charter flights.[16] On September 30, 2004, in the wake of a 12-inning loss to the Cincinnati Reds that all but eliminated the Cubs, Stone strongly criticized the team. "The truth of this situation is [this is] an extremely talented bunch of guys who want to look at all directions except where they should really look, and kind of make excuses for what happened...This team should have won the wild-card [playoff berth] by six, seven games. No doubt about it."[17] The comments stunned manager Baker, and were a factor in Stone's resignation as a Cub broadcaster the following month.[18]

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I think he left after the 04 season. I think that was the year there was an incident on the plane with one of the Cubs players.

Well the Reds scored. This game is probably over.

yea, that's actually a very good comparison

2 on 0 out Let's Go

2 in scoring position
1 out

Sorryano brought in as pinch hitter
swings at two balls

frick that idiot
not a fricking strike thrown and he swings at three balls.

Soriano none of those pitches were even close

No all three pitches inside almost hit him.

And damn that was inches away from scoring two runs.