definition of winning ugly today.
I thought Wards AB was bad today also, he never saw a strike and then struck out with two on.
I give Marquis credit, he should of been knocked around, but got out the first two innings with just the one run.
I know a lefty was throwing today, all be it at tops of 82 MPH, I would of started Pie today, yes I know Johnson has favorable numbers against Moyer, but Pie is sitting to much. Would love to see a run of games for him, 10-12 in a row, see what he can do.
Hey you take the win, and at 7-5, not to bad considering they really haven't played well at all.

That HR was a blown call, pure and simple. And you didn't mention
the failed "double steal."

I'm still worried about what these extra-inning messes are doing to
Santo's stamina and mental health.

you mean wood pitched the 8th and 9th, not the 10th?

sitting behind home plate in the Yankees/Red Sox game wearing a Cubs hat?

...on Jackie Robinson day?

I assume that is just the irony of scheduling..

...I am happy for him that he didn't mess up today, hopefully his confidence will build and mistakes will be fewer when he plays.

is that all of those extra inning wins came away from home - where not batting last and having the ability to end the game suddenly both work against you.

I know that historically, the home team wins most games, but can anyone tell me, stat-wise, how often the home team wins an extra inning game? That's a stat I'd love to see.

that last year we had very few close calls go our way....DeRo's homer may be a sign of good things to come...We need the breaks cause we are playin' like S*IT!!!

..Soriano spends the day off in the batting cages!

But lookin at the standings, we are in thetoughest division in baseball.. WE would have #2 most wins in AL, and we're sittin 3rd in our division. fyi...

I have been very frustrated by some of Lou's managerial decisions in the past, but I loved his left-right switch pinch hitting today with Soto and Pie. We may have lucked out, but BRAVO nonetheless.

I'm sure there have been more than what I remember, but other than today's game, I can think of only one other Cubs game I've watched where they got a break that won the game for them (a Rockies game years ago, where the Rockies could have tied the score in the 9th, but for the ball rolling into some drain pipe past the bull pen, resulting in a ground rule double - the next batter made an out). I've lost track of the number of games I've watched where they had a break go against them, and they lost.

Having said that, the 99 years of futility, we all know, is the product of ownership that didn't care about winning. I really don't understand our ownership right now, but we seem to have management that cares about winning. For that, we have the '03 Cubs to thank, who somehow broke the contentment with "getting close."

This team really hasn't played well. Our starting pitching hasn't gone very deep in games (have we had a starting pitcher make the eight inning yet?), and Soriano and Ramirez (both batting in spots we need to have be productive ones) aren't hitting close to their career averages.

Yet, we are 7-5. We've got good talent on this team, and certainly, on paper, they are better than last year. I just want to see them win it once.

He could be good value at the deadline, or he could come up and we could move Fukudome to CF.

for heart stoppages like the one howry gave me. we need this off day baddddd. nice road trip 4-2 i believe and now were going home for 8. go cubbies.

Like winning two series - I'll take it.

he had to work a lot harder in the 2nd inning because of Blanco's PB and Theriot's rag arm on Bruntlett's IF hit. Long innings take a lot out of any P, especially one who has been ill. Perhaps he could have gone 6 if the 2nd would have been easier?

BTW, DeRo has as many HR as his good buddy Chipper Jones right now. (Doubt if I'll be able to say that on May 1st.)