Just shows you how much character this team has. I’m getting really excited about this team.

and pick up Wood after he blew the save.

The team is definitely playing with a bit of confidence right now, which is good to see.

all eight starters with OBP above .400!!!

I must give credit where credit is due. I flat out enjoyed listening to them. they were very knowlegable about the opposing team and were extremely complimentary of players like d. lee. they clearly do their homework and for that i commend them. i usaully hate other teams commentators. great TEAM win last night. this team has chemistry like no other ive ever seen before.

I remember was near the beginning of Juan Pierre’s time here. Pierre and DLee had one, I believe at wrigley

This team has a new identity, a swagger and a confidence that I haven’t seen in a while.
I am usually cynical and would normally get down after Kerry blew that save, but last night, I was like “that’s okay… we’ll get ‘em in the 10th.”

This is going to be a fun year…

Barring a slew of injuries, especially to pitchers, (yeah, I remember 1985), I don’t see the Cubs having to make up an 8.5 game deficit this season as they did last season. They should be in first place or close to it the rest of the season. 2 games up with 141 to go is not a bad place to be.

They called me right after A-Ram’s blast in the 9th… I couldn’t hear a word my friend said because the Cubs fans there were too loud. Then when Dome got up with runners on 2nd and 3rd…. they called again just so I could hear the Fuk-u-dome-A chant. If the Cubs keep up their current pace…. I think we are going to see a lot of Cubs fans crawling out from under rocks in every city we play at - something that is going to make every team we play feel a wee bit uncomfortable in their own stadium. (See Brewers, Cardinals, White Sox, D-Backs, Rockies, Padres, Pirates, Reds, Nationals, Dodgers and Marlins) I don’t know about the Blue Jays and Orioles in inter-league yet, but if we keep on playing good, I would have to say even at those stadiums Cubs Nation will make its presence felt. What a great feeling for both the fans and the players!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like McDonald’s…. I”M LOVING IT!

...was without MLBTV coverage, so I was clinging to GameDay…Can’t wait until this afternoon for some WGN love!

Great Game! Wish I hadn’t fallen asleep during the exciting parts! I managed to keep my eyes open long enough to see Marmol get the last three outs!

Can we keep this up? The obp for this team is amazing! I know it has been beaten like the proverbial dead horse, but damn was Dusty wrong! Get ‘em on, get ‘em in!

...as long as good ARAM keeps hitting 9th inning homers!

1. Great to see Howry throw so well. He is locating his fastball which he has to do since it is essentially his only pitch. If he continues this bullpen will carry us.

2. We are VERY lucky that pinch running DLee in the 9th did not come back to haunt us. That was not a smart move (IMO).

3. Lou: Please give Marmol a day off. He pitched a perfect 10th, but his velocity and location were not as sharp as normal.

I drank the Cubs Kool-Aid last night.

We sure have made the most of our opportunities and found a way to win so far.

We see if every year, (Tigers ‘06, White Sox ‘05, Marlins ‘03 after McKeon arrived) that the teams that find a way to win spread that confidence around the clubhouse and into the seats.

This has been a great start, despite some mediocre SP performances.

Keep it up Cubbies! On to the next 10,00!

beside myself with the way this team is playing right now. The way that EVERYONE is contributing and picking eachother up. This quote from Wood couldn’t be any farther from the truth:

“We’ve been picking each other up all year,” Wood said. “That’s why we are in the position we’re in. It’s somebody different every night. ... I don’t think we could predict the way we were going to be swinging the bats right now. I don’t think we have more than one guy in the lineup hitting under .300.”

I couldn’t watch the game, but followed it via cell phone (mlb gameday), ugh! Onward and upward…go Cubs!

I’m working on a song a takeoff on Willie Mickey and Duke called “Fukudome, Ramirez and D Lee” It’s going to be a combination of the original song and Baseball and the Cubs.

I want the third line to be who is ….... anyway and trying to decide between Mark Prior and Brian Roberts

The opening lines will be

After 100 years waiting for our chance
The North sides ready for a victory dance
Who is ….... anyway?
A new era is being born
The Cardinals and Brewers we will scorn
and down on the corner america’s team
is finally getting on track

It still needs a lot of work. I’m leaning towards Prior for the who is anyway in case we get Roberts at some point in the season.

Obviously there is a lot of baseball left to play, but this is a great place to be in. Not only is the team winning, but the way they are doing it is what is so great IMO. Manufacturing runs when needed, coming from behind, HR, great defense and offense, could go on and on here…

It’s a great time to be a Cubs fan that is for sure!
OT instantly thought of Cwyers when, instead of BA, they posted the OBP of the lineup on Comcast last night. I would venture to guess THAT has never happened with a Cubs team!!!

was with 1 out, not 2.

But I thought besides the end result being our ultimate dream it would be really really cool to have the baseball equivalent of the 1985 Bears season. Just dominant. Kicking butt and taking names.

I want other teams fans to look at the schedule and say “Dang doogle the Cubs are coming.”

Let’s not forget two 4 for 5 nights by Lee and Soto. That Soto guy is exactly the same guy I kept screaming about last year after watching him in Des Moines. Also it’s nice to see his old coach when he was with Iowa, Mike Quade, working with him on his defense.

Oh, and Mediacom in Des Moines is absolutely Cardinals crazy. They played yesterday’s Cardinals blow up loss back to back yesterday on FSN Midwest. They even played the Brewers/Phillies game on the “Mediacom Connection” channel last night for some reason for the 5 Brewers fans here in Des Moines… But still, they refuse to pick up CSN in Des Moines.

Oh well, I feel good even on a rainy day today because our guys won last night even if I had to listen on the radio. This is something special we have here.

I found this on Purple Row, thought it was too good especially after last night.

The Rockies have taken a lead into the 8th or 9th inning in each of the last three games, only to find a way to suffer a heartbreaking loss. Well, now you too can simulate the feeling at home without the aid of the Colorado Rockies! And here’s how:

http://www.9news.com/sports/columnist/blogs/ontherox/article.aspx?storyid=90454

“Just Win, Baby!” Doesn’t matter how or who, they are getting it done!

Nebraska played its in-state rival Creighton last night in Omaha at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium (which some will recognize as the home of the CWS). Trailing 4-3 after four innings, the Huskers (30-7-1) sent 17 men to the plate en route to scoring 13 runs off of five Creighton pitchers, the most runs Nebraska has scored in an inning since also plating 13 against Chicago State on March 16, 1999.

Here’s to the Cubs doing the same thing this afternoon :)

Was anyone else confused as to why Theriot played SS and Cedeno 2B last night?

IMO definately the key to this being a really good lineup. If he keeps hitting…wow. How refreshing to see a catcher who can hit AND play defense.

but a quick look at the standings shows that only the AL east and the NL east, along with our division, have more than 2 teams with winning records. What the Cubs are doing now has to be seen as more than just beating scrubs. Not that they haven’t had trouble beating scrubs in the past. I’m going to enjoy the ride and hope for a long season. Last year when I heard it was early, it was to reassure fans there was time to catch up. Now, it’s to keep us from being too cocky. I prefer cocky. Go Cubs!

Got a couple pics from yesterdays game I want to send him. I’ll post some in the FanShots section too. Thanks! Oh, and what a game! Rammy in the ninth, are you kidding me??

I found myself last night preparing myself for a loss or (gasp) a losing streak. Winning is fun, but this team has obviously proven they have the talent to win the NL. The question to me is how will they respond to a loss or two. I was also wondering how many losses it would take for folks to start jumping off of buildings again like when they were 0-2 (doesn’t that seem like a whole season ago).

A bit blurry, but we had seats in row one overlooking the cubs bullpen. Wood about to come in right after Rammy hit the go ahead shot in the ninth.

“AROD may play tomorrow” that is of course, per ESPN, more important than a teams 10,000 victory.

team and the way they are playing right now. Confidence is at an all time high. Can’t wait for the game today.

That was a huge win by the Cubs. Colorado is an explosive and talented ballclub. To come back on them twice at Coors Field was huge. The Cubs are becoming one of the elite teams in baseball. The only legitimate concern is starting pitching….do we have enough to make it to the World Series? I don’t think we do, but I’m not going to worry about that right now.

I know that the Cubs have to go 2 time zones after today’s game to Washington DC for a game tomorrow night, but did you see that Baltimore has to go from a late game (9:00 CDT start) in Seattle back to Chicago to play the Sox tomorrow night. What will be a tough plane ride.