in the first few rows on the thrid base side upper deck? Dark blue maybe black sweat shirt? Rebound off of seats actually behind you. If so, you were very excited.

Wood is a team guy, who has had a good attitude through all of his injury problems. I am so glad he has been able to resurrect his career as a closer. Congrats on the foul ball!

However, I wish Woody would sing for fans more often after the game. I bet he carries a nice tune. Kidding, but I also had a great time last night. My dad actually splits season tix w/ a co-worker w/ Sect. 438 Row 1 (3 last corner seats) and I was initially skeptical w/ Sect 527 tix but I came to the conclusion that there’s really not a bad seat at Wrigley (well almost) and so I thoroughly enjoyed all 9 innings. Saw the Fuk-U-Do-Meter sign for the first time and I could even see Al from across the way. Also saw Cuban chillin in his front row seats. All in all, a great night.

I know who you are….randow…did your GF have players signing the W flag? And was she VERY excited….?

Mike Piazza. Not saying Soto will be as good of a hitter as Piazza, but the potential seems to be there, both in power and in average. Biggest difference I can see right now is Piazza had power to all fields, especially right-center. Soto seems to be a dead-pull hitter, tonight’s second homer notwithstanding. Not sure that’s a problem, but if it is, the nice thing is, it’s a area that can be worked on and improved. And it’s probably safe to say, Soto brings a better defensive toolkit to the table than Piazza.

The beauty here is that Soto can mature as a major-leaguer surrounded by the likes of DLee, ARam, Soriano, Fukudome, DeRosa – all very good hitters. So there is no pressure on him to be “the man” right now. All he needs to do is handle the pitchers and block the plate. Any offense is gravy. Having said that, let me also say it’s time to start roasting the turkeys my friends, ‘cause there’s going to be lots of gravy this year… ;-)

and am very happy to see him pitching so well.

Interesting. How could we possibly know if the other potential buyers will turn in to Jerry Jones types as well? With so much ego and money involved, I’d probably rather have a Mark Cuban than a Peter Angelos.

Now that the Mavs are done.

As much as I like the idea of a billionaire fan owning the team, Selig would rather live with Bonds than allow Cuban to buy the Cubs.

I’ve never understood why Sam Zell doesn’t want to keep the team.

...or a guy who looks exactly like Bill Kurtis. I cant even fathom that connection.

http://www.baseballscorecard.com/index.htm

There is a lot of information on how to score a game. Everyone seems to do it a bit different. Al has his conventions, I have some different ones, and other people I know have theirs, but this site will give you some of the basics.

Kasey

And reasonable.

talking about how all the Japanese players like Ichiro, H Matsui, Matsuzaka and now Fukudome are so very humble and not ‘divas’...

I also rec’d my Dome jersey yesterday in time for the game. Let’s take this series today and take it to St Louis on a positive….Go Cubs!

If he is still feeling his way and hitting over .300, I am looking forward to later in the year!

He certainly has not disappointed – both his play and his attitude.

.915 OPS is fumbling?

That is awesome. He may not hit for much power, but he reminds me of an outfielder version of Mark Grace with more speed.

What a wonderful signing. I wish more major leaguers could take his style of play as an example of how to approach the plate and how to defend his position.

Did anybody else gasp when Dome tried to catch the ball against the right field wall and slam into it? I had visions of Ken Griffey Jr in my head. After the play, he looked like he was grimacing and had his left arm behind his back like something was wrong. Hopefully he’s ok.

Does that answer your question?

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