He Did It Again! -- Cubs 4, White Sox 3

My boss is a die-hard Sox fan, but he’s also my best friend of twenty years. I told him when they pinch hit for Danks that it was a mistake to take him out. I told him that D. Lee and Rami have hit Dotel hard over the years… Lo & behold, they go back to back. He hated it. Then when Rami came to the plate in the bottom of the ninth, I told him “Ramirez is going to hit a walk-off.” Then 2 seconds later. CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!

1 dollar up with me and one of my best friends.

Great person otherwise but he’s a Sox fan.

The redeeming qualify is he’s also a diehard Bears fan.

D Lee looked like himself today. Staying back, letting the ball come to him, and attacking the inside half of the ball. That bomb was huge for this game but bigger for the near future. He’s got to get himself right. If A-Ram and Lee get hot…look out!

...I never understood why some people like to do that after a win. If it’s done in anger eg. after a bad call, I don’t condone, but I can understand. But why waste that beer when you could be using it to celebrate?

It’s nice to break that 3-game losing streak. The news on Big Z is relatively good. The Cubs are going to survive Zambrano missing a start or two just fine.

Does anyone know what Steve Stone said during the Sox telecast when his old friend Kerry was pitching?

Honestly AL I think the Cubs should have Z miss 2 starts and might even if it’s not 100 percent necessary.

But they can go to Saturday without him just skipping Monday.

If the Cubs err here though I’d rather see them err on the side of caution.

If they decide to DL Z maybe it’s best to keep Marshall in Iowa and bring up a reliever and put Lieber in the rotation. They can wait til next Saturday for a starter. Then the next Thursday it would be 15 days.

....Lilly held tough, Howry did his job, Kerry shut the door. Nice to see some blasts from the guys we need it from. Overall, a relief to get this win.

One thing, Al. Rami’s blast looked like it cleared the basket and hit that greenery in centerfield. At least from the replays.

Anyone know anything about the standing room tickets for tomorrow? I read in the Red Eye that a few hundred go on sale at 8 AM tomorrow, any idea when people will start lining up or any tips?

I am not worried about D Lee, he is a proven professional hitter who has had slumps before. He’s already starting to come around. Hitting, and to some degree pitching, is not my worry with this team. My worry, or perhaps it’s more a concern, is the defense. Aramis and Theriot are piling up the errors. And if there has been one thing that the Cubs have been known for it’s errors at crucial periods of a game – especially in the postseason.

The rest is coming along great, we just need to shore up our defense.

on the computer, MLB gameday, called home when Ramy was up, my daughter tells me CUBS WIN on the walkoff, of course the computer is about 10 seconds behind, so I got the walk off from my daughter.
Agree, this was a huge win, Cubs needed it badly. Seeing all of the double play balls I was getting frustrated. Glad they pulled Danks.
I thought also on the replay that Ramy shot made it beyond the basket, he knew it was gone as soon as it hit the bat, great shot.
Looking at the replay also AJ swung on the pitch from Woody. I give AJ credit however, he seems to hit the Cubs well and he is having a good year, even though he can be a jerk.
I would sit Z for two starts, he is the Cubs horse, most important starter we have, make sure his shoulder is right. Don’t rush him back, no need at all.
Great win, lets get game two tomorrow.

just watched ARAM win the game….. how awesome!! was on the golf course but wanted to catch the game on tv and was rewarded…. BIG WIN!!

Great win today and go Cubs!..

I had to step out during the game and didn’t see the inning. I bashed Ramirez for him not hitting as of late. Looks like the jokes on me!

Looks like it was a great win today, I wish I could have watched it. Man I wanted to see what Hawk’s reaction was!

Aramis and Derrek came through big time. Ted did what he needed to do. Hope they can do this two more times this weekend.

In his post game interview Aramis said he and D-Lee said they had to step up with Soriano out and was happy it worked out that way today. Me too.

By the Cubs players and organization’s response to comments made by Danks, GM Kenny Williams and Ozzie Guillen. When Cub players are asked about this series the common response it’s just another series and we come out to win everday. I understand the mindset but I think it is unaccaptable for us too take these bitch slaps and not respond. I know we are a classy organization and fan base but these weak insults need to be addressed. It’s frustrating but I know the only thing we need to do is prove it on the field and not through the media.

He had a good game going 2 for 3

now after that walkoff.

Going to Sunday’s game also, and I hope to make it a nice 9-0.

we need them to lose, cause they are on a tear right now

I was at the game today with a Sox fan. It wasn’t a lot of fun until the HRs. Boy, that shut him up quickly. We just can’t get too far a head of ourselves. There are still 2 games to play.

Go Cubs.

http://markderosa.mlblogs.com/

That was a fast update, pretty cool stuff – check it out!

( “that much” being about a foot or two…)

That home run was an absolute rocket! The ball was out of the park before many of the fans in the bleachers even looked up. Very little warning. You would have had to be within 5 feet or so of the landing zone in order to catch it on the fly. I happened to be about 7 feet away. I ran over as soon as I could but just couldn’t get there in time. Ball bounced on sidewalk, pretty close to the Waveland/Kenmore street sign and took a big bounce. Ended up landing in the second yard down Kenmore.

It was Dave, not Mo, that actually got the ball. Mo got a new job recently so it’s tougher for him to make the weekday games. Dave was in right place at right time, standing back by the tree, so he had a head start on everyone running towards the yard. First one through the gate and after a few frantic seconds of searching for the ball in the tall grass, came up with it.

And yes, a ball came flying back into the field, but it was A ball – not THE ball.

It’s a travel day for me and I was following the first inning or two on my phone, checking the play by play in the gate lounge and on the plane, before they told us to switch everything off. When the plane I landed, it was the 7th inning and I got to “see” the back to back jacks refreshing the Yahoo boxscore obsessively while taxi-ing to the gate. It took quite awhile to get off the plane and into baggage reclaim, and there was a mighty delay waiting for the bags. Frustrated waiting for my bag and dying to see or hear some of this game, I pulled my laptop out and sat on the edge of the baggage carousel, and fired up MLB.com. Denied! Something wrong with my audio – I get the stream but can’t hear it! So I switch to the video feed, and there is Aramis in the 9th, reaching down and yanking that ball up into the junipers – Cubs win!!! – no audio, but I watch that dogpile at home plate and Aramis run into the dugout, and then my bag shows up on hte belt and I can relax and continue on in my journey…...

about the 3rd inning or so, there was a young man stumbling around, shirtless, with a big “E” painted on his chest. Apparently he had been kicked out of the bleachers, and judging by his gait, justifiably so.

The funny part though was for the rest of the game, somewhere in the bleachers, there were seven other shirtless wonders (F-U-K-U-D-O-M), probably catching all kinds of sh*t from other fans for their perceived lack of spelling skills…

DeRo’s bat looked really slow today - he missed some very hittable fastballs. Hopefully, Edmonds will be able to go tomorrow (or will be DLed and Pie called up) so that DeRo can get a day off. He’s the only player who played every inning in the field during the Turf Trip - at 4 positions, no less—and it’s starting to show. He’s running on fumes.

hope we get out of this and Aram can put it away in the 9th

the cardinals would stop winning when the cubs win.. what’s the deal.. they can’t beat the KC Royals, but they can lay it on the red sox… STOP IT! geez.

That’s me (the big guy with the camera) giving it to AJ after he complained about the strike out. These were by far the best seats I ever had. Schmoozed with Ozzie the whole game. He’s a hoot.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/2597007904_2492ec026e_m.jpg

Lee:

A-Ram:

Thanks!

Something is terribly wrong with Rich Hill.

His line: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 1 K

His ERA 5.88

Ramirez is the personified saying of “Speak softly and carry a big stick”

He must be one of the quietest superstars in pro sports. Just grabs his bat and hits. Just grabs his gloves and fields.

And Al while that is a great picture I think a picture of a team holding up a certain trophy in October would be a nicer cover shot!

Its not fanpost worthy but worth a mention.

Osco is selling a really cool CD of Cubs songs. It’s 19.99. Not worth a special trip obviously but if you’re going to Jewel/Osco anyway you might want to look atit.