to recognize Jimmy the way they did, and I have no problem with him doffing his helmet as a show of appreciation. That said, check the game threads on Viva El Birdos to see the dark underbelly of said fans. The Glaus at-bat did not go unnoticed, shall we say? Heh heh.

I have utter and complete confidence in Wood after watching him pitch under what can only be described as unusual circumstances last night. I thought he would be well-suited to the closer’s role, but I did not envision the dominance he has shown.

A great start to the series. Now let’s win one of these things on the road for once, shall we boys?

We operated as a tight, efficient team last night. Dome’s homer in the first set the tone and gave Z room to relax a bit. Soto sure has the stuff and I hope that he equals or betters Billy Williams rookie year. And Kerry’s eagle eyes as he’s preparing his pitch? Fearsome!

It’s going to be a great series and I can’t wait to join the fun for (finally!) this afternoon’s game.

Go Cubs!

and leave it on for postgame comments when they win too. It is also nice to watch sportscenter or listen to the radio scores when they win. I don’t really let losses get me down, I just pay less attention. Great game last night, go get em today!

That’s what the Cardinals fan next to me wanted to know! (Online right at the onsale, actually.)

Al, you’re right about the different nature of this rivalry. But I can never remember taking so much ribbing in a road city without even having a jersey or over-the-top Cubs gear on as I did yesterday, even in St. Louis. By sheer reflex, I stood up when Glaus struck out and motioned him energetically toward the dugout steps. A few seconds later, I wondered whether that might have led to a brawl at a Yankees-Red Sox game.

Anyway, here’s another photo – of D Lee making a catch closeby on Glaus’s foulout. I’ll post a couple more in my fanpost as well.

Let’s go Ted Lilly!

in the Cubs. Even in the musty-Dusty days, we seem to play alert and good ball against these RedBirds (think ‘06).

I do think a strong series this weekend might just do the trick to kick-start our “road-confidence,” but let’s just start with a good game by Lilly tonight.

GO CUBS!!

Z was awsome. My wife loved the shots of Z, Lou and Larry arguing about him coming out of the game…My worst worry was that I would run out of pause time on the DVR because the fireworks show we viewed from the ‘upper deck’ of our yard was late…..but it was, as always, spectacular!! Kerry looks so intense, yet relaxed when the game is on the line….

Today, I get cartoon Cubs, as our Fox station is showing Yanks – RedSox….grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I hope everyone had a great 4th!!

The way he reacted to that 2nd strike was showing up the umpire. The next pitch was at exactly the same place. Did he really expect the umpire to call THAT one a ball after his theatrics? Really surprising from a veteran major leaguer, but then again, I know nothing about Troy Glaus.

Nice outing by the pen. Howry pitched great and at least had Pujols up in the perfect situation-—nobody on. Great strikeout by Cotts. I have to believe he’s gotta come through the 2nd half if Marmol continues to struggle. Wood was lights out. That hit by Molina was a fluke—-both of his hits were.

the Cards will find themselves in a virtual tie after today. I know the Cards won’t go away easily but this could signal the start of a new chase with the Brewers hot on our heels and the Cardinals chasing them. Somehow I would rather have the Brewers start losing because they really bug me with their lineup. I guess we just have to take care of our business and not worry about the rest.

If the Cubs lose, I switch the TV off right after the last out. When they win, I’ll leave it on for a while to savor it.

Ditto. I don’t even watch Baseball Tonight or listen to Cubscast on days when the Cubs lose.

I also turn the TV off immediately when the Cubs lose, sometimes before the end of the game I’ve had enough. But when they when I watch everything. I get so disappointed when the games aren’t on WGN and they don’t show the fans singing. Really love that 10th inning.

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/ reacp. He says that the reason that the Cards lost was because of an inconsistent strike zone. Do any of you agree?

Great win last night… let’s do it again today!

and doing something, anything, else after a loss. I’m even less inclined to watch ANY replays, save catching a Cardinal or Brewer score.

I’d be interested to see the ratings drop for the 10th Inning Show after a loss as opposed to a win.

It was a pretty loud standing ovation if I recall. And after that, yep – he did get booed pretty strong the rest of the night. And probably every game since then. I remember reading the articles afterwards where Damon was very appreciative of the ovation and very agreeable to the boos thereafter. It made sense to him – he’s a Yankee now.

And it makes sense to me. First time back – a huge standing ovation and some LSA to a player whose actions and efforts are worthy of such. But after that…

Hey, he’s on the other side now. Treat him as you would any other member of your rival. If you’re the type of fan that boos, then go ahead and boo. If you mumble curses and rub shrunken chicken heads, by all means go for it. And if you’re the type who throws batteries, beer cups, and yells uncalled for epithets, then do that as well – the sooner you get tossed and banned, the better for the rest of us.

Finally – and obviously – the one caveat to the above is the situation when there’s a good chance you could be seeing him for the last time, i.e. Maddux earlier this year at Wrigley, Vizquel in Cleveland just recently, etc. then by all means, give him one more standing ovation, and some serious LSA!!!

....they booed him for 15 seconds. Damon had said if he was acknowledged, he’d tip his hat. Apparently, he heard enough cheers to justify the tip of his hat, but most say the boos were way more than the cheers. Here’s a fan cam from youtube. You be the judge.

today’s game is on Fox Sports Espanol (425 or 616 on DirecTV). So it looks like I have to sync the game between the DVR/TiVo and Pat & Ron on the Internet. Technology is a wonderful thing!

Got to watch the last outs on my phone with a Cards fan right next to me, so it was GREAT!

As my son and I walked out of the ballpark last night, I was amused by the silence. It was wonderful to hear nothing from the St. Louis people!