Is that when I left my office to go to a meeting, the Cubs were up 5-0. I can’t believe you guys blew the lead in my absence. You all should run laps.

it sucked. Worst loss of the year. Not much more to add than to win the series.

It only counts as one loss, but what a way to blow it bullpen, let’s get them on the weekend for our 8th consecutive series win…Go Cubs Go!

if it weren’t for my game thread pals I’d be in an even worse mood (thanks, guys!). One giant UGH. Can’t wait for our next win to wash the dirt and stink away.

Time to burn through some netflix. And I think I really will take a bath before bed tonight.

Oh, and… Go Cubs!

One game doesn’t make a season. I think by the end of the year we’ll all look back at this one and shake our heads.

Washington came in slumping, while our bullpen was solid. Something had to give, as they say.

Win the next two, take the series, and we’ll all be happy. With Dempster and Harden starting the next two, I’ll take my chances.

all crapped on the same day instead of taking turns and now have it out of their systems. They’ll rebound tomorrow.

we the fans all getting waxed tonight like our team did and tune in for a “real game” tomorrow. go cubbies

This team has been in a funk for all four games at home. We have been lucky to be playing mediocre teams and be able to split 2-2. Now let’s hope the Cubs can finish the home stand strong and move to 30 games over .500!!

The Cubs have a target on their back and these weak teams want to beat up on them. Time for the Cubs to dig deep and stay focused. No one is going to hand it to them.

they were in town for the day, traveling to St. Louis tomorrow, and my Mom said two things to me during the ninth inning that summed it up nicely:

1) “Let’s just stay for this ninth inning. I’d hate to miss the greatest comeback ever.” (a true optimist)
2) (said after the last out) “Well, the good news is, the Nationals are still awful, and the Cubs are still great.”

Thanks, Mom. :)

This line-up has some punch. The Padres are fielding the worst line-up in baseball — next to the Reds.

over confident, little to much strut, maybe. This happens in 162 games, few games out of the year come into the game out of focus and get your hat handed to you.
 I’ll take my chances with Demp throwing tomorrow.

Go Cubs.

going on hour 6… sheesh! He’s one aggressive mofo. Not that I don’t love the love but… dang! The love bucket’s overflowing, category 5…

FWIW, he’s a new cat… just hit year 1 and still very much in kitten mode…

Got my Mitchell and Ness 1969 Ernie Banks Road jersey today that I won on Ebay for….

40 Bucks!!! It’s rocks the party that rocks the party. Has the old Cubs logo on one sleeve and the “100 year anniversary” of MLB patch on the other. I might wear it to bed.

but I’m not. Someone cadillac’d a ball they thought was gone today. It didn’t cost the Cubs the game, but it ran them out of an inning. Of course, it wasn’t Soriano, or Ramirez, so there’s no mention of it in the recap. This is exactly what I was talking about last week, until my argument got sidetrack with milquetoast claims about semantics and logic. But here’s the point: certain players get a pass, no matter what they do. Case in point: Mark Derosa, who, somehow, on a ball of the wall, to damn near dead CF, gets thrown out at second base. Unsurprisingly, there’s no mention in the recap. Once again, before all the strawman artists take their shots, I DO NOT THINK THIS COST THE CUBS THE GAME. I just think it’s no surprise that Derosa’s not called out for his actions, while Soriano was. Mark Derosa tanked it, and he gets a pass and that’s complete and utter bullshit. If you’re going to call out one player for it, you should call out every player that does it, but you don’t, and that’s wrong.