I like the 4 game sweep of the Brewers; really set the tone for the rest of the season, and stopping their unstoppable force (although he did not get the L) really got us fired up.

But as for sheer lunacy, I’d have to go with my birthday game – September 18 – as completely and wholly unbelievable.

Dan

But it was a moment of pride when my 2 year old sons were able to recognize Geovany Soto on the TV and yell “Go Go Soto” when he was up to bat.

Cubdom is filled with stories like these. I want my story to end like my Grandmother’s… On her deathbed last year, she asked me what the score was. I didn’t have the heart to tell her we were losing… She would have loved this team.

is kind of like asking a parent which child they love more. It’s really hard to come up with an answer, I went with Z’s no hitter. I could have just as easily went with the comeback vs the rockies, the miracle comeback vs the brewers, the four game sweep of the brewers, etc… I could keep going on and on. However I feel like the best is yet to come

I picked the May 30 comeback vs. Rockies because it was early in the season — a primer for other amazing games to come during the season.

But since I think one of the few games I attended is on the list, the Z no hitter, that one easily wins. As far as games I listened to, I am still in awe of the two great comeback games on September 18 and May 30. Those still give me chills down my spine.

… note that he is singlehandedly responsible for winning two of the games on this list.

started with the win over CC. This was the most dominating 4 games I’ve seen the cubs, especially from a pitching standpoint. I believe this crushed the Brewers as much as anything.

…probably because I was there and its so fresh in my memory…..it would be hard to argue with just about any of these games. May 30th, June 20th and July 28th are on my short list too..

Just seeing the list of these games makes you realize how incredible of a season it has been.

1) Z’s no-hiiter
2) Ramirez’s granny off the Phillies in the 8th
3) Ramirez’s walk-off against the White Sox

I guess I’m a little partial to these because I was actually at these games. This whole season has been memorable so far, let’s hope this continues.

I’d go:

1. Colorado comeback
2. Milwaukee comeback
3. The sweep of the Brewers at Milwaukee after the AS game

1. was probably the most important, but #1 and #2 were the games I’ll remember about this season (so far).

I’m voting for this one because I was at the game. With a HUGE Sox fan. He gloated and teased most of the game. When they started playing Go Cubs Go he just looked at me and said “man I hate this song.” It was nice to have the last laugh.

but the Astros are STILL whining…

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3601868

because I watched it with my Sox fan friend (a rarity here in Iowa). But in my first-ever trip to Wrigley, Marquis battled Matt Cain for 7.5 scoreless innings, until A-Ram broke the scoreless tie with a 3-run homer in the bottom of the 8th. Not season-changing, but definitely exciting.

I truly believe the comeback against Florida which was the game before the Milwaukee series was the turning point.

I went with the 9-0 comeback. I remember last year’s and ’06’s often-dormant offense well, and if this game had happened then, the Cub bats would have gone to sleep, and the game would have ended as it started. This game told me that the Cubs of ‘08 would be clawing and scratching and, yes, scrapping, for every win they could. Z’s game was incredible, true, but it was the cherry on top, while this game was the sundae.

Not what I would call the most important game of the year, but for me it is the most memorable. We were driving back from Lynchburg, VA after taking our daughter down to college, and I was following the game on my BlackBerry. My method is extremely unsafe: Go to Cubs Mobile and follow in Live Pitch-by-Pitch mode, propped up on the dashboard and watch the little dots. Highway 29 is rather hilly and winding, too. My wife woke up, saw what I was doing and decided that she would give me narration and I would watch the road. What a killjoy! Anyway, once we passed Charlottesville, just for the heck of it, I put it on 720AM and it came in clear as a bell! When Ward hit the homer, I yelled "they took the lead!", and my wife, no baseball fan she, high-fived me. We listened to the nerve-wracking bottom of the 9th, groaning at the HBP, thrilling at the game-ending K, and then the post-game show all the way home.

over the no-hitter, because that was when i first KNEW that this team could do anything.

I think I would have picked that one. The Colorado game was great as well, and I actually watched that one. Since I saw all of Z’s no-no I picked that one.

I really wanted to go with Z’s no hitter or the Rockies comeback game or the Marlins comeback, but I went with the 9/18/08 comeback win over the Brewers. Being there live helps with the picking, but again, these were all great games, and moments.

if someone could put together the highlights of these games…not saying it has to be done but it’d be enjoyable to be able to click on a game and see why it was so memorable

I was there in person to see that Thursday game at Wrigley Field. I was pleasantly surprised to see Soto hit that HR into the LF bleachers. There was a cold wind blowing at Wrigley that day. I was happy to see the former Memphis Chick(asaw) Derrek Lee get the game-winning hit in the 12th. That was the most electric atmosphere I have ever experienced at a baseball game.

I will remember this game for the rest of my life. Not only was the game amazing, but it was my sons first Cub game. We have been practicing singing TMOTTB and Go Cubs Go since we bought the tickets last winter. During the 9th innning he asked me if we were going to sing GO Cubs Go and I had to tell him no. Then with two outs it all changed.

…though I wept like a gibbering schoolgirl when Z clinched the no-hitter.

OT: Does anybody have the mp3 of Pat and Ron when the Cubs clinched on Saturday?

Ron Santo won’t be going to Shea this week.

Computer was down all weekend. Didn’t get to celebrate with all of you. Hope it was a blast in Wrigleyville. Plenty more to come as far as I’m concerned.

Anyone have the link to the post with the Cubs’ final win/loss record?

….given that it’s been so long between Cubs no-nos (and we hopefully won’t have to wait another 36 years for another). a come back from a 9-0 deficit is certainly amazing and impressive, but it doesn’t hold up historically against a no-hitter.

i do believe that the Geo game will be similar to the Ryno game in Cubs lore though, particularly if Geo stays a Cub and ends up in the same place as Sandberg at the end of his career (albeit with a few—ok at least one—championship rings).

of course, an 11th W in the postseason would make this a moot conversation…there would be no disputing that as the most memorable game of the year

And while I’d like to vote for the one game I got to see live this year (featuring the Lillyslam of Molina at the plate) I had to go for Ramirez’ GS against the Phils.

I had the game on mute after Demp’s bad inning and was getting some stuff done around my apartment. After a wee break (literally) I come out to see Rami coming up with the bases jacked. Like I wasn’t even controlling myself, my hand reached for a tape and hit record. That was magical.

I chose Sat. when they clinched it. The clinching on Sat. was because of all those other games listed.

Playoff atmosphere, Sunday night on ESPN, Edmonds & Fukudome make highlight reel catches, Cubs win…but it was my most memorable because my 11-year-old son is having the best season an 11-year-old Cub fan could have…

The team was a game up, and it was on national TV. The Cubs were reeling a bit, having split against Florida and lost two of three to Houston and Milwaukee. The game before against Florida was great to, with Fontenot’s huge double to win…

I remember that Bob Ueker (sp?) said something along the lines of “If this was a 9 game series, the Cubs would win all nine.”

Technically they didn’t beat CC, he was let off the hook when Howry gave up a moon shot IIRC.

That game put them up 2 and after the Brewers pulled even the previous Saturday (this was a Monday game), and the rest was history. In a short span of ~78 hours in Milw, the Cubs dropped their magic number from 57 to 49.

The next 3 games put an exclamation point on the first game.

I bought the tickets on a whim late Sunday evening and he ended up going because I couldn’t find anyone else to go with me. It’s amazing how things worked out and that we were witnesses to history.

but I was at that game. It is more special when you see a game in person. It got my vote. I missed my chance on Z’s no hitter and Soto’s game becuz of work commitments.

but the first C.C. Brewers game might have been the most important. I felt that 4 game sweep legitimized us as the team to beat in the National League, and seemingly killed the Brewers.

Most of the ones on the list I could only follow on gameday or not at all. The Rockies game I followed on gameday at work and since it was early in the year and not knowing the capability of this team, the comeback was so incredible and unexpected. The comeback games later in the season were great too but at that point we knew the team was capable of doing so but back in May, it was just more exciting because like I said it was unexpected.

the most memorable game in Cub’s histroy will be coming in October.

There’s only one other BCB’er who agrees, but I really think the 9-6 comeback against the Marlins was unforgettable, and directed the success of this team.

We lose that game, its 3 of 4 lost to Marlins, tied for division lead heading into MIL and slumping from out of the AS break. I truly think we split with MIL if we don’t win that sunday game and its a dogfight from there on.

The confidence this team was able to re-establish with this win I think pushed them through the MIL series, which then snowballed their confidence to now.

Either way, its a great list to compare to and rehash.

11 more next month Cubbies!!!!

I’ve been collecting pictures of this magical season and made a tribute vid on youtube. Check it out. It’ll refresh your memories of what went on this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wJv0vMIQOM

-Marc

the game in Milwaukee when the Cubs beat C.C. That win was the most important win of the season, if you ask me. Another memorable win that isn’t on the list is the 9-run 4th against the Sox when the Cubs went back to back twice.

Can you believe that there have been this many (positive) memorable games this year? 19?!?! That is probably more than the past 10 years combined. 19. Wow.

I was lucky enough to be there for all of these occasions….

1. On opening day, to see Fukudome’s HR. It was awesome. And right away, from the start of that game… everytime he came to bat, the FU-KU-DOME chant thundered through the crowd for our newest Cub. It was such a naturall roll off the tongue.

2. The comeback vs the Rockies. What can I say… what an incredible game! We were just resigned to sipping our beers and looking at babes, occasionaly saying things like, “Well, you never know.” But, we never guessed in our wildest dreams that IT WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN! (I also witnessed last year’s wild comeback vs the Rockies as well).

3. Aramis’ walk-off the White Sox. Awesome!

4. Geo’s HR in the bottom of the 9th last Thursday vs the Brewers. What another incredible comeback!

5. The clincher on Saturday. Wow. What a celebration.

All in all… it was an incredible summer, and I was lucky enough to be there for so many great moments. Now… let’s go make some more great memories!

That Opening Day game was magical. With all the hype surrounding Fukudome before the season, for him to come through like that in the bottom of the 9th… it gives me goosebumps. Getting a curtain call on your first game on a new team in a new country, awesome.

I know we lost that game, but that moment definitely overshadows the final score.

This game wasn’t very dramatic, as was such in the no hitter or the Rockies game, but I think it bears mentioning. The second game of the Cubs-Sox series was an incredible game, featuring a 9 run fourth inning which in itself featured 2 home runs courtesy of Jim Edmonds, and another from Mike “Lil Babe Ruth” Fontenot. I happened to be at the game so I might be a little biased but it was really great to quiet some of the Sox fans down with an incredible inning against what I consider to be a good pitcher in Jose Contreras. I personally don’t have much against the Sox, just their fans and their manager. So it was nice to stick it to them.

Just a fun thing from that game also, I happened to be sitting next to my buddy who is a big Sox fan, who had never heard of Mike Fontenot, when he came up in the fourth inning. He asked about him and I said “He’s a good fielder, can play a few positions, but he probably hasn’t hit a home run since little league”. And of course on the second pitch he smacked it out. I just laughed when he hit it.

Has anyone told ESPN that Yankee stadium is closing? I dont think anyone informed them, i think it deserves merit so they can televise just Yankee stuff?

Holy crap! I didnt realize there were that many people on this sight in a day

against the rockies is still one of the craziest games I’ve ever seen. I was at my office and on BCB getting play by play, if you can go back and read the threads for that game you’ll laugh soo hard. It was ONE of those memories that defines this year’s season.

1. They won the game with no help from Ramy or DLee — the “other guys” came through.
2. The players didn’t give up even after their manager did.
3. It solidified Wrigley as a “death trap” to visiting teams.

I am still so happy I was there Saturday that I voted Saturday but in retrospect, I believe I would have gone with on eof the comebacks or the no-no.

Or perhaps I would go with opening day, that was a great game to watch, until the end of course. I enjoyed Harden’s first start too, until Marmol almost gave it up. I liked that because it appeared to me that Sabathia wasn’t going to carry the Brewers past the Cubs very easily.

Making the May highlights today, possibly June tonight. I need song ideas to use. For the April video I used Let’s Get it Started and Stronger.

Music type doesn’t really matter to me, just need help picking good songs to use.

gaem thread nao?

I chose the Rockies Comeback.

That was the moment it occuried to me that this team could do anything.

because I’ve never been that nervous watching a regular season game in my life.

A favorite of mine that didn’t make the list (probably because it was overshadowed by the game which occurred the day before) was this game.

Check out the 4th inning if you don’t remember. Classic…

Sorry if this has been said already (I read about half the comments), but how cool is it that you could even have a poll like this? Look at those games. You would normally need at least 2 seasons of good, good baseball to get that many amazing games.

I picked the Rockies game, because it was the first time I saw that this team not only had an amazing will to win but a weird ability to do so even when you would not even begin to expect it as a fan.

It wasn’t particularly meaningful or exciting. May 26, Dodgers @ Cubs.

another ho-hum 3-1 win. But its my favorite because its was my first and (to date) only time at Wrigley Field. My sisters and brother in law went into the city for the weekend b/c my baby sister was turning 21. We stayed out too late (bars, japanese food, being silly) and barely made it to the game at all. But being in Wrigley to hear the crowd do the Fu-ku-do-me chant, boo Edmonds, and our section did a “woo-dy” chant in the 9th.

Not a meaningful game really, but by far my favorite.

I voted for Rami’s grand slam against the Phillies. How unbelievably clutch is he?