Now that the World Series is over (congratulations Yanks for the 27th time) and the MLB offseason officially begins exactly a month after the Cubs offseason began, I'm gonna go ahead and post my poll for the best Cubs games of 2009. There were actually some pretty good games to remember this year... along with the pretty bad ones as well. Sometimes it got to the point where to some of you, the best game (later in the year) was the game that didn't happen meaning the off-day in which we didn't have to see the Cubs load the bases with no outs and somehow not drive in a run. I think it was the comments from the "Come here and vent" post in mid-August is a good example of my last sentence.
With all that said the Cubs did finish five games above .500, something the Pirates would love to have happen to them. Plus, there's new light added for the 2010 campaign by the Ricketts family. I can't wait to see what kind of tricks Mr. Ricketts has up his sleeve. On a side note, I know this sounds kind of lame but I caught an episode of Roseanne the other night and there was a part where they looked into their family's future (remember these are the '90s) and one of the character's had a newspaper that read 2010 World Champion Cubs. I got a good laugh out of it but at the same time It kind of put a spark in me now that 2010 is a couple months away and, you never know.
I have tabulated the top 5 games of each month this season voted on by the bcb community and with that, I've put together a poll including those 5 games from each month of 2009. Vote for your favorite, and if yours isn't on the list, leave it in the comments.
Poll
What was your favorite Cubs game / moment of 2009?
Sat 4/11: Soriano's game winning HR in Milwaukee; Cubs win 6-5. (2 votes)
Sun 4/12: Reed Johnson's 'The Catch II' to rob Prince Fielder's grand-slam; Cubs win 8-5. (14 votes)
Mon 4/13: Ted Lilly's second career 1-hit masterpiece on the home opener vs. Rockies; Cubs win 4-0. (1 vote)
Fri 4/17: Soriano caps a wild game with a go-ahead HR in 8th vs. Cards; Cubs win 8-7. (0 votes)
Sat 4/18: Ramirez hits walk-off HR vs. Cards; Cubs win 7-5 in 11 innings. (4 votes)
Fri 5/1: Theriot's grand slam. Cubs beat Marlins 8-6. (1 vote)
Sun 5/3: Fergie and Maddux retire #31, DLee hits a grand slam, Cubs beat fish 6-4. (4 votes)
Sat 5/16: Gregg blows the close, Soriano hits a walk-off single in 9th. Cubs beat Astros 5-4. (1 vote)
Wed 5/27: Big Z takes out the gatorade machine and Cubs beat Pirates 5-2. (0 votes)
Sat 5/30: Dempster is solid, Reed hits a bomb and Cubs beat LA 7-0. (1 vote)
Tue 6/9: Fontenot homers on his 29th b-day, the Cubs get 16 hits, and win it 7-1 in Houston. (0 votes)
Thu 6/18: Cubs rally in 8th vs. Sox and Soriano hits a 'duck-snort' walk-off to win 6-5. (3 votes)
Fri 6/19: Cubs erase a 7 nothing deficit on Kerry Wood and DeRosa's homecoming to win 8-7 in 10 innings. (13 votes)
Sat 6/20: Cubs win on a third straight walk-off in 13 innings 6-5. (1 vote)
Sun 6/21: Randy Wells gets his first W and complete the sweep of the Indians, 6-2. (2 votes)
Fri 7/3: Cubs win on Jake Fox's walk-off walk in 10 innings to beat Milwaukee 2-1. (2 votes)
Sun 7/19: Cubs finish the 4-game swep of the Nats in dominating fashion 11-3. (1 vote)
Sun 7/26: Cubs finish the sweep of the Reds 5-2 and for a short time move into first place. (1 vote)
Mon 7/27: Soriano hits a walk-off grand slam to beat the Astros 5-1 in 13 innings. (9 votes)
Wed 7/29: Cubs give Houston a problem 12-0. (0 votes)
Sat 8/1: Cubs beat Marlins 9-8 in 10 innings. (0 votes)
Sat 8/8: Cubs beat Rockies 6-5 at Colorado. (0 votes)
Fri 8/14: Cubs beat Pirates 17-2 with a 10-run 2nd inning. (1 vote)
Fri 8/28: Cubs beat Mets 5-2. (0 votes)
Sat 8/29: Jake Fox comes through in the clutch and Cubs beat the Mets 11-4. (0 votes)
Fri 9/11: Cubs beat the Reds 6-4. (0 votes)
Sun 7/20: Cardinals sweep on a third straight walk-off... Jake Fox silences St.Louis in 11th inning in a 6-3 win. (0 votes)
Thu 9/24: Cubs are one strike away from defeat, Jeff Baker comes through to give the Cubs a 3-2 win at San Francisco. (2 votes)
Fri 9/25: Big Z shuts the Giants out 3-0 at San Francisco. (2 votes)
Sat 10/3: Cubs get their final win of the season in a 5-0 shutout of the D-backs. (0 votes)
65 total votes
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