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Top 5 Cubs Games of April '09

Which game stands out to you the most?  Was it Soriano's game winning homer in Milwaukee?  Or was it Reed Johnson's "The Catch II" to sit Prince Fielder down?  Was it Ted Lilly's second 1-hit masterpiece on opening day?  Did Alfonso Soriano's go-ahead homer vs. the Cardinals win you over?  Or was it Aramis Ramirez hitting the walk-off shot the next day do it.  Or was it something else???

Choose wisely and leave comments please.

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What is your favorite Cubs game from April?
Saturday 11: 6 to 5 win at Milwaukee
15 votes
Sunday 12: 8 to 5 win at Milwaukee
11 votes
Monday 13: 4 to 0 win on home opener
6 votes
Friday 17: 8 to 7 win vs. Cardinals
10 votes
Saturday 18: 7 to 5 win vs. Cardinals
26 votes
Another game mentioned in the comments.
3 votes

71 votes | Poll has closed

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Cool poll, thanks for posting it.

The A-Ram walkoff did it for me.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on May 1, 2009 7:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i'll be back on june 1st...

for the top 5 games of may, and so on and so forth. Then at the end of the season, a compilation of the top games of the year. Hopefully, the #1 game will be the one that ALL of us have been waiting our whole lives for… yeah you know what I mean.
The Soriano one was my fav because you guessed it, I was there. Now it’ll be forgotten about later (as you can see in the voting) because of the next day’s game. I love a-ram but I wish he could have done that either the day before, or on a date farther away from the 17th.

"Oh baby!" - Len Casper

by #1 iowan cubs fan on May 2, 2009 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ARam walkoff homer

I’m very fortunate to say that of the four games I attended this year, all four were on this list.

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on May 1, 2009 7:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Home Opener

I love winning at home.

"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella

by drewishdrewid on May 1, 2009 8:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I was at the 6-5 game in Milwaukee

So I’ll pick that. Both games I was at are on this list.

by Not Bruce Froemming on May 1, 2009 8:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Aramis walk off

Just because it’s been the only walkoff, and at the time, believe it or not, the only walkoff of the season.

"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti

by wrigleyrocker12 on May 1, 2009 8:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Aramis

I was at that game. I love an eruption.

This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).

by mrcubsfan on May 1, 2009 9:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I had to vote other

mainly cuz I was at the season opener in Houston, where Zambrano and Soriano carried us over Oswalt.

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 1, 2009 9:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Just a suggestion

but maybe a brief synopsis of each game would make the choice easier. I had to look up a couple of those games to jog my memory. That said, I vote for the Reed Johnson game in Milwaukee, if for no other reason than Prince Fielder even had to tip his cap to RJ. A year-end highlight shoo-in.

"I'll never forget how I felt last October." ~Kosuke Fukudome

by Goodie1969 on May 1, 2009 10:13 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

+10

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by dat cubfan daver on May 4, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

gotta be the first five wins for us..

Movement to make Jeff Samardzija our closer!

by Chanman25 on May 1, 2009 10:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Aramis walk off

Like others, I was there. It was probably the best game I’ve ever been to.

by kanderber on May 2, 2009 10:41 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I'll go with this one, too.

What can I say? I just love beating the Brewers.

(By the way, this was the Saturday, April 11, game.)

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by dat cubfan daver on May 4, 2009 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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