Hi Yo, Silva! (Had To Do That At Least Once This Year) Cubs Shut Out Cardinals 5-0

“Comeback player of the year” award?

Because I can’t think of anyone more deserving than Silva so far.

Crow don’t taste good! I thought Silva would suck and he has been surprisingly good! Keep the W’s coming!

A HUGE win for the men in blue today. Can’t wait to be there tomorrow to see them get the series win!

Taking 2/3 from LA and St. Lou would be a big step for this team.

Get em tomorrow Demp!!!!!!

PS Way to go, Mr. Silva

Did you expect otherwise from the self-proclaimed greatest fans in baseball? No wonder no one else can stand them.

and said he would win the CY Young. Maybe i need to joke that the entire Cubs team will hit 400 the rest of the season

Really?

That’s the great thing about baseball. You can really look like doggie doo one day and world beaters the next.

Now let’s finish the deal and win the series.

But I never, ever would have expected this.

Some had a feeling he’d get pounded today. Instead, he went out and did just the opposite.

Give Hendry demerits for signing Bradley. Give Hendry credit for turning lemons into lemonade.

And give Larry Rothschild some credit, too. He’s not as bad a pitching coach as some like to believe (well, a lot of people outside Chicago seem to think he’s good, at least).

pitch, I always see alittle bit of Jon Lieber. Don’t know what it is in particular — but I always think of him when I see Silva pitch. Especially as good as this.

Silva is just so coool out there. The Fontenot triples marked the return of the Wonder Hamster – his feet were spinning like a cartoon character when he was running those out. The play by Castro of Pujols’ drive was something special to see.

And a few negative observations:
- I did see at least one fan put up a W flag before the final out was made. Argh.
- Does it seem like Stevens’ fastball is as straight as a laser beam? Not a time to worry about it today, but it did seem to float in there…
- Does the Fox radar gun seem a little fast? It seemed like everybody out there today could throw a 93 MPH fastball or better, including Silva.

Have the Cubs ever made a better trade in their history. Well Sandberg for DeJesus worked out pretty well I guess. I would have Traded Milty for a bag of batting practice balls I think this one is working out better than anyone expected.

…at least I didn’t have to hear them kiss Albert’s butt for three hours. Silva had so much confidence today – it was great to see the Cubs dominate on national TV. Gotta GOTTA win the series tomorrow and then go take care of business on the road…

Runs are going to be tough against Wainwright. But this team won two pitching duels with the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier this week, and I think they can win one more.

so I’m thrilled they won. Very happy for Silva. Never expected this from him.

the first flight of the Wright Brothers was on December 17, 1903. Hey, Cardinals fans — if you’re going to make a T-shirt with a putdown of the Cubs, at least get your facts straight!

Those are some great numbers Al, but I don’t really care for the idea that listing a set of numbers is "proof" of anything. I think you have to respect their opinion of when the first flight occurred.

I’ll give the caveat that I have no right to complain about what fans do there since I see on average one game a year at Wrigley…but you sure do. Fans here in St. Louis make a huge point to turn their stadium into a sea of red and for myself I sure would rather see Cubby blue or white jerseys. No point in helping the enemy feel good about themselves.

If you’re gonna do this thing, then at least pass out the bracelets at the gate, when you enter.

Secondly, the bracelets didn’t seem to stop what was the perhaps the most vicious fight I’ve yet to witness at Wrigley Field from the bleachers…. in the outfield terrace of all places, right against the wall in left field.

Which happens to be incorrect, since the first flight of the Wright Brothers was on December 17, 1903. Hey, Cardinals fans — if you’re going to make a T-shirt with a putdown of the Cubs, at least get your facts straight!

i thought the cubs last won in 1901?

at the game and it goes something to this affect. I’d be a Cardinals fan, but I have all of my teeth.

Is a pitcher. Z is a thrower. As age and use suck mph off his fastball, he needs to follow Silva’s example.

For the Silva deal is Hundley for Karros and Grudz.

Silva had more strikeouts in y’day’s game than all of last year.