2008 pennant races Stories - Bleed Cubbie Blue
The Kids Are All Right (Well, Sort Of): Cubs 7, Brewers 3
For six innings, it looked like Ted Lilly was going to put himself in the record books. As it was, in the last 13 innings he has thrown at Miller Park, he has allowed three hits and two runs to two different teams. Since Lilly, like all the starters since the division clinching, is on a pitch...
A September To Remember
I went to sleep last night figuring the Brewers had won -- they were leading 4-2 going into the 9th -- only to wake up and discover, happily, that the Reds had won a game in their last at-bat for the second day in a row, beating Milwaukee 5-4, reducing the Cubs' magic number to 15 and making the...
A Big BN Welcome To So Cal to Mark Teixeira and Manny Ramirez
The Angels and Dodgers both made huge trades in the last few days to grab two of the best hitters in baseball. The Angels, who recently swept the Red Sox at the Big A then again at Fenway, went out and got Mark Teixeira from the Braves in return for fan favorite Casey Kotchman and minor...
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