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And Now, We Wait: Cubs 3, Cardinals 2
The Cubs have now played four straight one-run games. Last night's heartstoppingly exciting 3-2 win over the Cardinals evened their one-run game record at 21-21, gave them their first series win in tw...
Walk On By: Cubs 3, Phillies 2
They did it again. Each day, new heroes, new ways to win; I stare in amazement, as the atmosphere at Wrigley Field gets more and more playoff-like; today, Alfonso Soriano's 7th-inning homer off Cla...
A Going-Away Present: Cubs 9, Marlins 2
The Cubs beat the Marlins 9-2 this afternoon, winning the series (their sixth straight series win), the season series from the Marlins 4-3, and said goodbye to south Florida for 2008 (Note to Mets and...
Sixty-Nine: Cubs 11, Astros 4
What, you thought that was some kind of sex reference? On this site? Sixty-nine is, of course, the number of wins the Cubs have after today's outstanding 11-4 Cubs win over the Astros, the last of ...
Mugged: Cubs 11, Astros 7
I shouldn't complain, not after the Cubs win again, 11-7 over the Astros on a muggy afternoon that had hints of yesterday's rainfall even while the sun was shining most of the day. But I'm going to...
Reedapalooza: Cubs 8, Pirates 5
Before we celebrate today's exciting 8-5 Cubs comeback win over the Pirates (and yes, I call it "comeback" because they seemed to have it well in hand at 5-2 before a bullpen failure in the 8th inning...
SWEEP! -- Cubs 11, Brewers 4
MILWAUKEE -- There comes a time in virtually every season put together by a championship team to which you can look back and say, "That was the play -- or the game -- or the series -- where it all cam...
This Time It REALLY Counts: Cubs 6, Brewers 4
If last night's 6-4 Cubs win over the Brewers had been a postseason game, it would have become legendary. The game had so many memorable elements -- three lead changes, power galore from the Brewer...
What A Difference An Inning Makes: Cubs 9, Marlins 6
When Mike Jacobs' second homer of the day (and yes, it was definitely a HR, the umpires got it right -- it hit off the concrete facing behind the basket, above the yellow line) left the Yard in the th...
Almost Flawless: Cubs 7, Braves 2
If I had told you, last June 16, when the Cubs were five games under .500, 6 1/2 games out of first place, and Carlos Zambrano threw a complete game in a 1-0 loss to the Padres at Wrigley Field (the s...
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