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Sixty Years On: Cubs 3, Braves 2
LANSING, Michigan -- Traffic was terrible! That's what I get for staying till the end of today's excruciatingly exciting 3-2 Cubs win over the Braves; I didn't hit Lake Shore Drive till 5:30, which...
Outfoxed: Cubs 3, Dodgers 7
Well, that was a waste of an afternoon. My son Mark's Park District ballgame got rained out. Thus, I was able to watch the entire 7-3 Cubs loss to the Dodgers -- that is, when the local Fox weather...
2 Damn Close
That was what BCB reader San Diego Smooth Jazz Man text-messaged me right after the Cubs' 7-6 win over the Padres, their eighth in a row, ended last night just after midnight Central time. This was...
Sweep! -- Cubs 2, Dodgers 1
That was great theater, wasn't it? Before a near-sellout of 39,945 on a night that was, by the end, starting to get cold, the Cubs provided 9th and 10th inning dramatics that had Wrigley Field rock...
Feel Better Now? - Cubs 12, Pirates 3
The Cubs started hitting almost the very second that the Pirates' Zach Duke took the mound and didn't stop all night, registering nineteen hits, scoring in seven of the nine innings and blowing out th...
The Thigh Bone's Connected To The Knee Bone, And...
Hey Z! Next time you're pissed at yourself for striking out, don't break the bat over your knee!!! Seriously. It was, I suppose, sort of funny at the time and provoked a huge cheer from the sellout...
Is That A Banana In The Clubhouse, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
When, in the third inning last night, Carlos Zambrano stalked around the mound briefly, causing trainer Mark O'Neal and Lou Piniella to run out and check him out, we figured it might have been another...
You (Almost) Complete Me
Through yesterday's games, only five complete games had been pitched in the National League in 2008 -- the CG may, at some point, become a thing of the past. (In 2007, three teams -- Washington, Texas...
Oops
Well, did she make you cry Make you break down Shatter your illusions of love And is it over now Do you know how to pick up the pieces and go home? -- Fleetwood Mac, "Gold Dust Woman" Dav...
Excitable Boy
Well he went down to dinner in his Sunday best Excitable boy, they all said And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest Excitable boy, they all said Well he's just an excitable boy... -- Warre...
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