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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...
One Hundred Years: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
It NEVER gets old! Maybe fans in Atlanta got blasé about playoff appearances after a long time -- and they shouldn't have, because they are always precious and special -- but I can tell you that I haven't, and I'm sure you haven't, and clinching the NL Central title this afternoon with a 5-4 win...
Almost Famous: Cubs 6, Astros 1
Sitting in my house still in the afterglow of last night's magnificent performance, I watched Ted Lilly pile up no-hit innings and thought, "This really would top everything, if he could go back-to-back with Z." Lilly couldn't -- he kept it briefly when a hard smash of A-Ram's glove was ruled an...
Falling Slowly: Cubs 2, Reds 10
well you have suffered enough and warred with yourself it's time that you've won take this sinking boat and point it home we've still got time raise your hopeful voice you had the choice you've made it now I happened to be out last night for part of last night's game and heard...
Pitching? Check. Fielding? Check. Hitting? Not So Much: Cubs 1, Reds 2
This recap of the Cubs' 2-1 loss to the Reds will be almost as short as the game itself (which ran a snappy two hours and twenty-eight minutes). Ted Lilly took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and he appeared to have no-hitter stuff; he had walked only one up to that point, and Mark DeRosa had...
Witness To History: Cubs 11, Braves 7
With every win -- including last night's 11-7 win over the Braves -- this year's Cubs make their mark on the record books and on team history. Among things accomplished last night were the following: The Cubs swept the season series from the Braves for the first time in the 133-year history...
"Nothing This Team Does Surprises Me Any More": Cubs 3, Cardinals 2
That's in quotes because it's not my line, it's Mike's -- that's what he said just after Henry Blanco lined a single just over Cesar Izturis' head with the bases loaded and nobody out in the bottom of the 11th inning, giving the Cubs an excruciatingly exciting 3-2 win over the Cardinals, their...
Gorgeous: Cubs 5, Pirates 1
That title describes both the day's weather -- beautiful, sunny, with the wind blowing in (and that was important, as at least two or three fly balls hit by Pirates today off Ted Lilly would have been on the street on most other days), and the baseball played by the Cubs, in another solidly played...
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 Brewers, clutch pitching from Cub relievers, and a suddenly-hot Alfonso Soriano helping lead the charge...
One At A Time: Cubs 10, Diamondbacks 6
If you have been reading the "Cubs 2008 Walk Watch" box on the right sidebar since I posted it on May 18 after the Cubs had drawn seven walks and scored all four of their runs in a 4-3 victory via hitters who had walked, yesterday was a significant day. The Cubs drew five walks in their 10-6 win...
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