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Who Are You And What Have You Done With Ryan Theriot? - Cubs 4, Giants 2
He hits! He fields! He steals bases! Whoever this guy is who has stolen Ryan Theriot's #2 uniform and has been playing shortstop for the Cubs since Friday, let's keep him around, shall we? Theriot matched his career high for a season in home runs by smacking his third of the year (and third in...
"Win Series": Cubs vs. Reds, Wednesday 4/22, 7:05 CT
So far in 2009, the Cubs have played four series prior to the current one. They have won three of them and split the other. Do this all year and you're looking at a 95-win season; win today and you've already won the current set with the Reds. Lou has preached this for a couple of years and I...
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...
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 Clay Condrey gave the Cubs a 3-2 win over the Phillies, their seventh win in a row, but it was...
Marquis Mark: Cubs 2, Pirates 0
Stop what you're doing right now and look around you, remember where you are, what you are doing, because this is an historic day in Cubs history. You'd have to be over 70 years old (and there may be a few here, but not many) to really remember the last time a Cubs team was 33 games over .500....
Hello Soto: Cubs 14, Pirates 9
Well, that was about the most whacked-out game I've seen in quite some time. Consider: Carlos Zambrano started the game by throwing a wild pitch on strike three, walked four, allowed eight hits, made a throwing error, smashed a couple of Gatorade coolers, and didn't last long enough to...
The Beat Goes On: Cubs 12, Pirates 3
Neither a Sonny & Cher nor a Britney Spears song, the Cubs nevertheless kept pounding rhythm through our brains with a 12-3 win over the Pirates last night before a crowd of 14,454 in Pittsburgh that seemed, as many road games do these days, about half Cubs fans. It put the Cubs over .500 on the...
Nothing This Team Does Surprises Me Any More, Part Deux: Cubs 6, Marlins 5
I happened to be in the car at the end of last night's game, and honestly, I'm lucky I didn't drive right off the road when Daryle Ward smashed his game-winning, pinch-hit, three-run homer off Kevin Gregg, giving the Cubs yet another thrilling win, 6-5 over the Marlins, their 35th come-from-behind...
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...
Almost Flawless: Cubs 10, Braves 2 and Cubs 8, Braves 0
You may have seen this number already, but it bears repeating: 26. Twenty-six games over .500, the most a Cub team has been since the last day of the 1984 season, when they finished an NL East title year at 96-65, 31 games over .500. You've seen these numbers if you keep track of the "best...
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