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"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...
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...
Outnumbered: Cubs 7, Brewers 2
MILWAUKEE -- We had 'em outnumbered at Miller Park last night, or nearly so. At least it felt as if there were more Cubs fans than Brewers fans last night during the Cubs' 7-2 win over Milwaukee, t...
Near Masterpiece: Cubs 5, Reds 1
Two plays. One ball hit by Jeff Keppinger that Aramis Ramirez couldn't handle, and which went under his glove for a first-inning error. And another, one bad pitch from Carlos Zambrano to Adam Du...
In Rainbows: Cubs 7, White Sox 1
Photos by Al Photo by Kasey Ignarski After it rained before the game for the third day in a row (delaying the start about ten minutes), a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky to t...
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...
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...
Eight Is Not Enough...
... so the Cubs made it nine wins in a row with a 9-6 win over the Padres. First, my thanks to BCB reader GoCubbies34, who posted the two overflow comment threads last night after -- well, I could ...
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...
Gee, It's Good To Be Back Home Again: Cubs 5, Rockies 3
Giddy. Giddy, I tell you. Here it is June and the Cubs are doing so well that I'm quoting lyrics from cheesy John Denver songs in the title of my game recap. It was that kind of day. It was that ki...
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