Filed under: Chicago Cubs recaps Do-It-Yourself Game Recap By Al Yellon@bleedcubbieblue Mar 3, 2007, 5:28pm CST Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: Do-It-Yourself Game Recap Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email I'm lazy this afternoon. Fill this one out yourself! This afternoon at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, the Chicago Cubs He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named some Chicago aldermen Michael Barrett and the Mouseketeers The Ronny Cedeno Choir took the field and pretended to be the ground crew won their 15th game in a row blew yet another lead played a mediocre game of baseball signed Lovie Smith to replace Lou Piniella against the Oakland Athletics nine random fans picked out of the stands nine Britney Spears fans who had shaved their heads like their idol the Phoenix Suns Does it really matter?. Wade Miller started and pitched his way onto the waiver wire barfed when Larry Rothschild came to take him out asked to pitch again sometime does it really matter?. Ryan Dempster pitched pretty well sang the Canadian National Anthem on the mound would have rather been doing his Harry Caray impression said "oot" and "aboot" several times and Les "Goo-Goo G'Joob" Walrond held off the A's in the 10th inning, and, thus, the A's, who had eight nine forty-two 13,000 hits, and the Cubs, wound up in a 5-5 tie Tempe, trying to find a cool bar for Saturday night Maricopa County Jail does it really matter?. Michael Barrett had a good day because he had a double and HR and SB waved to his wife in the stands knows he can go out tonight since he probably won't play tomorrow has to get home to work on sending his replies to BCB reader questions, and a number of miscellaneous minor leaguers pitched for the Cubs, including Jeff Samardzija Carlos Marmol Fergie Jenkins Sparkles. Ryan O'Malley also threw today, and gave up two runs wished he was back in Houston again was thinking about where he wanted to go to dinner after the game signed an apartment lease in Des Moines The Cubs played only two regulars, Barrett and Jacque Jones, because the bus driver got lost on the 20-minute drive to Phoenix the rest of the club had Coyotes tickets tonight and didn't want to be too tired the game wasn't on TV Lou wanted to play some of the bench players. Tomorrow, the Cubs will start Rich Hill Mark Prior Daisuke Matsuzaka Al on the mound against the White Sox. Manager Lou Piniella, when asked how he could get the Cubs on the winning track, said: "I take responsibility for these losses", and then threw his hat "I take responsibility for these losses", and then threw second base "I take responsibility for these losses", and then threw his desk at a reporter "When's the next plane back to Tampa?". Today's MLB Audio broadcast, via the A's radio station, was awful boring cut off early so the station could carry a Cal basketball game a waste of time. Finally, the biggest news from this afternoon's game is that both Mark Prior and Kerry Wood will throw on Monday someone put duct tape on He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named's mouth the Cubs still haven't won this spring after blowing a two-run lead Al's going to try much harder to write a more interesting recap tomorrow. Here's the boxscore, if you are truly interested. More From Bleed Cubbie Blue 2023 MLB Winter Meetings Day 2 open thread The Guardians win the MLB Draft Lottery. The Cubs will pick 14th BCB After Dark: Is it now time for Glasnow? Outside The Confines: (Almost) No one is talking 2023 MLB Winter Meetings Day 3 open thread BCB After Dark: Can I interest you in a closer?