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What a great way to start the series. Lily pitches seven innings and gives up one run against probably the best team in the NL AND against Dan Harren. Adding on to that Soriana contributed, so much for the Cubs being swept Hardz:P I was pretty pessimistic as well. Great to see a W. Tomorrow they'll be on national tv and in HD ye ye!!
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Dan: Baker's Revenge — Man this has been a bad week for los Cubs. I mean having Paul Bako and Jerry Hairston Junior beat up on you? I had high hopes for Leiber in the starting rotation. Guess we'll have to look elsewhere
Dan: Where were you when Kerry Wood struck out 20? — I'm a little scared how fast ten years has past since Kerry Wood's 20K game. Anyone remember what they were doing on that day? I have a pretty good story. I was in high school and on the varsity baseball team and decided to ditch a baseball game that day and watch the Jay Leno show. He was in town for a week and so I decided my not. I was sort of on disciplinary actions for not reading a sign…
Dan: Cubs Panic 2008 — Just felt like starting a cubs panic thread since I'm guessing we'll be having more than our share of panic attacks. Last year we sure had some great ones. I don't know how we can't beat these lame Cardinals. They are like the Yankees of the NL. You can never count them out just cause they are the Cardinals. At some point one has to tip their hat to Larussa. Or Dave Duncan, that guy is a…
Dan: Cubs v Milwaukee 5/1/08 — Not the greatest of May days. Started off great. Zambrano was pitching well even contributing with a home run. Marmol got out of a tough jam striking out the side and then comes the 9th. You know I swear Dempster pitched yesterday who the hell was pitching the 9th? Wood looked like ass. Blah blah i'm done talking about this lame game and series. I think it's time to talk about how much we…