June 4, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 8:32 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Cubs (38-21) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
| Padres (23-37) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
W: Jason Marquis (3-3)
L: Bryan Corey (1-1)
S: Kerry Wood (16)
Boxscore
What’s going on with the Cubs?
Another win last night on the road, and it was another come-from-behind affair. Now I skipped a few years of baseball after the strike, but even before that, I don’t remember the Cubs winning much. I’ve never seen them playing and winning so much. It’s weird, it’s uncanny, and it’s unnatural. It’s like the person with enough votes not winning an election.
I do fully expect it to stop, but the Cubs did win their 9th in a row last night, thanks to homers from Geovanny Soto, Mark DeRosa, and Alfonso Soriano. Jason Marquis sucked for the Cubs, which explains why they were behind early. I’m surprised he’s still in the rotation, but that’s the one glaring weakness of the club right now. They don’t have anyone better to replace him.
Ted Lilly tries to win the 10th in a row tonight when he fights twice-former Cub Greg Maddux at 10:05pm EDT.
June 3, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 11:22 pm
We haven’t had time to podcast since our 100th. And with RHM being out of town on business this week, it wasn’t looking good, but I cranked up the old recording studio and took a shot at recording a solo effort.
It’s short (that’s what she said) because I discovered quickly that I suck by myself. Amanda makes it sound easy, that’s for sure.
At any rate, enjoy a few short minutes of me rambling about the state of the NLC. Hopefully, we’ll get the podcast back on track again next week.
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June 2, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 4:26 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Rockies (20-37) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Cubs (36-21) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 9 | 1 |
W: Sean Gallagher (3-1)
L: Ubaldo Jimenez (1-6)
S: Kerry Wood (14)
Boxscore
Sean Gallagher pitched well enough to win and Kerry Wood got an easy save as the Cubs rolled to their 7th straight win, sweeping a series against the Rockies.
The Cubs are now 15 games over .500 and have a 2.5 lead on Cardinals. Chicago has a phenomenal home record, yet has a losing one on the road, which doesn’t bode well for this month where they play more games away. With the roll the team is on right now, I doubt it will affect them, but I could be wrong. These are still the Cubs, after all.
The Cubs embark on a road-trip, hoping to prove wrong all the people who criticize their record as home-inflated. Carlos Zambrano battles Cha Seung Baek of the Padres at 10:05pm EDT.
May 29, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 1:45 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Dodger (26-26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Cubs (32-21) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
W: Bob Howry (1-2)
L: Chan Ho Park (1-1)
Boxscore
When Takashi Saito took the mound in the 9th with a one-run lead for the Dodgers, I could tell it wouldn’t last. There was that feeling in the air. Well, that and the heart of the Cubs lineup coming up.
Sure enough, the Cubs loaded the bases and scored on a sacrifice fly, setting up the dramatic walk-off win and the laurel of hero for the much-maligned Alfonso Soriano. Now he gets to be a hero for a day, until the next time he drops a fly ball.
Having swept the Dodgers, the Cubs now host the Rockies tonight at 8:05pm EDT. Jeff Francis and Jason Marquis are the starters.
May 27, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 8:35 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Dodger (26-24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Cubs (30-21) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 3 | 7 | 0 |
W: an Dempster (6-2)
L: Chad Billingsley (4-6)
S: Kerry Wood (11)
Boxscore
The Cubs continued their struggling on the road/dominating at home trend yesterday by, well, dominating the Dodgers at home.
Ryan Dempster continues to perplex everyone who’s paid any attention at all to his career by being a very good starting pitcher. And Derek Lee and Aramis Ramirez continue to show their an impressive force in any lineup, as they both homered, providing all of Chicago’s runs.
The same two teams play again today at 7:05pm EDT when Hiroki Kuroda takes on Sean Gallagher.
