I Don't Need An Interpreter

Holy Cow! I'm sooooo excited for the season. Check out these new advertisements for my Cubbies.
I got them from here: http://www.suntimes.com/business/lazare/753085,lew012208.article

It's Gonna Happen

My Cubbies have been on a major roll. Despite the national sports media constantly talking smack, my Cubbies have won 9 of their last 11 and only have 3 less wins than the NL East leading Mets. So much for saying no one wanted to take control and win the NL Central. My Cubbies are making a push in a major way to take control. The hitters are hitting like I've never seen. Mark DeRosa's batting average rose 10 points in the last 10 games, including 5 points against the Reds in a 3 game series (he was 9/10)!

Despite being at the bottom of the league in homers all season, the Cubs are leading the league in homers in September. Aramis Ramirez hit a pair of 3-run homers yesterday and a 2-run shot today. The Fonz has hit 4 dingers in the last 3 games and 12 this month!

These offensive outpourings have masked a couple pretty bad games by the staff (the last 2 days). The Cubs have scored 22 runs against the Pirates in the first two games of the series. Unfortunately, they've given up 13 to the lowly Pirates. Hopefully another rest day on Monday will give the bullpen some rest and the starters can get it under control. We have got to have Z, Lilly, Hill and Marquis all clicking if we are going to make the playoffs and make a run. Converting Traschel (The Rascal as CubsTattoo calls him) and Marshall to long relief pitchers in the postseason could be a huge advantage.

So start the countdown (I've been doing it for 2 weeks now; I taped a schedule to my door). The magic number is 7 and the Brewers game vs. the Braves is just starting (Braves up 2-0 early). Any win by My Cubbies or loss by the hated Brewers brings the magic number down by 1. When the magic number is 0, we have clinched.

Just a week left in the season... things are looking really good... so here we go... I'm going to say it... It's Gonna Happen.

He bLOU his top

After our runners repeatedly cowered at the arm of Jeff Francoeur, Angel Pagan decided to tray and take 3rd with 0 outs on a catcher with 14 letters in his last name. It was a close play, but he appeared to be out. However, Sweet Lou blew his lid just for the sake of it, and hilarity ensued. He proceeded to break out the dirt kick and the ump hat swipe. The fans were hoping for a base toss, but had to settle for tossing their commemorative mugs on the field.

I know it's easy to second guess, but base running mistakes can occur even when you don't get thrown out. Earlier in the game, Ramirez failed to take third on a slow single through the infield and Pagan should have already been at third after roping ball into the corner. Having watched a few Marlins and Twins games this past week, it's upsetting how much better some organizations are at training ball players through the system.

At any rate, it won't be too long before the levee breaks. A move probably would have already been made if the NL Central wasn't so damned bad.