Here we go. Game 2. It's pretty much do or die for the Cubs. Is everyone as nervous as I am right now? If we win today then we go to L.A. and get to play in warm weather. That'll help our sluggers. Let's go Cubbies...
Top 1- Crowd is loud!! Z is looking great. perfect innining. Now let's get the bats going!
Bot 2 - Soriano leadoff single. But Theriot and Lee strike out while Aram pops out. Need our big hitters or this series will be over in a hurry. Anxiety already setting in.
Top 2 - Theriot should have at least gotten one out there. Instead, Dodgers have first and third with no outs. Somebody called into 670 The Score yesterday and said Theriot's average-at-best defense would be the Cubs achilles heel in the playoffs. Just another Cubby occurance I guess. DeRosa error on a taylor-made double play then DLee muffs one. It's official...the Cubs can't handle the pressure of the postseason. 1-0 Dodgers, bases loaded, 1 out. Strike out then bunt scores a run 2-0. Martin three-run bases clearing double. 5-0 Dodgers. There's no curse..the Cubs just can't put winners on the field. Manny strikes out to end the inning. Two errors, should have been three. No earned runs for Z. Really starting to feel that I wasted about..oh I'd say over 100 hours of my life this season watching this team. PATHETIC
Bot 2- Cubs go down in order. Who's meeting me at Rookies after work? Shots til 3 a.m.
Top 3 - Wow, an inning without a Cubs error! Nicely done. When is the Blackhawks first regular season game?
Bot 3- Fukudome strikes out. What a surprise. four-year $48 million..money well spent huh. Why does Zambrano have the most plate discipline on the team? one on one out. Soriano pops it up on a 2-0 count. Gotta love that. Inning over. I think I'll wet my pants
Top 4 - Another error. This time on Aram. Time for the Cubs to purchase the Tom Emanski baseball instructional video featuring Fred McGriff.
Bot 4 - Don't know what to say anymore. 97 wins for this.
Top 5 - Manny home run, 6-0. I think It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia is on FX right now. Dick Stockton or Ron Darling, one of them, just commented on how fans shouldn't boo their team. He obviously doesn't know much about the Cubs. I wonder how Santo is doing right now.
Bot 5 - going, going...caught by Manny on the track. Fukudome strikes out. The end is near.
Top 6 - 12 outs away from being in an 0-2 hole. An idea: No one go to regular season games, then if the Cubs go to playoffs we'll go see them and they'll win the World Series. Hey, it works for the Marlins. I'll take 2 titles every 10 years.
Bot 6- Make that nine outs away from being in an 0-2 hole. No runs, no hits. Speaking of hits, the Cubs have two hits off of Dodgers' starter Chad Billingsley. Isn't he in the running for Cy Young? Oh, wait. He's no where close to that. Fooled me
Top 7 - I have two friends at this game and I feel sorry for them. Would love to be Courier sports staff writer Tim Masmar right about now..big Dodgers fan. Why is Neal Cotts on anyone's postseason roster? 7-0 now.
Bot 7- Life at last. 7-1. runners on the corners and two outs. But it's probably too little too late. Fukudome grounds out. Inning over.
Top 8- Murphy's law. 9-1. Cubs are done. It'll take a miracle for them to come back and win three in a row. No curse, just bad baseball. Once players put that Cubs unform on and the postseason rolls around, all hell breaks loose. Pathetic pathetic baseball. Can't believe all the hype led to this.
As Hawk would say, "This one is OVER!" Dodgers vs. Phillies should be interesting.
Cubs will have a tough time topping this collapse next year, but I'm sure they'll find a way. What an embarrassment to all Cubs fans. Right when you think it can't get any worse, it gets worse.
Hey! Fred McGriff used to be a Cub! Couldn't he have given them a copy of the Emanski video?