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4 comments August 17th, 2008
If the playoffs started today, the Cubs would host the winner of the NL West Division deathmatch between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers, both managers burning their bullpens beyond recognition.
And the wild-card Milwaukee Brewers would head to Queens to face the New York Mets, the NL East winner.
(And you know, I wouldn’t even complain to Fox if they made the Sabathia-Santana matchup their prime-time contest)
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If Penn and Teller cared about baseball, they would think this number was magical for the Cubs:
Doug Henning would think so, too, if he weren’t deceased at the present time.
2 comments August 17th, 2008
How do you like that, Florida Marlins!!!! Doesn’t feel so good when you allow eight runs late in a game you thought was all but won, right?!?!?!
(Yeah, you’re right. Nothing will make up for The Game Which Cannot Be Mentioned, even nearly five years later.)
But a great point from Sunday’s 9-2 Cubs victory over the Marlins was that the Chicago National League Ball Club had no homers in its eight-run seventh.
From the Yahoo! Play-By-Play recap:
| - M. Fontenot doubled to deep right |
| - R. Johnson singled to center, M. Fontenot to third |
| - J. Edmonds hit for R. Dempster |
| - R. Pinto relieved C. Volstad |
| - C. Ross in right field |
| - A. Amezaga in center field |
| - M. DeRosa hit for J. Edmonds |
| - J. Edmonds walked, R. Johnson to second |
| - A. Soriano doubled to deep left, R. Johnson and M. Fontenot scored, M. DeRosa to third |
| - R. Theriot grounded out to pitcher |
| - D. Lee intentionally walked |
| - A. Ramirez doubled to left, M. DeRosa and A. Soriano scored, D. Lee to third |
| - K. Fukudome hit sacrifice fly to center, D. Lee scored |
| - G. Soto intentionally walked |
| - R. Cedeno hit for M. Fontenot |
| - L. Kensing relieved R. Pinto |
| - R. Cedeno walked, A. Ramirez to third, G. Soto to second |
| - R. Johnson doubled to deep left, A. Ramirez, R. Cedeno and G. Soto scored |
| - M. DeRosa grounded out to third |
The Cubs are making opposing staffs work. A lot.
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