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October 2nd, 2008
I’m sick of all this “Are the Cubs cursed?” … stuff. The Cubs lost last night because their starting pitcher couldn’t throw strikes and the Dodgers came up with the big hits when they needed them.
In 2003, I was mildly amused about the curse talk. Last year, I ignored it. This year it’s annoying the heck out of me.
Remember the Atlanta Braves won 14 straight division titles and won only won World Series. The best teams during the regular season don’t always win the big game. Perfect example is the 2001 Seattle Mariners. That team won a record tying 116 games and didn’t even advance to the World Series.
Funny things happen in baseball games. Guys can hit the snot out of a ball and have nothing to show for it while others get on base by hitting bloopers and ground balls “with eyes.” (See Bull Durham.)
So forget goats, black cats and fans who reach for foul balls. I wish the Cubs would win so we’d never have to hear about that junk again.
October 1st, 2008
So I had a friend lamenting that two of the more prominent Cubs backers out of the woodwork, comedian Tom Dressen and actor Jim Belushi, have never been funny, and why do they have to get so much air time when the Cubs have success.
But, believe me, those two are the Marx Brothers, “Animal House” and “Arrested Development” rolled into two compared with this nonsense from ESPN’s Rick Reilly.
October 1st, 2008
The Dodgers’ 7-2 win gives the Cubs a seven-game losing streak in the postseason. For nostalgia fans, here’s a link to the last Cubs’ victory. Current Cubs fans will be stunned to see Aramis Ramirez with six — count ‘em — six RBIs against the Marlins that night.
October 1st, 2008
Manny’s 8-iron swing reaches the left field bleachers, giving the Dodgers a 5-2 lead. Cubs get a pinch-hit from Mike “Little Babe Ruth” Fontenot* but nothing else.
*-Ron Santo’s nickname for him.
October 1st, 2008
Dempster became wilder than Looney Tunes’ Tazmanian Devil and served up a slam to James Loney in the fifth. Cubs waste a leadoff double from ARam in the sixth. Cubs down 4-2.
October 1st, 2008
Wally must be watching too many political debats, where it’s de rigour to stretch the truth (that’s lie to normal citizens). The Cubs faced Santana only once this year, and lost. As for Tony, this is not about ex-Twins: most ex-Twins stink. Just watch, Torii Hunter will have more double-play grounders than hits this postseason as he tries to pull every outside pitch. But Johan Santana is simply the best pitcher in baseball. His ERA in August was 1.91. In September, he got even better, with a 1.83 ERA. He was unbeaten in his last 17 starts and has not given up more than three runs in any game since before the All-Star break. In his last three starts, he averaged eight innings and allowed a total of 4 runs in 24 innings with 27 strikeouts. That’s not a guy you want to face twice in a series where if you lose three times you’re done for the year. Yes, Sabathia is good (but, no, Wally, not as good as Johan). And Milwaukee’s next-best pitcher was a guy with zero wins this year. The Phillies are the second-best team in the NL, but the only other team in the NL with any chance to knock off the Cubs is the Mets. The Dodgers should be an easy out.
October 1st, 2008
Very dramatic in the top half of the inning, with Dempster loading the bases before getting Ethier to whiff. Bottom half had a co-worker wondering if ARam was going to continue his postseason sluglike tendencies after his 6-4-3.
Dempster already with 61 pitches through the first third of the game. Going to wonder who gets the call from the ‘pen in the seventh for the North Siders.
October 1st, 2008
Looks like Mark DeRosa can take it easy on his leg if all he has to do is jog around the bases! There’s your lead, Dempster, now hold ‘em!
Los Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers, a guy smart enough to get permanently disinvited from ESPN’s “Around the Horn,” spends some quality time with Jim Belushi (guy in picture). Remember Jimbo sucking up to the Dodgers while watching him sing during tonight’s seventh-inning stretch.
October 1st, 2008
Each starter (L.A.’s Derek Lowe and Chicago’s Ryan Dempster) records a walk and a strikeout in a first inning that may make fans yearn for the missing “Everybody Loves Raymond” rerun being pre-empted.
October 1st, 2008
I’m ready!
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