really?

again

again! Man, I’m really bummed for some of my Cub fan friends and I’m really disappointed that Harden did not get any support tonite. Why did they pull him in the 5th? How did that really make any sense? I did not get to watch the game because I was working but tried to follow the action on my breaks. I saw that Rich’s fastball was in the low 90’s this evening……any other observations from those who were able to watch?

he’ll be 31 so it’s all downhill from here. how much longer will he be able to stay at SS?
back problems: kotsay, chavez. i prefer to remember history rather than repeat it.
a 96 career OPS+ does not impress me.
he’ll be expensive, i’m sure plenty of other teams are looking for a decent SS.

This is probably my favorite SBN site. I was rooting hard for Harden too, but who knows, maybe next year < / cliche >.

Just wanted you to know, I voted for Ziggy for the “Delivery Man” award thinger today.

Isn’t that statement enough to make you re-evaluate who you thought you were?

I am really happy the Dodgers won the series, but I was sad to see Rich have a bad game :(

Man, you guys shoulda’ been out here in Cubbie territory to see those faces at the pub. Classic. I feel sorry for my Cubbie bros, though. They deserve it more than anyone, yet they face yet another year of frustration. As one dude (in a Ryne Sandberg jersey) that I talked to put it, “I just don’t know if next year is going to be as much fun.” I feel that, man. I feel that.

3 and out???? and what the Heck was Soriano swinging at?

Not for words, mind you. Like that would ever happen.

I was pulling for the Cubs. 100 years? I mean, guys it’s been 19 for the A’s, and that feels like forever. I’m not saying that no team should have a drought that long (the Giants’ can go on forever for all I care), but the Cubs just aren’t that hateable.

If their fans have become Red Sox Nation 2.0, I truly haven’t seen it. 100 years. Of course their fans are going to rally around each other. Of course, they are going to pick up more fans along the way, just for sentimental reasons (which, I believe still exists in sports). And of course anyone connected to baseball is going to talk and write about it until our ears and eyes bleed from it all.

The Cubs were at an unfair advantage. Too much weight on their shoulders. Maybe it’s a poor excuse, but there was a century’s worth of fans depending on them. Unlike in Boston where they always expected the worst, Chicago really believed that this was their year. And they didn’t even show up for the party. It’s wasn’t heartbreaking a la the A’s in 2000-03; they simply did not compete. Still not sure which is worse. And poor Bartman will continue to have his name thrown out there: nine straight playoff losses since that fateful day.

The playoffs themselves are becoming a bore; almost no series goes the distance anymore, and it seems that more of them end up in sweeps than anything else. And if you need proof I have it somewhere, but that’s for another day. The same applies for teams with the best record; there’s no true advantage to it. Teams with 100 regular season wins fall by the wayside, while wild-card teams often excel. If Boston completes the sweep today, that will be a big, fat 0-for-6 that the league’s “best” teams put up.

I am all for parity, but sadly, the playoffs are more like a parody of late.

Time to go to work.

having clinched their division early, didn’t set up their rotation so as to start Zambrano and either Lilly or Harden in Games 1 and 2. Yeah, I know Dempster was unbeaten at home during the season, but this is the postseason.

Having a good pitcher with postseason experience start Game 1 would certainly have helped. Perhaps they could have held their early lead, and have loosened up a bit to hit better and play better defense in the other games had Game 1 not been so deflating.