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Bats Dead In Makeup Game
Not much to say about this game. Our bats weren’t just quiet, they were dead. A couple of errors and no offense stopped Dempster from getting another win. He didn’t pitch his best stuff, but he had held the White Sox to one run, so it’s sad that in the final innings they smacked us for five.
Ryan Theriot went hitless again, which is still very surprising to me. I was also surprised to see Jake Fox at first instead of Micah Hoffpauir. I know that we need Jake’s bat in there, but put him in left and put Micah on first. Micah is a first baseman and would not have made the error Jake did, but in Jake’s defense he hasn’t played much first.
I am seriously hoping that they play Mike Fontenot and Ryan Theriot together again before the year is over and that I get to see it. I miss having the Cajun Connection and they haven’t even played together that much this year. It’s sad, really.
This picture was from the last game in the Astros series and it’s just mean. lol Derrek is this towering six foot something and you have Mike who is just five foot around eight, he has to jump to reach Derrek’s hand. 
Congratulations to Derrek Lee and his wife on the birth of their new baby. I hope the family is doing well.
Now let’s go pound on the Mets! Go Cubs Go!
Final Score: ChiSox 5 Cubs 0
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Lilly Snares Tenth Win!
Gotta love when the starting pitching is dead on. Two games in a row we’ve watched our starting pitchers go out and really keep us in there for a win. Lilly pitched eight innings of shutout ball, I was kind of hoping they were going to let him go all nine and get the complete game shutout, but Piniella doesn’t let our pitcher’s go that long and it’s probably not a bad thing to keep their arms from getting tired here in the final stretch. Marmol came in a pitched a scoreless ninth and the Cubs went on to win the series against the Astros! Yay! Let’s hope Dempster can pitch just as well today against the White Sox in our makeup game so that we can start the road trip with a winning record at home.
Derrek Lee continues to lift this team up and carry them. Had it not been for his two run homerun in the fourth, we might not have won. At least not in nine innings. He smacked his 27 on the year and is ending this year with a bang.
I was very disappointed that Yahoo Sports had no pictures of our two amazing catches by the middle infielders. I love expanded rosters which brought Andres Blanco back to us and we got to see why defensively he is major league material. With a lay out catch that very well saved a run and his range. When Theriot gets a day off, which is not often considering this is his third and his only when he wasn’t sick with the flu, but when he does get one off I would much rather see Andres Blanco at short as opposed to Aaron Miles. Then there was the running, sliding into the Astors bullpen catch by Mike Fontenot. How can they not post a picture of that? It was a ball that everyone else had given up on, but not Fontenot. He went after it without regard to himself and it was a great catch! No thanks to the Astros bullpen who didn’t move a muscle out of his way, I hope he took some of them out.
Here is hoping we win today and then can go pound on the Mets, hopefully sweep them this time. Go Cubs Go!
Final Score: Cubs 2 Astros 0
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Randy Wells Dominates In Win!
Randy Wells was back to form after a bad outing last time and with some run support he notched his tenth win! The most of the Cubs starters AND he is the first Cubs rookie pitcher to go double digits since Kerry Wood won 13 games in 1998! I love this guy! I hope he earns a spot in the starting rotation next year because there is no doubt that he has what it takes.
In the fourth inning Milton Bradley belted his 12 homerun to put us on top in what had been a scoreless game. Most of the game the Cubs took advantage of the Astros errors to produce runs, it was just great baseball. Soriano singled in the fifth, Baker reached on an error sending Soriano to third and Hill singled Sori in. I have to mention the sac bunt that Wells put down, though Theriot wasn’t able to drive anyone in, this bunt was awesome! It was laid down almost right in front of home plate!
Just perfect!
Bradley, Lee and Rammy all produced another run in sixth and the Astros were held to just one and it was unearned. Wells continues to dominate the Astros lineup!
I enjoyed seeing the Cubbies win again and hope we can string a few more of these together. I was really surprised to see Soriano in the lineup again after getting that cortisone shot in his knee. He had to have been in some pain still, which makes me respect him for wanting to play that much. He had a single in this game which lead to a run, so I’m happy he was there.
Let’s get another W today, I know that we can take this series from the Astros, give me some bragging rights at work because there is one other huge baseball fan and she happens to be an Astros fan. Go Cubs Go!
Final Score: Cubs 4 Astros 1
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Keep The Faith, Cubbies!
Well, another game I didn’t get to see so not much to really blog about. I thought for sure we would win because that tends to be the way it goes, but we lost. Blasted Astros. lol Derrek Lee notched his 26 homerun, far surpassing last year, so congratulations to him! Ryan Theriot came back swinging and had a few hits in this one. Koyie Hill with an RBI double, which is awesome to see!
I hope these guys don’t lose faith and just keep battling. It may be the end of the year, but the goal is still winning some ball games, regardless if we are in the race or not. I have faith that things will turnaround, though I know most are giving up. I can’t give up on this team, just not possible. I get to watch tonight’s game so here is hoping that they can score some runs and help Wells get another W for his double digit in wins which no Cubs rookie pitcher has done since Kerry Wood accomplished it in 1998 with 13 wins. Randy Wells was off last time we saw him and has worked on his mechanics to straighten them out and I think we will see what we’ve seen all year from him. Go Cubs Go!
Final Score: Astros 5 Cubs 3
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Jake Fox’s Big Day!
I am so upset that I didn’t get to see this game. Not only did Jake Fox have a great day, but Rammy and Fontenot both drove in two runs a piece.
Congratulations to Jake Fox for his first career GRANDSLAM! This guy continues to amaze me and I just love his attitude. I wish they would play Sam Fuld more though, I think he is a lot like Reed Johnson and would love to see him more.
I’m going to tack on Sunday’s game to this entry, too because there really wasn’t anything fantastic to report. We scored one run the whole game and poor Big Z just seems to be without his stuff right now. I really hope his next outing is better. Good job to the bullpen, though, if they had some run support we could have won.
Now, a few weeks ago I sent one of the BP pictures I had taken while in Colorado to Mike Fontenot to see if I could get him to sign it. (I have sent a card to Ryan Theriot to get signed, but have not received that back yet). Anyway, I received the picture in the mail today and it was signed by not only Mike Fontenot, but Ryan Theriot as well! This was so exciting for me! I never really thought I would get it back, kuddos to Mike Fontenot and Ryan Theriot for giving something back to a fan that is stuck in the middle of a state that doesn’t appreciate MLB. I don’t get to watch tonight’s game, so I’m hoping we can stick it to those Astros. Go Cubs Go!
Astros Falter As Cubs Bats Stay Red Hot
Bats were still blazing in this series win against the Astros. The Cubs have looked really good at the plate this homestand going 6 and 1.
Behind Kevin Hart, who had some command issues and pinged two batters, the Cubs bats surged. It was learned after the game that Kevin Hart was dealt to the Pirates in a five man trade. He wasn’t fantastic, but he did bring three wins to the Cubs and will probably help the Pirates as he finds a home there.
Derrek Lee has been our hottest hitter as of late, sometimes carrying the team on his more than capable shoulders so today when he went 0-4 all I could think was it was about time that the team carried him for a change.
Just about everyone got in on this one. Fukudome was swinging a really hot bat going 3-3 and pretty close to hitting for the cycle. He was one of two that had a triple, Mike Fontenot also had one today. Theriot had a hit that I believe was ruled a double, but he ended up at third on it. Fukudome and Theriot paced the offense, each driving in four RBI’s.
Every article I’ve read on the double play that D. Lee tagged out Ortiz keeps saying that it was a high throw from Fontenot. Which is true, but they don’t mention the fact that Fontenot was air born as the base runner took him out to try to break up the double play. Now as for the play on D. Lee’s part, we are very lucky to have him on first. I’m not sure many first baseman make this play, that is just his gold glove calibur over there. Lee is a tall guy so everyone says he makes a good target out there for the infielders and Lord knows he has saved many an error with his skills.
It was pretty funny because as the bottom of the third inning started I told my mom that the next three guys up were more than capable of hitting homeruns so we might see some more and just after I said it Jake Fox sent a ball to the bleachers and then Milton Bradley followed it with a homerun of his own. It’s good to see Bradley getting some hits now.
I am so sick of the comments about Mike Fontenot. I have never seen one person ragged on so much for a hitting slump. It makes me mad because there are other players on this team that were in slumps or are still in them and people are sticking behind them as they work through it. I don’t think anyone will be happy with the second baseman no matter who it is because it’s not Mark DeRosa. I loved Mark DeRosa, I think we were stupid for trading him the Cardinals are lucky to have such a great player, but I also feel that we have a great team and we are now starting to show what we are capable of. It has been said that the guys on this team don’t feel that we need to do a lot of trading and I agree. Fontenot had a double and a triple in this game and I was disappointed that Yahoo sports didn’t post a picture of Fontenot.
Good luck to Kevin Hart with the Pirates, I hope that your career is rewarding and thank you for the help that you gave the Cubs in your short major league stay with us.
Let’s go beat the Marlins, I won’t be able to watch this game I am volunteering for the Relay for Life tomorrow, but I’ll be rooting for my Cubs hoping that their bats remain hot. Go Cubs Go!
Final Score: Cubs 12 Astros 3
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9 Days Until Game Time!!
Cubs Smoke Astros Behind Randy Wells!
This game was incredibly fun to watch! The Cubs…every one of them, brought their bats today. We had several homeruns, Soriano belted a three run homer in the first, Rammy homered in the second…can I just take a minute to say how excited I am to have his bat back in the lineup?…and Andres Blanco hit his first homerun this year in the eighth!
The first inning was my favorite because it just showed how every guy is capable of contributing something. This is how the first inning broke down-
Reed Johnson-single, Ryan Theriot-eighteenth double, Derrek Lee-sac fly Johnson scores and
Theriot to third, Aramis Ramirez-singles and Theriot scores, Milton Bradley-walks, Alfonso Soriano-three run homerun, Baker walks and on wild pitch reaches second, Koyie Hill singles and Baker scores, Randy Wells-sac bunt. Every Cub did something to contribute to the game in the first inning and it was amazing!
Hoffpauir had his first career triple in the eighth inning and Fox drove him in after Fontenot walked and Bradley lined out. This was nine innings of shut out baseball and I’m surprised they didn’t leave Wells in to pitch the last inning, but Atkins did a nice job for us and we slaughtered the Astros! Hope the Cards lose tonight, Go Cubs Go!
Final Score: Cubs 12 Astros 0
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*Side note: Reed Johnson bounced a foul ball off of his foot in the first inning and has a fractured foot. He is to miss at least a month. I’m am so sad about this because I was hoping to see him at the game in Colorado. I wish you a speedy recovery, Reed!
10 Days Until Game Time!!
Dempster Struggles In First Game Back
We knew that Dempster would be rusty and we were right. He gave up way too many hits and our guys just couldn’t get caught up. We put up a fight and Rammy sure helped us out with his homerun, hopefully today’s game will go much better.
They are platooning second base with Font against right and Baker against left. I’m not opposed to this idea, however Fontenot needs to start hitting he is currently in a slump and we need someone better than Baker. I haven’t been impressed with him, though he can come through with some clutch hits. Fontenot will take on this role with class, put up bigger numbers and show us why he is on this team. I have every faith in him.
Great two RBI pinch hit from Reed Johnson, too!
Let’s play hard today, it’s a day game and we will hopefully swing better and get those hits. I have faith in my Cubbies and could someone please kick the Cardinals butts so we have a chance at first again? Go Cubs Go!
Final Score: Astros 11 Cubs 6
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10 Days Until Game Time!!
Let It Fly–Sori’s Grand Slam Tops Astros In Extras!
Thirteen innings, our bench is exhausted, our pitching is wearing thin…the guys have to be tired…then Soriano lets a beauty fly and the Cubs will maintain their lead for another day! Derrek Lee drew a walk and then with runner in motion Aramis Ramirez hit a single. So you have first and third, no outs. Now their decision to walk Bradley surprised me. Is he a guy who can do damage? Definitey, but so is every other guy in this lineup and Bradley was having a bad game, but they walked him to load the bases and no outs. Soriano walks to the plate, he is also struggling, but he let one rip thinking deep fly ball scores winning run and ended up with his fourth career grand slam!
And of course every win with a grand slam deserves a little cream pie…! 
Good job Theriot, you really nailed him with it!
All right, here is my little protect my Fontenot mangerial rant. In the ninth we had bases loaded one out and Fontenot up to pinch hit, Piniella decides now…with the game on the line, to try a suicide squeeze. I’m not saying this is a bad move at all, but you have to play the hitter to their strengths and I
can honestly say I’ve never seen Fontenot bunt or even try to bunt. It’s a play that should be made, yes, but you have a guy at the plate with an erratic pitcher. Fontenot has a very good eye for the strike zone and can take his walks. He walks and we win, the other thing that Fontenot is very good at is deep fly balls. Guess what? A deep fly ball and we win. Which he hit after the botched squeeze play for the third out. If they had let him swing, we would have won the game right there. In that situation, if you have Reed Johnson or Ryan Theriot at the plate, let them bunt. Both are excellent bunters and can direct that ball with ease, I just feel that if we had played Fontenot to his strength there wouldn’t have been any reason for thirteen innings. That being said, we still won so all is great in Cubbieland! Maybe this will have Fontenot working on his bunting, I imagine it’s not an easy skill to get down, there are some everday guys in our lineup that can lay them down that aren’t pitchers, but Fontenot wasn’t one of them. No matter what, I love Fontenot, I think he is great for this team. Everybody has their off days and yesterday was his.
Derrek Lee was not kept off the bases, he was really dialed in with a moon shot of his own to tie the game at one. The commentators were hilarious yesterday. Here is a comment that I found so funny I was almost rolling on the ground, “Is this room service? Yes, I would like to order a fastball at 92 please?”, “Sorry sir, we only have sliders.” Oh my God, I rolled! D. Lee was at the plate when they made this comment. Then they said, “I wonder how much a fastball costs on a room service menu.” It was so incredibly funny!
Well, here is hoping we win today. I won’t get to watch the game as it’s being played because I’m getting together with my work for preparations for the Relay For Life on Friday, but I’m recording it and will watch it tomorrow. Keep swinging those bats Cubbies and lets win again today! Go Cubs Go!
Final Score (thirteen innings): Cubs 5 Astros 1
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11 Days To Game Time!!
Harden’s Gem Puts Cubs In First!
Going into this we thought we were in trouble with the stats that Harden had against him. He was pitching in the day and at Wrigley, but Harden basically threw those out the window. I’ve never seen him pitch better and was really upset that they pulled him after the fifth. I would have let him go another inning or two with the way he was pitching. Allowing only the one hit from Joey Votto for the homerun and it was shut out baseball after that.
Just about everyone was getting hits in this game, which is so great to see after so many months of no offense. Rammy is looking great and how about Koyie Hill’s first major league triple? It was just amazing to watch.
Milton Bradley had a great game, with only one strikeout which was questionable. It’s good to see so many hits coming off the bats of our Cubbies.
I really wish I had money to bid on the day with Ryan Theriot, whom also had a great multi hit game. This would be a dream come true, but I don’t have that kind of money even for a good cause like this one. I love the charities that the different teams do, it is great to see fortunate people giving back to their communities.
I hope that people stop commenting on Mike Fontenot not being a good second baseman and that we should trade for a better one. Are there better ones in the major leagues? Yes, but Fontenot is a great second baseman and he plays with so much heart. I love having him in the lineup, not to mention the pop he has in his bat is definitely nice to have on the left side.
Keep playing like this Cubbies and we could reach the threepeat of the division title. Go Cubs Go! Let’s kick some Astros butt. Partially because then I can pick on Courtney at work that my team beat her’s.
Final Score: Cubs 5 Reds 2
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13 Days Until Game Time!!
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