Point. It's important to win games. Point. It's important not to lose games. There is a difference, and good teams know it.
In that 15 game that we all but gave away? We did what we had to do "not to lose it" and the same with that game where we squandered the 7 run lead. Last night? We won it. And now we are 6 and 3 with 5 wins in a row and looking pretty good, albeit tired from all the extras.
I think to be a top tier team, there have to be about 20 to 25 wins a year of games that have "gotten away". That first game of the year would have been a great example. Fukudome hits that three run banger off Gagne and we almost come back to win. That was a lost game, and would have been a huge win. Even so, I think it gave us hope, and introduced us to a clutch guy named Kosuke. Past Cub teams would have folded in one or both of those first two games with the Pirates. Dusty's team would have. Lou's team did not. Good for them. I think it's a good sign.
Kudos to Leiber. Kudos to Soto and Fontenot. And kudos to Lou for pulling Hill when he did. I say put Marshall in the rotation until Hill shows that he knows what the strike zone is.
Go Cubs.
JS
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Soto had the obvious huge night, but Fontenot was outstanding. He played a solid 2B, took a great swing to hit the dinger while ahead in a count, and what I koved most was his 1st inning AB when he hooked an outside 2 strike pitch to the right side to move Soriano to 3rd. Unselfish and a tough out. Might Lou think to use him more in a lefty/righty platoon at 2B with DeRosa? He plays better defense, and is the only guy the Cubs have in either the 1 or 2 holes that has the right approach at the plate.
I think we all agree that Lieber should be in the rotation, though there may be more than one spot for him at present.
Zambrano, Dempster, Lieber.... and pray for rain. Not much of a ring to it, but it's early.
(song by queen) I'm in love with my curve....
I kinda wish I knew how to use spell checker in this window.
Anybody know how to convert a .wav file to something I can record onto a CD?
If someone had said that we'd be thinking Dempster and Leiber would be critical "rotationers" I would have thought them batty. Yes, batty.
How about Leiber, Dempster, Zambrano and pray for snow?
How about Carlos, Ryan and Jon? To the tune of Abraham, Martin and John?
To answer your question what you need to do is sing directly into the USB port on your computer. It'll record and then you can play it back with Microsoft Player.
Time to read my shit. Quick and to the point. Let your mind expand.
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