Monday, June 23, 2008

Sweeps and greetings

First things first. Happy Birthday to Mark DeCarlo.

And happy anniversary -- it was 24 years ago today that Ryne Sandberg homered not once, but twice off Bruce Sutter...in the 9th and 10th innings of a game to beat the dastardly Cards. Ah, what a sweet memory!

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming. Nice weekend. Only thing better than a sweep is a sweep of the White Sox or Cardinals, right? That was sweet.

Who's that awesome centerfielder we have? Two dingers in an inning? Third Cub in history to do that.

Aramis is heating it up. Good thing he started reading the blog.

Like the way little Patterson played this weekend. Showed some fire.

I wouldn't have pulled Fontenot in an inning where he'd already homered. That seemed wrong.

So what are we? 6 and 4 without Soriano? Not bad. Zambrano will miss two starts, including one vs the Cardinals. Hopefully the rest of the staff will keep pitching well.

There is an electricity in Wrigley this year...they need to keep that flowing all year, and it might be, it could be, it is -- OUR YEAR.

js

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I didn't realize that Patterson was so much faster than his brother. He might not suck. Let's hope Dempster's deal with Lucifer stays solid, and Hendry makes the pitcher deal (Harden or Sabathia...Sabathia I like more because he can HIT...did you check that bomb he dropped on the Dodgers Saturday?). Mark Decarlo turned a yeal older today? It'll make that 12 foot walk from the softball first base dugout to first base that much longer.

Anonymous said...

Taste of America now has to hire someone to chew his food for him. Sad, really. They should change the name to Taste of America and Bruce's Saliva.

I like Sabathia because he weighs 600 pounds and can throw 500 innings a year. (You are the brute squad!)

LilPat (not to be confused with Lilliput) is fast. I don't care if he's faster than his brother. I only care that he's smarter.

69 fan said...

temesherm
And Happy Birthday to the Sherminator as well. Taste of America is filming at Grannys Buffet today.

Pinella said pulling Fontenot was a senior moment.

I guess Edmonds foot is feeling better.

Both teams In the College World Series finals are mascotted by a Bulldog. They could give our centerfielder a tussle for his money.

Anonymous said...

I'd venture the assumption that we've all laid down with a bulldog in our college days. just sayin'

69 fan said...

You are funny with or without the poop on your fingers. Yes the little head can lead you places you never thought you would go without 3 bags (her head, your head in case the first fell off, and one for the dog, so he doesn't lose respect for you).

Anonymous said...

"Little poop on my finger" was Jim Edmonds nickname in high school. But hey, I love the guy now, so I don't care what he did or didn't do at the petting zoo.

Rumor has it that the Buss's are now trying for twin boys so that they can name them Jim and Edmond.

Anonymous said...

"Little poop on my finger" was Jim Edmonds nickname in high school. But hey, I love the guy now, so I don't care what he did or didn't do at the petting zoo.

Rumor has it that the Buss's are now trying for twin boys so that they can name them Jim and Edmond.

Anonymous said...

I think you have to be awake to procreate, so no twin boys will be comin any time soon.

You have no idea how close Kendall and Courtney came to being Grace (Mark) and Sandy (as in Sandberg) Buss. As with so many other things in my life of late, my wife said no to those names, and chose not to dig in and cause myself further delay in what has been a llllllllloooooooonnnnnnnggggg sexual slump.

worth it, though. this time.