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Quick Weekly Wrapup

  • Friday – 06/26, @ Chicago White Sox, W (5-4)
  • Saturday – 06/27, @ Chicago White Sox, L (8-7)
  • Sunday – 06/28,@ Chicago White Sox, L (6-0)
  • Monday – 06/29, @ Pittsburgh, W (3-1)
  • Tuesday – 06/30, @ Pittsburgh, L (3-0)
  • Wednesday – 07/01, @ Pittsburgh, W (4-1)
  • Thursday – 07/02, vs. Milwaukee, W (9-5)

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Looking at the week like this, it doesn’t look too bad. 4-3 on the week, two shutouts but only one that looks really crappy. But, until Thursday’s game against Milwaukee, I was feeling about the lowest I’ve felt all year about this team. I feel a lot better now. Still only cautiously optimistic, but that is “a lot better”.

The best part of the week, for me, is that Soriano sat. As many of you have mentioned, Sam Fuld is not this team’s answer. But these days, neither is Soriano. What was the best part of the week for you? The worst?

Question of the Week

Ok guys, fess up. How many of you winced or maybe even crossed your legs when you saw that ball heading straight for Ryan Dempster’s junk after it ricocheted off his foot in the 7th? Yeow!

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  • And Soriano, of all people, calling someone out for their team play is pretty funny.
  • There are other blogs? What the Gregg?
  • Following a burst of inactivity by the Cubs the Cardinals have traded for former Cub favorite Mark DeRosa.
  • What do the stats say about Alfonso Soriano as a fielder? I am pretty sure what I think they should say.
  • Just like LaRussa likes to bat his pitcher 8th to add another lead off guy, batting Alf 1st gives us another 9th place hitter before the line up turns over.
  • what would help more would be “a little less talk and a lot more action.”
  • Soriano looks like he is half asleep in the field and the plate. Bradley looks like a frustrated golfer that just doesn’t know what adjustment to make to keep it in the fairway.
  • Actually, it is a CHRONIC lack of ability. ACUTE would actually mean [Miles] will get better soon, that ain’t going to happen.
  • We need the big bad Wookies to start driving in runs
  • You have to reward little successes with praise. That’s what we’ve learned with our toddler as he’s just about done potty training. Seeing as how Milton acts similar to a toddler, we need to treat him and his situation in that way.
  • Someone forget to put ipecac in the bullpen water cooler last night?
  • Anybody who doesn’t want to play for Lou Piniella doesn’t have to come to the Cubs. They can play with themselves, instead.
  • It’s kinda like asking my kids, “which babysitter do you least want me to get this weekend?”
  • Dammit, Joe. I don’t want to read about the minors. I don’t. And yet now I click through and read it anyway. What’s happening to me?
  • Hello Mr. Hendry. I wanted to write to you because I think I’ve created poop that didn’t stink as much as this Cubs team.
  • So Geo and me lit up a fat boy (not him, he was skinnier then)
  • Chillaxe.
  • Four games against the Brewers coming up and I want 3 of them. Is that too much to ask?
  • In other words, he’s also Japanese.
  • Our BABIP (Bashes on Blogs in Play) for June was only .458
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Here’s to a pleasant holiday weekend for all of you. And here’s to a few more Cubs wins this weekend too! Fingers crossed.The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past download