Wojo article: "10 reasons Cubs could go all the way"

[splintersag]

Usually I don't like Gene Wojciechowski, probably because of his article a couple years ago bashing the Bears during the Super Bowl run. But this a nice piece about the Cubs.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=3451219&sportCat=mlb

 

Chicago Cubs reliever Carlos Marmol plopped down on the billowy leather recliner in the visitors' clubhouse, leaned back in one of those "ahhhhh" moments … and then fell head over heels backward.

 

Reliever Scott Eyre, talking on his cell, let Marmol struggle for a few seconds, leaned the phone to the side and said, "Hold on a second. Marmol just fell over." And then he helped drag Marmol from the recliner.

 

On the opposite side of the clubhouse a handful of Cubs, as well as general manager Jim Hendry and team chairman Crane Kenney, watched as LSU mounted a ninth-inning rally against Rice in the College World Series. Hendry is a close friend of LSU coach Paul Mainieri.

 

Just before the game-winning, bases-clearing double that won the game for LSU, closer Kerry Wood sprinted back toward the players lounge. That's where shortstop Ryan Theriot, an LSU alum, was watching -- and dying -- with every pitch.

 

After the LSU rally, Wood walked back into the clubhouse with a smile as wide as the on-deck circle.

 

"When the guy hit the ball, I turned the TV off," he said, laughing.

 

Cool stuff, I wonder if Fontenot watched too, or if he was practicing the pre game ritual with Z :lol: . There's also a top 10 list, which is good too.

[JimSorgi]

Is it just me, or does he write about the Cubs a lot?

[17 Seconds]

I refuse to read this until I hear about Zambrano's MRI.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I had no idea Johnson led the NL in avg. with runners in scoring position.

[Derwood]

wow, an ESPN article about the Cubs I didn't hate. Wojo managed to go the whole thing without mentioning 1908, Bartman or Billy Goats

[JonnyRed]

Wojo's article actually made me feel better after last night's implosion.....I need to get my positive mojo going for this afternoon's epic battle.

 

Keep thinking:

1. The Cubs have the best record in baseball (check)

2. The Cubs have the best home record in baseball (check)

3. A man named Soto will lead us to the promised W land (check, check)

 

GO CUBS!

[Tyrant]

Is it just me, or does he write about the Cubs a lot?

 

I think Wojo is a Chicago guy.

[Moises a loo]

Is it just me, or does he write about the Cubs a lot?

 

I think Wojo is a Chicago guy.

 

Yeah, he wrote that book chronicling the 04 season. Can't recall the title, but it had a pretty crappy ending.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Is it just me, or does he write about the Cubs a lot?

he's from Chicago

[TruffleShuffle]

just wait til the next espn article: "1908 reasons why the cubs won't go all the way"

[CubbieBum]

Is it just me, or does he write about the Cubs a lot?

he's from Chicago

 

and still lives in Chicago (north side if I'm not mistaken. read an article one time a couple months back where he said he's in Cubs town)

[Friendly Confines]

Is it just me, or does he write about the Cubs a lot?

 

I think Wojo is a Chicago guy.

 

Yeah, he wrote that book chronicling the 04 season. Can't recall the title, but it had a pretty crappy ending.

 

 

Cubs Nation

[ConstableRabbit]

just wait til the next espn article: "1908 reasons why the cubs won't go all the way"

"...19. BARTMAN!!!11111..."