First First Place Thread!

[Cubfanintheknow]

Who'da thunk it?

[ChicagoTigers]

Made up ground against bottom of the barrel teams while St. Louis faced Houston and Philly. Lots of baseball left.

[Friendly Confines]

:stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman:

[Coach C]

Made up ground against bottom of the barrel teams while St. Louis faced Houston and Philly. Lots of baseball left.

 

At the same time, let's be fair. The Cubs could had easily choked away aganist thoe awful teams in Washington and the Reds. They could had easily took 2 out of 3 against Philly, had that one game went towards their way.

[Keener98]

Made up ground against bottom of the barrel teams while St. Louis faced Houston and Philly. Lots of baseball left.

 

So basically they did what good teams do, they beat the crap teams. Even still, sweeps are not an easy thing to accomplish, no matter how bad the teams are. The Cardinals have played the easiest schedule in baseball so far this year, so they were living off bottom of the barrel teams all 1st half pretty much.

[Old Style]

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

[cubstitlelives]

Made up ground against bottom of the barrel teams while having injury after injury to deal with, while St. Louis faced Houston and Philly with a healthy team in tact.. Lots of baseball left.

 

Fixed for truth and accuracy. Carry on.

[CubmanPi]

:clapping: :yahoo: \:D/ :pig: =D> :-)) :clapping: :yahoo: \:D/ :pig: =D> :-)) :clapping: :yahoo: \:D/ :pig: =D> :-))

[Z38Cubs]

It feels especially good because just about every radio host has been ripping the Cubs all year for being mediocre, yet praising the White Sox for being, essentially, the same thing. This season is starting to look promising though. Let's hope the injuries subside a bit and the bats stay hot.

[bhogg]

in the words of the "Major League" grounds crew in Cleveland, "they're still poopy!"

[Ihatepujols]

Now if we can just go on a rare 66 game win streak...

[Ihatepujols]

Made up ground against bottom of the barrel teams while St. Louis faced Houston and Philly. Lots of baseball left.

 

I think Bob said something about this today. To be a Division winner you beat the teams your suppose to beat and play well against the really good teams. there is no rpi in MLB so a sweep feels good no matter who were playin.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 6-3 vs. Cincinnati 
CUBS are 6-4 vs. Houston 
CUBS are 6-4 vs. Milwaukee 
CUBS are 4-2 vs. Pittsburgh 
CUBS are 5-8 vs. St. Louis 
CUBS are 2-4 vs. Atlanta 
CUBS are 3-1 vs. Florida 
CUBS are 4-0 vs. Washington 
CUBS are 0-0 vs. New York 
CUBS are 1-2 vs. Philadelphia 
CUBS are 1-2 vs. Arizona 
CUBS are 1-1 vs. Colorado 
CUBS are 2-2 vs. Los Angeles 
CUBS are 3-3 vs. San Diego 
CUBS are 1-1 vs. San Francisco 
CUBS are 2-3 vs. Chicago (AL) 
CUBS are 3-0 vs. Cleveland 
CUBS are 0-3 vs. Detroit 
CUBS are 1-2 vs. Minnesota 

[Clem Fandango]

None of this could be possible if it weren't for the rest of the NL Central being just as mediocre as we've been. Until we retain first place for an extended period of time, I'm not going to get my hopes up just yet...

 

Though it is a pleasant feeling :)

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The possibility that Rich Harden was more unlucky and less broken at the beginning of the season is looking very promising.

[Jehrico]

I've never been so disappointed with a Cubs team that was in first place this late in the season. This is weird.

[XZero771679666304]

It's nice to be in fisrt, but is doesn't mean much right now.

 

Having said that, the facts that Soriano and Bradley are showing signs of breaking out, Harden is pitching very well and ARam is raking make me feel like there is a very good chance the Cubs have a much better second half.

[kujay]

This team is very fortunate to be in first place, and now they just need to crank it up one more notch. If Demp and Lilly come back okay, they should still win this thing by 5 games.

[Friendly Confines]

After this win I had a split second feeling similar to the one after Dero planted a homer in the right field basket in game 1 of the NLDS last year.

 

Keep it up cubbies. :cool:

[Hairyducked Idiot]

It's nice to be in fisrt, but is doesn't mean much right now.

 

I disagree. With just 66 games left in the schedule, every half-game is pretty significant.

[XZero771679666304]

It's nice to be in fisrt, but is doesn't mean much right now.

 

I disagree. With just 66 games left in the schedule, every half-game is pretty significant.

 

It certainly doesn't mean as much as it would a month from now, and even less than two months from now. I'm not saying it means nothing, but it isn't worth doing cartwheels over.

Edited July 26, 2009 by XZero77

[Radar3454]

3 up in the loss column

[brinoch]

The march has begun. I realize that people are concerned by the terrible first half, but now that the yips are out of the system, the Cubs are going to roll the rest of the division. If they can stay healthy, I wouldn't be surprised to see the Cubs quickly pass the Rockies and Phillies and flirt with catching the Dodgers.

[XZero771679666304]

The march has begun. I realize that people are concerned by the terrible first half, but now that the yips are out of the system, the Cubs are going to roll the rest of the division. If they can stay healthy, I wouldn't be surprised to see the Cubs quickly pass the Rockies and Phillies and flirt with catching the Dodgers.

 

What a pollyanna-ish thing to say.

[Smack]

Well, I just got dumped by my girlfriend of a year and a half. At least something good happened today! I'll be watching a lot more baseball now!