Doug Glanville book excerpt - being eliminated from playoffs

[Sammys Boombox]

Easily, my favorite sports memory was Kerry Wood's HR in Game 7. It's even higher than the Packers SB win. Sosa's HR is my second favorite sports memory. Aramis' GS was the moment I let myself believe the Cubs could actually go to the WS. What a mistake... Alou's HR in Game 7 was pretty exciting as well. Simon's HR was pretty awesome and the Glanville three-bagger was great.

 

Man, the NLCS was so much fun minus the things that really sucked. I've been waiting 8 years to feel relevant again late in October. Probably have to wait at least 2 more.

[Sammys Boombox]

My god, that Sammy home run was incredible.

 

Also I still contest that Wood's home run was one of the greatest sports memories I have. For a brief second, even though e was pitching like [expletive] on the mound, I really thought that was going to win it for us.

 

It looked like there was a cloud of beer hanging over the bleachers because so many beverages were thrown into the air.

[minnesotacubsfan]

I don't even remember him being on that 2003 team

 

He was added part of the way through the season, after Ramirez/Lofton but before Simon. The only thing I remember from him is that he hit a big triple that helped us win a game.

 

IN GAME 3 OF THE NLCS ON A HIT AND RUN THAT TURNED A GROUNDER TO THE SS INTO A TRIPLE POSSIBLY IN EXTRA INNINGS AND THEN RAMIREZ DROPPED THE GROUNDER TO END THE GAME BUT CASTILLO RAN RIGHT INTO THE OUT TO END IT ANYWAY

 

What is wrong with you people?

 

i have no concept of time

[Guest]

Yeah, Wood's HR was awesome. For a split second, I thought they might actually win that Game 7.

 

I loved Kenny Lofton's expression when Sosa hit the [expletive] out of tha HR in Game 2.

 

Even if you didn't see Game 3, how the hell do you not check some sort of highlights to see how the team you root for won an NLCS game!? And you'd think Doug Glanville hitting the game-winning triple would stick in your memory just because of how improbable it was for *him* to do it.

[treebird]

Yeah, Wood's HR was awesome. For a split second, I thought they might actually win that Game 7.

 

I loved Kenny Lofton's expression when Sosa hit the [expletive] out of tha HR in Game 2.

 

Even if you didn't see Game 3, how the hell do you not check some sort of highlights to see how the team you root for won an NLCS game!? And you'd think Doug Glanville hitting the game-winning triple would stick in your memory just because of how improbable it was for *him* to do it.

 

i remember thinking that the grass in miami must be like an eighth of an inch long. i can't really remember any other 900 hop triples off the wall.

[imb]

id rather watch the bartman play 1000 times than wood's home run once.

[Derwood]

I don't even remember him being on that 2003 team

 

He hit a game winning triple in game 3 of the NLCS in extra innings. That was the game that ended on the weird run down. How does someone not remember that?

 

Probably because I only saw one NLCS game out of the seven

 

 

WTF

 

I was working my TV gig and was at work pretty much every day from 7am until 2am. I missed almost the entire series.

[minnesotacubsfan]

id rather watch the bartman play 1000 times than wood's home run once.

 

I hope you break your jaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

again

[manbearcub]

It bothers me that there is no video of this anywhere online. MLB are a bunch of nazis.

[imb]

id rather watch the bartman play 1000 times than wood's home run once.

 

I hope you break your jaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

again

 

i mean one more time, you geek. i saw it live and i was convinced he had atoned for his crappy pitching and we were going to the series.

[J.R.]

you guys realize that before that became our worst baseball memory, that series was the most awesome time to be a cubs fan, right?

True.

 

Of all the great HRs in that series, Simon's might be my favorite. That's when I started letting myself really believe.

 

http://www.progressiveboink.com/jon/images/wrigley/11.JPG

 

http://www.progressiveboink.com/jon/images/wrigley/12.JPG

 

http://media.lawrence.com/img/photos/2003/10/11/SimonSports_t440.jpg

[SouthSideRyan]

I can pretty much only remember 3 things form the nlcs... guthrie blowing game 1, josh beckett shutting the cubs out in the day game, bartman

 

 

THE SOSA HOME RUN OFF THE CAMERA SHACK???

 

THE AWESOME BLOWOUT IN GAME TWO SPOILED ONLY BY DUSTY LEAVING IN PRIOR FOR LIKE 200 PITCHES?

 

ARAMIS'S INSANELY HIGH ALMOST FOUL GRAND SLAM

 

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

 

KERRY WOOD [expletive] TYING THE GAME WITH A [expletive] HOME RUN

[Guest]

I was plastered for that game and barely remember the good stuff and vividly remember the sad stuff.

 

I remember the Wood HR, but that night was overall so depressing that I don't feel like I enjoyed it for that long.

 

Once Miggy hit his, I ramped up the drinking efforts.

[SouthSideRyan]

you guys realize that before that became our worst baseball memory, that series was the most awesome time to be a cubs fan, right?

True.

 

Of all the great HRs in that series, Simon's might be my favorite. That's when I started letting myself really believe.

 

http://www.progressiveboink.com/jon/images/wrigley/11.JPG

 

http://www.progressiveboink.com/jon/images/wrigley/12.JPG

 

http://media.lawrence.com/img/photos/2003/10/11/SimonSports_t440.jpg

 

Please be good again Cubs.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I can pretty much only remember 3 things form the nlcs... guthrie blowing game 1, josh beckett shutting the cubs out in the day game, bartman

 

 

THE SOSA HOME RUN OFF THE CAMERA SHACK???

 

THE AWESOME BLOWOUT IN GAME TWO SPOILED ONLY BY DUSTY LEAVING IN PRIOR FOR LIKE 200 PITCHES?

 

ARAMIS'S INSANELY HIGH ALMOST FOUL GRAND SLAM

 

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

 

KERRY WOOD [expletive] TYING THE GAME WITH A [expletive] HOME RUN

 

The Marlins pitcher falling and throwing a pitch into the first-base dugout.

[Magnetic Curses]

what's it going to take you all to start believing in curses?

[SouthSideRyan]

I can pretty much only remember 3 things form the nlcs... guthrie blowing game 1, josh beckett shutting the cubs out in the day game, bartman

 

 

THE SOSA HOME RUN OFF THE CAMERA SHACK???

 

THE AWESOME BLOWOUT IN GAME TWO SPOILED ONLY BY DUSTY LEAVING IN PRIOR FOR LIKE 200 PITCHES?

 

ARAMIS'S INSANELY HIGH ALMOST FOUL GRAND SLAM

 

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

 

KERRY WOOD [expletive] TYING THE GAME WITH A [expletive] HOME RUN

 

The Marlins pitcher falling and throwing a pitch into the first-base dugout.

 

It was Willis, and I don't even think he fell, I think it just flew out of his hand.

[bcl412]

Sammy's homer in Game 1 to tie it is still my greatest sports memory. I ran around my parents house screaming. My dad was pissed because he had to work the next day but I didn't care. I woke him up again a few moments later when I cursed obcenities at Guthrie.

[SouthSideRyan]

Because Dusty would rather face Mike Lowell with Guthrie than Lenny Harris with Dave Veres.

[XZero771679666304]

I watched every pitch of that entire series, and remember virtually all of it. Really, that series (and moreover the season) are the defining events for this generation of Cubs fans and perhaps what will be looked back on as one of, if not the most pivotal points in the franchise's history.

 

Unless a Cubs fan simply wasn't that into baseball then or was too young, I can't conceive of not remembering all or at least most of it.

[XZero771679666304]

I can pretty much only remember 3 things form the nlcs... guthrie blowing game 1, josh beckett shutting the cubs out in the day game, bartman

 

 

THE SOSA HOME RUN OFF THE CAMERA SHACK???

 

THE AWESOME BLOWOUT IN GAME TWO SPOILED ONLY BY DUSTY LEAVING IN PRIOR FOR LIKE 200 PITCHES?

 

ARAMIS'S INSANELY HIGH ALMOST FOUL GRAND SLAM

 

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

 

KERRY WOOD [expletive] TYING THE GAME WITH A [expletive] HOME RUN

 

The Marlins pitcher falling and throwing a pitch into the first-base dugout.

 

It was Willis, and I don't even think he fell, I think it just flew out of his hand.

 

Wasn't that Michael Tejera?

[Guest]

I think it was Michael Tejera.

[SouthSideRyan]

Hmmm that sounds right. Did Willis start that game? (And go about an inning and a third?)

[bcl412]

Is it weird that I still hate Josh Beckett for going up and in on Sammy in Game 5 of that series?

[Guest]

How about Z giving up eleventy homers in game one after giving up like two all season.