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Events I haven't seen mentioned here: Sosa hitting three home runs in one game on August 9, August 22 and again on September 23 in late 2001. In fact, his whole 2001 season is beyond comprehension. The doubleheader sweep of Pittsburgh to clinch the division on 9/27/03 at Wrigley. The awesome 3-6-1 double play to end the game and preserve a much-needed win on 9/12/07 at Houston. Three in the ninth to beat the Reds down the stretch on 9/17/07 at Wrigley. Soriano's grand slam to beat Houston in 13 innings on 7/27/09 at Wrigley. As for stuff I saw in person and therefore will personally treasure: McGriff, Rondell White and Hundley hitting home runs in succession off Houston's Dave Mlicki on 9/29/01 at Wrigley. Goatee Sosa blasting a mammoth home run off the batter's background at Cincinnati in his first game back from the cork suspension on 6/18/03. Sean Estes' improbable complete game shutout down the stretch on 9/24/03 at Cincinnati. Prior beating Maddux in Game 3 of the 2003 NLDS on 10/3/03 at Wrigley. Ramirez' three home runs on 9/16/04 at Cincinnati. Soriano's three home runs on 6/8/07 at Atlanta. Cinching the division on 9/28/07 at Cincinnati. The best Cub fan takeover of an opposing park I've ever been a part of - 9/29/07 at Cincinnati. Ramirez' grand slam to beat the Phillies on 8/28/08 at Wrigley. Soriano's three home runs on 9/6/08 at Cincinnati. Clinching the division on 9/20/08 at Wrigley. Seeing it all laid out in this thread - I think we've had a better time of late than we realize.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091012/ap_on_sp_ot/us_cubs_bankruptcy

And helps the big market team. Tinfoil hat hello!

Could be it for Eyre.

The weather is posing little in the way of problems for the hitters.

I think it looks beautiful. Situations like this are the stuff of legends. Too bad most of the east won't see it.

He just happened to have multiple years left on his contract when Time-Warner decided to discontinue the Braves telecasts on TBS in favor of the current Sunday/playoffs package. Voila - "we have our A-list announcer!"

MLB had the umps corralled pretty well in the mid-'90s, but let things get out of hand again after John McSherry died.

The whining about competitive imbalance is sure to begin anew in the morning, but Minnesota has given away this series on the basepaths.

The Blackberry ad is the first to reach the end of my wits.

TBS really went out of their way for the postgame. No celebration, no analysis. Gotta get to those Seinfeld reruns. Glad to have MLB Network.

What a debacle for the BoSox.

Apparently the Bartmans have kin in Boston.

Time for Boston to score some [expletive] runs.

Just a matter of time before the Cubs install a "moat" to protect sections 15-26.

I will agree that the 10:07 p.m. EST start is awful. However, if the Cards win tonight, they'll be stacking four games tomorrow - 12:07, 3:37, 7:07 and 10:07. That's awesome for me, as I'll park it in front of TBS for ~12 hours of baseball. However, it leaves them with a quandary - to avoid a pre-10 p.m. EST start for the fourth game, you'd have to start the Boston game prior to Noon EST. They do it for Patriots Day, but it is unheard of for postseason play. If the Cards lose tonight, there's no reason not to run the 2:37, 6:07, 9:37 starts like they've been doing all week.

No need to have the Rockies and Broncos playing at the same time. Definitely a good TV move, but it's also a solid one for the Denver fans.

haha i wish the cubs' history was such that not winning the world series for 9 years could be considered "disastrous" You and I both, but I don't think one can easily dismiss the blow they took this spring. Between the steroid talk and the hip injury there was rampant speculation that A-Rod was all but done for. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/blogs_editor/arod2.jpg I can't help but be happy for the guy, even though I like the Twins. http://media.nj.com/yankees_main/photo/alex-rodriguez-twins-yankees-ace588f8ac3ef7f7_large.jpg

yeah, a seven game series of 10:30 EDT start times would be awesome They won't do that. I want Yankees/Dodgers. We're due for an olde-tyme epic Series.

I'd like to reiterate my belief that John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman are absolutely the worst broadcasters in pro sports. How can such buffoons keep jobs in the number one media market in this country?

The Yankees (and A-Rod in particular) are emerging from the ashes of a disastrous period. If I were a Yankee fan, sure it would be "special" (whatever that means.) How is a dramatic postseason win ever not "special?"

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=091005yankeestickets Fantastic, and sad, article on the Yankees' new Legends Suite and the effects of skyrocketing ticket prices on Yankee fandom.

special? they've won 26 championships, which is more than double the number than any other franchise has won. their payroll is about 33% larger than that of any other team in the game, they've been leading their division and league for most of the year, they have more talent than any other roster in the game, and were probably favored to win it all going into 2009. how is this special at all? Jealousy is unbecoming.

Pedro to start Game 3. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091009&content_id=7410508&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Bartman was far from helpless.