coldsteel

Step right up and beat the Mets!

Dangit! Judd woke the neighbor's dog again.

Time to turn volume down. Judd is en route.

So hard to decide. Cubs game? Or White Sox post-game call-in show?

Yay! Buck and McCarver will be in town to enlighten us about the Cubs. Now the Cubs HAVE to win.

Now get Lilly the W, schmoes.

Only 1 inning till cut-off. RUN!

Cut off is bottom of the 8th. Stock up now for extra innings.

Is this Misch guy really good?

You've heard of other people winning big, you see their pictures on the walls, people talk with them on the radio. It looks like you should be able to win. You are even ahead sometimes. Then... pfft. Another wasted night. Back to the game, Bradley gets some singles and lots of walks. Don't bat him 3,4,5 and no problem. Tho I know order is not supposed to matter. RBI's aren't supposed to matter either, but man, just watch Bradley then watch Ramirez. Dang, still posted in wrong place. Oh well go Cubs!!

Is "enjoy" really the appropriate word here? For me it's rather like enjoying a slot machine on a losing night, almost out of money, knowing it's going to take my last. And I keep on pressing the button.

Before Matt can even finish his sentence telling me how the Cards won 1-zip, a Nats 3 run homer interrupts him making it Nats 15-5. Avalanche of disaster.

10-4, good buddy!! Oh wait.

Eddie Vetter can hit better than Miles. Eek! So can E. Vedder.

Geo's getting heavy. And I thought he was alreaeaeadddy as heavy as can be. OK actually I can't see him. Nice job Z. I like having Z back, there's the potential for a good outing or something interesting happening.

10-0 homestand and we are right back in this thing. Make it so. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f11/coldsteel73/picardchair.jpg

I'll tuck this bad ELO song here where no one will see it. A few games late, since pinch-hitting Miles for Gorzelanny 6th inning Thursday Aug 20 shortly followed by Guzman grand slam marked the end of the 2009 Cubs season and everyone knew it. It's over, it's over, it's over Summer came and passed away, hardly seemed to last a day but it's over and what can I do? Music playin' in the air, silence on a darkened stair 'cos it's over and what can I do? It's over, it's over, all over, it's all over now and the way you looked don't even mean I'm down. It's over When you kick out the sea and the sun says goodbye there is nothing much to speak of. Feelin' down, down it's all over. Feelin' down, down, down. Baby, baby, it's all gone, rolled out to sea. Lookin' over sunny days, searchin' for the righteous wave 'cos it's over and what can I do? Lookin' from this distant shore DISTANT SHORE you ain't sailin' by no more 'cos it's over IT IS OVER and what can I do? It's over, it's over, all over, it's all over now and the way you looked don't even mean I'm down. It's over, over, over, when you kick out the sea and the sun says goodbye there is nothing much to speak of. Feelin' down, down, it's over. Feelin' down, down, down. Ah, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's all over and what can I do? Ah, it's over, it's over, it's all over. Oh, it's over, it's over. Don't shed a tear for me, it's over, don't shed a tear although it's over.

I can't take it anymore today. Good luck in the 9th!

I don't consciously hear any of this boring broadcast until jarringly Aaron Miles making an out breaks through into my awareness. I'm cursed.

What, it's over already? It was just getting good.

No way Aramis is gonna let this result stand.

Pffft on your pathetic "Wave" LA. There's a big blue wave of Cub awesomeness power coming that will astound you.

I'm in the 6th stage of Cubs grieving: Disgust.

Listening to Ron is good too. Just now Manny comes up and Ron says: "Boy I tell ya." Dead air follows. Tick. tick. tick. Like 8 seconds of utter silence. Then Pat resumes play by play. What did Ron want to tell us? No one will ever know.

We don't get to see Fox vs. Wolf? Booo.