C.C.

I honestly can't remember the last time I went to a Cubs game and wasn't intoxicated. It's a all day and all night event, you're going to get loopy.

Man, yesterday win was incredible! It's time for Ram to step-up. I predict he goes 3-4 with a monster 3 run shot.

Crap! I can't watch! Kerry Wood get back soon!!!!!

Cubs win tonight we own the series.

I wouldnt be worried about the bullpen if the offense has any idea what were doing. It seems as though every time the pen comes in, they're trying to prostect a 1 run lead or defecit. Yes this. The offense has been brutal. A team not going to win many games scoring 2 runs. The pitching staff for the most part has done it's job.

Going to the game today and I'm depressed about it.

People have taken a good understanding of probability and misapplied it. The Brewers' 8 game-streak doesn't tell us much about the quality of the team, because of sample-sizes. That's certainly true. But their underlying ability level is irrelevant. What matters is the results in this season, not the theoretical results of a million Monte Carlo simulation-seasons. And an eight-game streak in THIS season, lucky or not, has a profound influence on their playoff odds and by extension, ours. Losing the number of games in the standings that we have over the last few games is a serious matter. It can't just be shrugged off, because it does seriously change our playoff odds. We are almost sure, at this point, that we are one of the two best teams in the NL. Certainly one of the three best. But being one of the three best does not guarantee that you won't lose 2 games on the Brewers and 4+ games on someone else over two months. And a month ago, this team had every reason to believe it was virtually guaranteed to be in. Who would challenge us for the Wild Card, assuming the Cards do fade away and Milwaukee can't be beat? 85% is still a pretty darn good number. What were our chances last year at this time? And a month ago the Brewers didn't have CC. Nothing is guaranteed with half of a season left. Relax and don't panic. Again, our starters have all been good since the break and the offense is showing signs of snapping out of it.

If the Brewers and one wild-card contender have a great two months and squeak ahead of us, am I supposed to be okay with it? What should have been a sure bet is now down to a good bet, and I see no reason not to be very unhappy about that. Yes, I think a well-managed team could have easily maintained the frantic pace we set in the first half of the year. Just because we're used to winning division titles with 88 games doesn't mean 100 is impossible. The Brewers have just won 8 straight games. When a team goes on that type a run they are going to gain ground. The fact remains we have the 2nd best record in baseball. Our starting pitching has been solid and our offense is showing signs of waking up. It's only a matter of time before we pick it up.

And we aren't? Dude seriously, it's easy to bag on a team that is in a slump and easy to pump up a team when they are playing great. The fact remains is the Brewers and the Cubs are two very good ball clubs and they will be battling all summer long. Get used to it. With only two months remaining and the lead we had built being virtually completely gone, the fact that we are a very good team now means a lot less than it did a week ago. A great team needs all six months to separate themselves from the pack. If they fail to do it, they risk being beaten by a slightly inferior team over a small sample. That's a position I never wanted to see this Cubs team put themselves into. Before today we were 5-5 in our last 10 games. It's not like we are losing 10 games in a row. It just so happens that the Brewers have been tearing it up. The Brewers are not going to keep up this pace and we will play better. We still have the best record in the NL, it just so happens that the Brewers have the 2nd best record in the NL. We just got to ride it out. Did you really believe we would keep up the frantic pace we set in the 1st half of the year?

And we aren't? Dude seriously, it's easy to bag on a team that is in a slump and easy to pump up a team when they are playing great. The fact remains is the Brewers and the Cubs are two very good ball clubs and they will be battling all summer long. Get used to it.

Had the best record by 5.5 games 2 weeks ago, 0.5 games now. Oh, and because the 2nd and 3rd best teams in our division are also the 2nd and 3rd best teams in the NL, losing best record status means losing 1st place. Every team goes through slumps. Be patient...we'll be just fine.

After reading the last 5 pages it's hard to believe we have the best record in the NL.

So does only scoring 2 runs on 10 hits today. Would Howry's pitching been less bad in a 5-5 game? Less of an impact on our chances of winning from that point on? Exactly Regardless if your offense can only muster 2 runs on 10 hits, 5 walks, and 2 homers you aren't going to win. Bullpens are going to let up runs. Although I agree that Howry does suck.

So does only scoring 2 runs on 10 hits today.

So we have what, 10 hits and 15 base runners and score only 2 runs?

How's his outing now? C'mon eat the crow. He recovered well, but the fact is that he had a one run lead when he came in and the game is tied now. This is a really dumb conversation on both sides. Or the fact that we only scored 2 runs today.

How's his outing now? C'mon eat the crow.

C'mon lets put some runs on the board!

Talk about small samples.

No trade clause.

Well that sucked!

I believe it's 110

Nice ending there for Dempster. =D>

:lol: 8-[ Everytime I hear the number now I think of Kevin from The Office in the episode where a few of the employees are changing the temperature of the air conditioning. Kevin's talking to the camera and says "I always set the temperature to 69" and then gets a hilarious smile on his face. I always think of Chris Farley in Billy Madison. I always think of that one business trip...Memories.

Dude's got it going today.