Schwarber Fan

5 more votes and Carlos win again........

Hey guys, since were on the topic of this season coming to an end, I thought I'd put in this season summary which I recently put on my website Wait till next year.... unfortunately that saying will have to be used again by all Cubs fans. The 2005 season was a disappointment. Though it was a season of ups and downs, in the end, the downs heavily outweighed the ups. It was a season that featured a triple crown candidate, a chaotic outfield, and a plethora of injuries. The Cubs started out with a spectacular season debut in Arizona. The Cubs scored 16 runs on 23 hits and got off to an amazing start. Following game 1, the season started to go bad. Nomar Garciaparra and Todd Walker were lost with injuries. Kerry Wood and Mark Prior also shared their time on the DL. They finished April with a record of 12-11. On came May. The Cubs lost their first 6 games that month, including getting swept by Milwaukee. Toward the end of the month, the Cubs got hot. They took 3 of 4 from Colorado and started a great series with the Dodgers carrying over into June. The Cubs finished May, 14 and 13. Still floating barely above .500, the Cubs started out with a great month of June. The continued to play well against the NL West as they completed their sweep of LA and took 3 of 4 from San Diego, the NL West leaders. Interleague play then started to take effect and it wasn't very pretty. The only bright spot was the Cubs taking 2 of 3 from the world champion Boston Red Sox, sandwiched in between a series loss to Toronto and a series loss to the Yankees, who swept the Cubs. They then lost 2 of 3 to Florida despite a 14-0 rout win in game 2 which featured 2 Derrek Lee home runs. The Cubs were able to finish off the month respectively, splitting a series with the Brewers and taking 2 out of 3 from Milwaukee and the Whit Sox. June saw the Cubs go 14-13 once again. July started out in the worst way possible. The Cubs lost their first 7 games including getting swept in a double header in Atlanta. Derrek Lee went down with a minor injury that lasted only until a sweep of Florida which ended the first half of the season. At the All-Star break, the Cubs were 43-44 and not in very good shape. The Cubs used their winning momentum however, to take 3 of 4 in Cincinatti after the break. The Cubs struggled through the last series of the month, losing 3 of 4 at home to Arizona, sending the Cubs into the trade deadline, needing some moves made. In July, the Cubs were 13-15. As August began, the Cubs had a new outfielder in Matt Lawton who was acquired from the Pirates in exchange for Jody Gerut. Lawton played well as the Cubs leadoff hitter but at the beginning of August, the Cubs had their worst stretch of the year, which broke the camel's back. The lost 8 games in a row, many, agonizing defeats. The ended the streak with a few wins against St. Louis who the Cubs played well against all year. The Cubs continued their struggles with the NL East as they then lost series' to Atlanta and Florida. The Cubs finished August with a series loss to the Dodgers and a record of 10-18. So here we are in September. The Cubs playoff hopes are gone but there are still a few things to be settled. The Cubs would like to finish above .500 which would require them to go 6-1 in their last 7 games. They would also like to finish ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers. Can they do it? That remains to be seem but it's essentially time to think about 2006. So what's next? This offseason, Jim Hendry is expected to be extremely active and is reportedly interested in free agents Johnny Damon and Rafael Furcal. The Cubs also have to make a decision on their middle infield. Will Nomar stick around and then Ronny Cedeno play 2B or will Ronny take SS and bring Todd Walker back to play 2B? The outfield is also an issue. Will rookie Matt Murton patrol a corner spot in the outfield? Will Jeromy Burnitz be re-signed? Will prospect Felix Pie be ready to become the Cubs leadoff hitter and what will become of Corey Patterson?? Also, will the Cubs have a healthy and solid 5 man rotation with a bullpen? Will Ryan Dempster fill the closer role once again? All these question will have answers come opening day 2006 but for now, let's finish strong and see what we can do. That's all we can do.

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Can they call this :evil: :cry:

still raining hard????

haha any updates???

haha gameday says its sunny

how heavy is the rain??

You kidding dude, we need Macias dude 2 hits yesterday, dude

haha hes injured i think

Carlos has so far beaten out Patterson, Neifi, and Macias.

barrett is my idol is right well just call macias beat check out the new thread with blanco. Mods plz lock this.

2 more votes for Z and that will be all for Neifi Next up will be Macias btw

first to 20 votes wins Carlos leads 12-0

HAHAHAHA Did u hear Ron Santo: "This must be really tough for Baker to watch"

5-4 Brew Crew This is pathetically the worst team ever in the history of ever

ugh....... Its actually 7-4 and NYY will lead the division :roll:

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

For all you Yankee haters (including myself) BAD NEWS Yankees won 2-1 Boston losing 6-4 in the 9th

Prior can still win

And Blake grounds into the DP with the bases loaded They caught.... Cub disease

2-0 Indians!!! Sizemore scores on a WP!!!!

Methinks Prior is done

And in former Cub news..... Matt Lawton has a HR for the Yankees :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: 2-1 NY

Lyle Underbay steals his 1st base of the year