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Go Cubs! Go Prior!

Well, the Phillies and Nats split the doubleheader. That was about the best-case scenario for us today.

Yeah, sucks for me, too. I don't get it on TV to begin with, but I won't even be near a radio or a computer tomorrow afternoon. :(

It aint pretty, but its better than an empty bottle... Just barely but I guess we were all 16 once! I'm 16 right now thank you very much.

Stupid piece of junk computer. :roll:

Stupid piece of junk computer. :roll:

Whereas your statement is accurate that the season is probably done for the Cubs, I'm not too interested in what is probable anymore. It is painfully clear what is probable. The team is 5 back in the loss column with 41 games to play, it doesn't take a genius to see what is probable. I'm interested in what is still possible. And the fact that there are 5 teams to climb over isn't as bad as you are making it out because 4 of those teams are in the same division and will be playing each other a lot in the last 40 games. They could cancel each other out. Having those 4 teams go .500 against each other will actually make it easier for the Cubs to pass them. So the number of teams isn't really the issue. The Cubs winning enough games to pass them is. Who is hot amongst those 5 teams? If Houston loses tonight, they will have dropped 5 of their last 6 all at home. The Phillies just split a 4-game series at home against the Nationals, which is exactly what we wanted them to do. Ditto for the Nats. The Mets just got shut out by Pittsburgh at home and are 4-5 over their last 9. The Marlins are the hottest team of the bunch having won 4 of their last 5, but in their last 11, they are just 6-5. Any one of them could get hot and if they do it will be that much tougher for the Cubs to catch them. Thats why it is not probable for the Cubs to make the playoffs. And if the Cubs fail to get hot, then it doesn't much matter what the other teams do. However, funny things happen in baseball and they happen quite often. Hey, sorry for the "raining on the parade" commentary. I'm hoping as much as the next guy that the Cubs can do this and win the Wild Card... but I'm also keeping an eye on realism, which is that, when there's 5-6 teams between you and the leader(s), that makes the climb seem twice as much as just the games-back deficit. No problem, Hawks. And the key word is that the 5 teams to climb over only seems like a big problem. Again, the fact that the 4 NL East teams play each other so much and the fact that the Cubs have so many games left against Houston makes this thing doable. The problem is being 5 back in the loss column with only 41 to play, that and the Cubs have yet to get hot over a long stretch of games which is exactly what they will have to do to have any chance of winning this thing. Its official. Houston loses at home again. Way to go, Brewers. Shades of '03. Oh, I agree, its definitely possible - although (right now!), the odds make it seem not so probable. If the Cubs can go on a 7-8-9+ win streak, they can turn this race around quick. Seeing as how they got Colorado, then ATL and FLA, a big win streak may have to wait a week or so. Hopefully they can still go 7-2 over the next 3 series though. But I guess 7 or 8 out of the next 10 would be a nice enough streak in itself. :) Yeah, a real "hot" streak doesn't have to be 7+ wins in a row. You could win 4, lose 1, win 5, lose 2, win 4, lose 1, win 6, etc.

Yeah! Thank you Brewers! Win the next game, too, please!

Basically we just gotta hope that after beating each other up, the Braves beat the crap out of all the rest of their Eastern counterparts. And the Stos/Brewers lose the majority of their remaining games. I don't think we have to worry about the Brewers stealing the Wild Card from us.

The Cubs will still be 5.5 back if the Astros lose because the Phillies are tied with the Astros for first.

Damian Miller is my hero! :D

Clemens is attempting to do his best impersonation of a Cubs pitcher. He cruised through the first 6 innings but is on the verge of imploding.

My wish has been granted! I ask for offense and Weeks hits a homer. I wish the Cubs would win the World Series.

I wish the Brew Crew could muster some offense against Clemens. 2-0 Crapstros after 5.

Ouch. Rough start.

Go Nats! I knew the Phillies would blow the lead when they brought Urbina in. I have him on my fantasy team, and all pitchers on my team are required to suck except Mark Prior and Carlos Silva.

Dang. We must have some good pitching prospects. Only one pitcher going today with an ERA over 4.

Actually, we scored 4 runs in each game this series. Wandy only beat us because he got excellent run support that game becuase our pitching sucked. We did pretty much equally good against all 3 pitchers.

day-to-day

Too lazy to type out full words? :wink:

Cubs win!! Cubs win!!

Crap. Come on, Dumpster.

And that's what Dusty just did. Who's coming in?

Double play please.

Good to see that Z's back hasn't bothered him this game.