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Good job by Geo to take that ball the other way.

Winning is good. Let's do it today.

They could have walked in the double digits today (and it probably would have plated at least one run). DLee, Soto and others had some non quality ABs. Oh well, get them tomorrow.

All three of the pitches to Soto were over the plate and would have been strikes. Same as his last AB. He's pull happy, which is why his average has dropped steadily. There are a lot of basehits the other way.

OMG stop trying to pull everything Geo!This guy isn't really throwing strikes.

Bad AB by Geo. That kid was on the ropes; less hacking and more waiting for ball four.

Ya, a walk and a hit come on Edmonds

We should have at least 4 walks right now. Hopefully, they recognize it the second time through the order.

Marquis is the weak link by a mile

I'm pretty sure I heard them say on the radio that the Reds are sending $4MM as well.

The Score speculation is that Dye could be moved to first base to make room for Griffey in RF. Konkero has to approve any deal, and the way he is playing, I don't see any team with interest. More likely, PK will go to the bench and share time with Thome as DH.

Pending his approval. According to Ken Rosenthal via The Score. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8398348/Reds,-ChiSox-agree-on-Griffey-trade,-await-approval

No offense, but almost anytime you lose a close game with numerous close plays, it feels that you gave away too many chances. Had the Brewers won, we would have felt the same thing about Lee cutting off the throw home, Quade sending Lee when he should have held him, and the numerous other plays where the Cubs gave away chances. Both teams made mistakes. Both teams had some things go their way. The better team won tonight. Thing was, the Brewer mistakes have been right in line with what they're known for. Bad defense? Check. Bad relief pitching? Check. Stupid manager? Check. It's not as if these things haven't been plaguing them all year. If you're normally a one of the best fielding teams in the league and you make a couple errors that cost you the game, then you gave away the game. If you have a back end of the bullpen like Houston in 2003 (with Lidge, Dotel and Wagner) and they combine to give up a few runs, then you gave the game. But that's not who the Brewers are which is why I have a hard time believing that they gave this one away. Conversely, the Cubs did what they have been known for this season; get on base via walks (and hits). I was reading a number of posters at Brewerfan complaining about the 6 walks Brewers pitchers surrendered to the Cubs, but they have to know that the Cubs lead the Majors in walks and OBP, are second in runs scored, and lead the NL in BA. Unless they are slumping, they will grind down a pitcher. Frankly, I never thought CC would have the opportunity to pitch a complete game against them... Making Sabathia work and getting into their bullpen had to be apart of the game plan. Also, the traffic on the bases forces the opposition's defense to be sharp and we already know it isn't a strong suit of the Brewers.

Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Cubs Win! GO Cubs Go!!!!! :yahoo: Hmmmmm, to quick on the trigger... YES!!!!!!

Lights out Marmol please

I know I'm late but that AB by Soto was terrible. Thankfully, we got an insurance run anyway.

There ya go DLee

I'm so happy Sori is back!

Jeeze, this TV problem is disgusting.

Probably why Cuban's having such a hard time getting a fair shot at ownership. It's good, actually; 2003 was a long time ago, I needed some new fuel for Marlin hatred. This works. Yeah, and Hanley Ramirez had the other error although, it setup an opportunity for Z to show off his pickoff skills.

Uggla: 0-4, 3Ks, DP, 6 LOB. 3 Errors. He had his finger prints all over this loss.

Thanks for nothing Lidge. Cubs pitching was outstanding.

I absolutely can't believe how bad Uggla has been, I almost feel badly for him.

Tejada's been the anti Uggla

OH God, I hate Uggla!