AFCubsFan

this is a crazy game

eyre managed to field the ball, turn a 360 to hold the runner, and throw to 1st without falling down! i'm astounded.

ball 4. i smell a homerun.

all that happened after strike 3

Leadoff triple

Eyre's on the mound....I need a beer for this.

Marquis K's. Nady, Laroche, and Paulino due up for the Pirates.

Now for a walkoff by cesar

Are you kidding me? What was that?

SORIANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 down :)

Walked him on 10 pitches :(

This is a neverending at bat.

Time to see if Rocky can do it again.

Now lets get a run :)

I think sending Cedeno down is the right move for the team at this point. As far as the outfield situation goes, I like all of them. For whatever reason, JJ has really turned it on since Pie came up. That's fine with me. JJ should see a lot of playing time until he cools off. I think Hendry should not be in a rush to trade JJ. I'd rather see him stick around until closer to the trade deadline. I think having all these OF's will come in handy during interleague games with the DH. I also would like to see Pie come in late in games when he doesn't start. I think having him in CF and JJ in RF late in games greatly improves the OF defense. If JJ is traded away, then the team is only a Cliff Floyd injury away from disaster. Sure Pie and Murton could play everyday at that point, but their backups would not be desirable at all. Pagan, Ward (I'd rather not see him in the OF), Theriot/Derosa (that means Izturis would have to start at SS.) I'm sure you see the point there. Oh...and we would have terrible pinch hitting options to look forward to. Ward would be the only legit threat off the bench. Other than that there would be Pagan, Izzy, Blanco, and a mystery player. Not looking too good at all. I'm just happy to see that Hendry made the right roster move for now. I like the OF as is and Cedeno was serving no purpose for the team.

CUBS WIN!!! CUBS WIN!!! CUBS WIN!!!! Finally .500

Please no pickoff.

i'm happy that none of us got nervous during that half inning ;)

maybe the nationals are also into fake rallies.

ugh

Nats Announcer: "Lou Piniella looks like the unhappiest man in the world when he has to go to the mound doesn't he?" "Maybe he just doesn't like pithers a lot"

Looks like Wilson quit caring too :)

I'm trying to convince myself that the pitchers know they have the lead and that it's a tough day to hit one out...so they're avoiding walking guys and trying to make the Nats beat them with their bats.

Wait, now he doesnt need surgery? Sarcasm? Definitely. I'm sure if he needed surgery that at least one person would have posted it in the game thread.