Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 03, 2008
Bottom of the Ninth

The Cubs are not going quietly. A double, single and a double to start the inning chases Saito from the game. The score is now 10-3. Can Chicago score seven more runs in the inning? Broxton comes in to try to wrap up the game.

Update: Pie walks. Soto gets to keep things going next.

Update: Soto hits it hard but lines out to the second baseman. One down.

Update: Fukudome just stuck out looking, and I think the crowd is mispronouncing his name.

Update: Ward strikes out to end the game. The Dodgers win 10-3.

I'm a bit shocked. The Cubs are one of the best home teams in the majors. They pitched two of their three aces. The Dodgers totally spanked them. Los Angeles scored at will, and totally shut down the multi-faceted Cubs offense. They couldn't hit, they couldn't field, and the pen didn't pitch that well. Just amazing.

Obviously, the Dodgers are in total control of the series now. I may need to start rooting for a Los Angeles/Boston World Series, just to get Manny, Nomar and Lowe playing against their old team.

Yankees fans might be wondering why Joe Torre couldn't get New York playing like this in the first round the last few seasons.


Posted by David Pinto at 12:34 AM | League Division Series | TrackBack (0)
Comments

we gotta give the Cubs some hope

a Cubs fan told me that my Dodgers were merely a "speedbump on the road to destiny"

well, my response is the Dodgers are digging up that road and laying down their own road, right over the hopes and dreams of the Cubs

Welcome to Manny-wood!!

Posted by: Brandon at October 3, 2008 12:55 AM

Watching the Cub fans faces reminded me of Red Sox fans faces in the playoffs prior to 2003 (we were Littled out of the World Series in 03 in the Toilet).

That would be something though, seeing an LAD vs BOS matchup with Lowe, Nomar, Manny and Torre at Fenway Park again, with the Yankees having a long off season to boot. Theo must wake up with night sweats over the possibility.

Posted by: Paul at October 3, 2008 01:34 AM

Cute cheap shot at Torre. I just read over at FJM about an article about Yankee fans caring about this series. Maybe Mr. Pinto should read this because I truly doubt (as stated in the blog about the article)Yankee fans care about any of this.

Posted by: Bill at October 3, 2008 02:28 AM

Paul,

I doubt Theo is losing much sleep over that possibility.

Posted by: Tom at October 3, 2008 08:00 AM

There are quite a few watering holes in Quincy who would be cheering for even a brief visit by DLowe

Posted by: Bandit at October 3, 2008 09:07 AM
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