Cubs Notebook

It was a great day at Wrigley Field yesterday. I attended with two other members of the DCS writing staff and we were all anticipating Barry Lamar Bonds to play left field. Unfortunately , Barry decided to sit this one out. No matter, the game was great. Lou Piniella almost single handedly won the game for the Cubs. He called a pitchout in the 8th inning to gun down a suicide squeeze that would have led to a two run lead. He called a hit and run with Theriot on first with Derrick Lee at the plate. This all happened with two out and left the door wide open for Aramis Ramirez to hit the game winning two-run double.

Other Notes:

Soriano is extremely fan friendly. He plays to the crowd in left field bleachers constantly. If he wasn't playing so well, I might say he needs to pay more attention to the game. He did make two great catches in left field.

Ramirez is Mr. Clutch. He was clutch in 2003, clutch in 2004 when Derrick Lee was fading. Who cares that he didn't hustle last year when the Cubs were only winning 66 games.

The drunks in the bleachers make all Cubs fan look stupid. After Ramirez hit the eventual game winning two run double, the fools started throwing cups onto the field. First of all, garbage littering the field only makes sense when there is garbage being played on the field, not when the team in on the best 20 game run since 2001. What kind of behaviour is this? Stupid behaviour that's what it is. There were several knowledgeable Cubs fan around us that were as dumbfounded as we were.

This has the potential to be one of the more memorable summers ever on the North Side. Let's hopes the Cubs can keep it up.