Click here for the photo gallery of Monday's game
It took almost four hours (3:49) and 13 innings, but the Cubs came out on top Monday when Alfonso Soriano hit a walk-off grand slam off Chris Sampson to lead the Cubs to a 5-1 win.
No questions, no doubt. Deep to center, and everyone knew it was gone off the crack of the bat.
So, after starting the game 0-for-5, with a double play, three strikeouts, and some bad luck that appeared to shake even his faith a bit, he delivered in a way that's just so Soriano.
This was a good baseball game ...
I got back from Toronto late this morning, so with photos to edit, posts to write, and a lot of dirty laundry piled up, instead of heading over to Wrigley Field, I settled in for the baseball fan's version of Afternoon Delight: a sunny Sunday afternoon game on TV.
And what we got treated to was a tack-sharp Rich Harden, who lead the Cubs to a 5-2 win over the Reds. The win gave Chicago not only the three-game sweep, but coupled with the Phillies beating down the Cardinals 9-2, sole possession of first place in the NL Central.
This team will ...
Thanks Roy.
If this is to be the end—Roy Halladay’s last game as a Blue Jay—then it was to be the finest end that one could imagine. Halladay dazzled and went nine innings yet again, but was foiled by Evan Longoria in the 10th as the Rays went on to win 4-2 Friday.
I couldn’t be having more fun in Toronto. The food is great, the people very gracious, and if you can tolerate the fallout from a garbage worker’s strike, downtown Toronto is a must visit for everybody.
After lots of haggling and phone calls, I was able to commandeer a seat ...
Filed:July 24th, 2009
Brian Myrow celebrates his game-winning hit with teammates Lastings Milledge and Ian Snell (Cubbie Nation)
No, I've not met my untimely demise, so sorry to those e-mailers who seem to keep wishing it. You know who you are. No, I'm sitting in a hotel room in Toronto, a few days into my summer tour around baseball.
I'm actually in the middle of a week-long road trip, checking out how the other half lives around the game. It's a week of pretty much non-stop baseball, between catching live games, and tracking the Cubs on MLB.tv.
Yes, I caught the Phillies series, and ...
I know I'm not supposed to be impressed when the home team beats up on the likes of the Washington Nationals. Worst team in baseball. Organization in disarray. Interim (and not very good) manager at the helm.I'd even been warned before the start of this series that the Nationals would implode at the first sign of any success, and well, that fan was pretty much correct.
But what I've seen over the course of the weekend was a long-overdue power surge by the Cubs, the sight of both Kosuke Fukudome and Alfonso Soriano prospering in their respective new roles, and more ...
Filed:July 17th, 2009
Chicago Cubs Derrek Lee (Cubbie Nation/file)
The Washington Nationals can't pitch, can't field, and can't execute.
They delivered prime examples of all Thursday, and the Cubs took advantage to grab a 6-2 win in D.C.
Given the current disarray of that club, I'm looking forward to three more games just like it this weekend.
Let me put that aside for a moment, and talk about the Cubs other major news Thursday, the signing of ex-Blue Jay B.J. Ryan to a minor-league deal.
I've been thinking about this since Dave van Dyck first reported the potential signing last week. As someone who's followed the ...
Well, the afternoon is here, and I've lamented all that I'm going to lament about the American League's 13th straight win over the NL last night, a 4-3 victory that has had me wondering what you gotta do to get a break.
Let's be honest though—when Carl Crawford jumped the fence to rob Brad Hawpe of the go-ahead homer, you knew it was going to be one of those nights.
Not that I mind all that much, although maybe I would if the Cubs had stronger Series hopes this year.
It's just that you're left to wonder how one league can be so ...
Filed:July 12th, 2009
Chicago Cub Carlos Zambrano (Cubbie Nation/file photo)
He sings. He dances. He tells jokes. He beats catchers with his bare hands. Oh, and he pitches pretty well, too, and knows to hit. The latter two were on display Sunday, as Zambrano carried the Cubs to a 7-3 win over the Cardinals in Game 1 of their day/night doubleheader.
Micah Hoffpauir, subbing for Derrek Lee, actually started things with a three-run homer in the first off of Cardinals start Kyle Lohse. Lohse had the right idea, but wrong execution when he threw a breaking ball inside to Hoffpauir, normally a pitch ...
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Every time that I think I've seen the worst of the 2009 Chicago Cubs, they seem take their awful play to whole new lows. Friday, they took it even further in an 8-3 loss to the Cardinals; an embarrassing effort in the opener of what may be the most important series of the year to date.
And no, it's not hyperbole. As I'd pointed out at the beginning of the homestand, this is all hands on deck, with the Cubs needing to turn this into a winning homestand by any means necessary. A ...
Admit it: It has been a rough week watching the Cubs.
For one day—Monday—all seemed to be right with the world. Everyone was healthy. The team played well and won. The Tribune era appeared to quickly be ending, and for the first time in months, at least I felt like the team might put it together enough to make a run.
No, not the 97 wins type of run, but more like the 85 wins and back into the playoffs sort of thing. That is starting to seem more and more like what the eventual National League Central champion will look ...
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