Posts Tagged ‘playoffs’

Big Deal

Posted: October 18, 2009 in Dailies
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Admittedly, maybe its the lack of Cubs in this years playoffs…but I haven’t seen anything to get excited about.  Normally the playoffs are extremely addictive and I love watching every minute regardless of who is playing.  This year however, I…

And not in a good “family game night” kind of way either. Cubs lost to the Giants today and the Rockies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals.  At the start of the day our elimination number was holding strong at three….

25 years later

Posted: September 24, 2009 in Dailies
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One of the most exciting seasons in Cubs history happened 25 years ago and the pinnacle moment of that season happened exactly 25 years ago today.  Happy 25th anniversary ’84 Cubs.  A few videos to celebrate the memory of that…

If only…

Posted: September 15, 2009 in Dailies
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If only Lee didn’t wait so long to turn it
on this season.If only Bradley wasn’t turning out to be what
we were warned about as fans.If only Soriano had a healthy
knee.If only Ramirez spent more time on
the…

Today’s broadcast of Prose and Ivy Cubs Blog Talk Radio went really well I must say for the first live broadcast.  I didn’t get word out nearly early enough for people to know about it, mark it on their calendars…

Again

Posted: September 9, 2009 in Dailies
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The Rockies have surged their way to a last at-bat victory once again and matched the Cubs sweep of the Pirates with a sweep of the Reds.  Unbelievable.  Bring on an eight game series with the Rockies right now and…

“We’ll always have Pittsburgh”.I say that a lot here, but it always hold true.  Swept the Pirates today and it feels good to see the Cubs have that kind of success on the road.  But, you know then again, of…

There is an old children’s joke that reminds me of this Cubs season.  “Why is six afraid of seven?”"Because seven eight nine.”As soon as we hit seven games back I felt that it was too much to overcome and that…

It happened.  We’re seven games back.  I thought six games would be a lot to make up in a month…seven I think is going to be too much.  Any result that puts us in the playoffs this year I’m afraid…

Zambrano earned some clout.  Soriano’s out.  And Lee missed another game on paternity leave for the birth of his second child.Congratulations D-Lee, hope baby Lee and Mama Lee are doing well!  Adding one baby to your 2009 stat line after…