Tigers beat Indians 2 in a row and are still 10 under. That is a pretty deep hole.
With the CUBS, who ever does??? 
Wow, it must be good baseball times in Chicago–ESPN will show the White Sox and Cubs, twice, on Sunday nights instead of the Yankees-Mets.
It’s been a couple of years, but yeah, they’ve replaced all the seats in the stadium. I haven’t had the $250+ to drop on sitting down there, though, so I can’t tell you how comfy they are.
Oh, and mshar253, I did indeed mean their record.
And so the train wreck of the Reds season truly begins in earnest…and in last place.
What the fuck is wrong with you, Aaron Harang? 2-9? Are you fucking kidding me? Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?
The Cards are in Cincinnati this week, and my wife is taking me to the game Wednesday! We’re going to be a few rows off the Cards’ dugout. (My birthday gift – I have the bestest wife ever.)
The Cards continue to impress me with the season they’re having – it’s just too bad they have to be doing it in the same division as the Cubs. Still, they’re a mere two games back going into the series with the Reds. And the Cubs have to start finding ways to lose again soon, right?
Have fun Bayard, I’ll be seeing them this weekend. And you’re right on the Cubbies, SOMETHING will happen. I asked one of my Cub fan friends if I could buy him a black cat or a billy goat and he wasn’t amused. His words “we’ll probably be ready to clinch the NL pennant with a final fly ball out and a bird will fly over distracting the fielder, the ball will drop, runs score and suddenly the team melts down”.
After years of heartbreak, Cub fans are a skeptical and fretful lot. The guys I know are really worried that they can’t shake the Cardinals.
You know, I’ve always known that Cubs fans and Mets fans show up in droves whenever the teams are in LA, but I would swear on Saturday that the stadium was almost equally divided between Cubs and Dodger fans.
Are Cubs fans like that in every baseball city, or are there just a lot of Chicago transplants in LA?
Cubs Nation probably rivals Red Sox Nation in terms of sheer numbers.
'Course, with Wellemeyer and Wainwright now looking at possible time on the DL, we have a little to worry about too. But wouldn’t it be cool to see hometowner Kyle McClellan get a start–and a win?
White Sox are still in first and with a 6 game win streak going for the sweep sweep against the Twins tonight. Ever since Ozzie’s tirade last week, they have been an offensive machine, putting up, what I predicted to be, D-Town type numbers.
Last year at the end of the season, the Cubs were playing the Marlins in Florida. That stadium was probably 95% percent Cubs fans.
I’d be cautious in any optimism in beating the Reds at home. Like Atlanta, they have a very good home record, but simply fail to win winnable games on the road.
I think I hate the Cardinals more than any other team in the NL. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that they routinely win the division and kick our asses!
Congrats to Ken Griffey, Jr. for the 600th home run.
If he could have been healthy for most of his career, he’d likely have been the one to break Aaron’s record.
At least no one is linking Jr. to steriods.
Amen, and thanks be to Xenu that he finally got that millstone off his neck.
No, just nerve tonic. 
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That still cracks me up.
The Tigers have been positioned a couple times this year to make a move and failed miserably every time. it is getting distant but the took 2 in a row off the Indians. Win and they hurt Cleveland and get a positive feeling going into Chicago series. Sadly Dontrelle reeked and gives no hope that he will get better. It has to knock the confidence out of the team again.We traded 2 pitchers that showed promise and got nothing in return. Jacques Jones was horrible .Willis is worse. Bonderman was pitching like something was wrong and we find it is season ending wrong. Gimmie some hope.
LAst night’s Blue Jay game was about as depressing as any. Playing the worst team in the league, they had about nine chances to win the game and blew them all. The piece de resistance was the bottom of the tenth, when they loaded the bases with nobody out and still managed to not score. In fact, they got four baserunners in that inning, and still didn’t score. They lost on a run scored on a bases loaded suicide squeeze - hey guys, you know you had a FORCE OUT there, right? Oh, and did I add they had the leadoff man in the 9th get on base and then get picked off? This was after being shut down by one of the worst pitchers in baseball.
I don’t recall the last time I saw another team play so badly and still win.
The team’s now hitting .235 with runners in scoring position; that’s over 600 at bats. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to not conclude that they’re simply a band of lazy cowards.
The Jays sound like the Reds right now. Supposed to be good, just…not. Can’t score for shit, even with pitching that keeps the game within reach time after time (tonights sorry loss to the Cards notwithstanding).
Sigh
Is it football season yet?