It’s good to be home.
After two weeks sleeping in hotels, eating at Denny’s (well, at least the white guys) and always having to bat first, the Cubs are home for the final week of the regular season. If they had forgotten all of the charm of their ivy covered burial ground, it didn’t take them very long to reacquaint themselves with the throng of 39,000 who paid to cheer their every move.
The Cubs needed a game to clear their heads. They needed one that didn’t go down to the late innings. One where the bullpen could come out and stretch their legs and where the sight of Mike DeFelice in his catcher’s gear was a victory cigar, not a shocking development caused by a Barrett-Gabor collision.
Admit it. When the Cubs got on the plane 13 days ago to fly to Cincinnati for that 12 game-11 day road trip, we all feared the worst. But the Cubs have played some great baseball in September. They haven’t always hit, but they’ve always pitched, and since they mailed it in against the Marlins on Sunday the 12th, the Cubs have been the best team in baseball.
They’ve gone 12-4 since that day and frustrated the Giants and Astros in the process. The Astros have won 13 home games in a row, and they’re still going to have to pack their stuff up on Sunday and go home. The Giants were playing well and couldn’t shake the Baby Bears from their rearview.
The Cubs are halfway home to setting the tone that needs to be set in this final homestand. They had to win last night to get a full game lead over the Giants. Now they need to continue to win until both the Giants and Astros lose their next game. It could be as soon as tonight. Once the Giants are two back and the Astros are three back, a squeamish nation of Cubs’ fans will take their first full breath in about two months. It won’t be over…hey, these are the Cubs…but it’s the next step.
My biggest worry about the final homestand is that neither the Reds or Braves currently employs the one man who can jumpstart the Cubs offense like no other…Pirates’ reliever Brian Meadows. Hey, I managed to get my wish of a Wes Obermueller start against the Astros on Saturday, how about a late three-way deal that sends Meadows to the Reds today and then on to Atlanta on Friday morning? Is that really so much to ask?
Brandon Claussen played the role of Meadows last night for the Cubs and did an admirable job. He was giving up line shots with such force that he knocked his own centerfielder out of the game in the first inning. Now that’s progress.
I didn’t hear Chip last night, but I’m sure the “Claussen’s got himself in a quite a pickle” puns were flying. Instead I got to hear Ron Santo describe the joy of “phantom limb pain”. I’m not making that up. Ron also expressed hope that Mark “Grundsundlahnek” could get back in the lineup. Well sure, it’s not like Todd Walker can hit or anything.
Corey Patterson homered and walked twice in last ni….
Wait, let me type that again.
Corey Patterson homered and walked twice in last night’s win. Perhaps his struggles on the road trip were tied to being away from Gail Fisher? Maybe Corey ought to make like Marge Schott and bring a bag of Gail’s coat…er, I mean, hair…with him on the road and he can rub it on his uniform for good luck?
E-ramis left the game in the sixth after fouling a ball off of his calf in the fifth. Honestly, if Cubs’ players keep fouling balls off of their calves the ASPCA is going to wonder why they allow their baby cows to graze that close to the on deck circle.
E-ramis says his calf is fine. It’s a wonder what some oats and getting hosed off will do for you.
When E-ramis left to tend to the herd, Jose Macias came in and made a sparkling defensive play and then hit a two-run homer. Yes, Jose Macias.
As far as omens go, that had “Shawn Estes Shutout” written all over it.
The only tension came in the eighth when we all wondered if Todd Welleymeyer would ever throw another strike? When The Farns comes into a game and people are genuinely happy about it, you know the other guy’s had a rough night.
In Houston the Cardinals were watching their postseason flash before their eyes. Woody Williams faced a real lineup and had that “what time does batting practice end” look on his face. Tony Womack got drilled in the arm and didn’t break it. Not yet anyway.
Tonight should be a football score as Dan Haren and Brandon Backe take the mound in Houston. First one to 28 wins!
In San Diego, you just know Alex Gonzalez is going to do something to hurt the Cubs, isn’t he? I forsee the first ever five-base error in Major League Baseball. This will occur in the ninth when he’s brought in as a “defensive replacement” for Rich Aurilia.
However, all of the Cubs I’ve talked to just plan on continuing to win every game. They aren’t really swift at math and so they’ve decided to just take the easiest route. I’m on board with that.
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The Bears lost their only real quarterback to an ACL tear and yesterday spent the day going over their options. Apparently the most attractive option was signing Cardinals (St. Louis Cardinals…baseball…mind you) and Cowboys castoff Chad Hutchinson. We saw this movie once before and it was titled, “The Ill-Fated Voyage of Steve Stenstrom.” Get your playoff tickets now, Bears fans!
The Chargers are dangling Doug Flutie as trade bait, and that has to be very tempting for Jerry Angelo. Because Flutie could be the key difference in the Bears going 4-12 instead of 2-14.
Hutchinson will be the first Bear to wear #7 in a regular season game since…Bob Avellini! Now those are some big…slow…shoes to fill.
The Bears take on the Eagles this weekend and the goal, given that Brian Urlacher probably won’t play, Mike Brown and Rex are both gone and others are banged up, will be to not become the first NFL team to give up 100 points in a game. The Packers seemed destined to do that on Sunday.
Here’s the scary thing. A healthy Bears team might be the best team in the division. But a healthy Bears team won’t take the field until 2005 at the earliest.
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From the annoying Bill Walton commercials on DirecTV I’ve been reminded that NBA training camps are about to open. The Bulls claim they’ll be fielding a team this year, but then they said that last year and look what happened. I think we all know just how a team led by Eric Piatkowski and Andres Nocioni can be. Don’t we?
In the meantime we’ll be following along with Kelly Dwyer’s State of the NBA previews on Spanish-Yes.com.
Today, you should read all about the Bulls.
Kelly hasn’t written his Toronto Raptors preview yet, but he knows better than to mock Milt Palacio…right?
The Lawnmower says he’s not getting tired this time. He’ll carry the Cubs across the finish line if he has to. I don’t think he’ll have to do it alone. Nomar seems ready to shoulder that load, too.
Dusty doesn’t want to say he told you so. But he told you so.
Dusty says Moises has a right to bitch all he wants. This is America! But Moises is Dominican…
Mike Downey woke up to write this. Why bother?
Dusty says the postseason rotation is still up in the air. Something about having to actually get there, first.
Ooh, boy, the Jonathan Quinn era! It has all of the promise of the PT Willis Years.
Hey Rex, see ya in Bourbonnais!
Mariotti puts down the doughnut and says that the Bears should have to pay back their PSL money because Rex got hurt. Wow. My brain would actually implode if I tried to think of things this dumb to write about.
The playoffs apparently started yesterday. Hey, the Reds made it!
Chris DeLuca made a list! I think he also “made a boom boom” his mom should change him.
Mike Kiley knows the playoff rotation. Hey, didn’t Kiley just say the playoffs started last night?
Dustin Lyman has some advice for Rex. Rex should listen to Lyman, especially if the topic is “how to stay in the NFL for six years even when you completely suck ass.”
The Wizard of Roz thinks 3-3 gets the Cubs in the playoffs. I know 6-0 does.
The Brewers have been sold! For what, $2995? Does this mean the new owner gets to be commissioner?
Somebody dig up Art Carney! There’s another movie to be made here!
Ashlee Simpson says she got groped in a London club. She should just be happy for the attention.
The world’s greatest newspaper has learned that Mexicans are using a giant slingshot to get into the US.
Thanks for the tip of the hat, my good man.
hopefully last night’s victory will bring some of Desipio’s readers in off the ledge. All the hand wringing on this site after the Mets’ series is wearing me out. Like Andy keeps telling us: this is fun. Relax and enjoy the ride. Save your hate for the Cardinals.
So what! I hate playing in the playoffs. Is that so wrong?
Mia rubbed my groin all last night, so I’m good for another 3-hit game tonight. Bat me 4th Dusty, you moran!
Don’t you just love those Astros?
Is it me, or is Andy stating that we should read all about the Bulls asking us to do something as exciting as pass a kidney stone?
I ought to read the cubreporter, because then I’d know that the one game playoff between the Dodgers and the Giants would not eliminate the losing team if there was a three way tie with the Cubs.
Yeah, Nomar, but Mia was rubbing MY groin for the last two weeks. Right now, I’m just sitting here with an ice bag, waiting for you to leave town again….
Everything can change, in a blink of an eye…through thick and thin..what is this, the NBA, or Nutri-System?
Not to cry conspiracy, but I know the Cardinals hate the Cubs and would love to see Houston get the WC, and did you SEE the pitches that Williams was putting over the plate yesterday? There is no way his stuff was that crappy. He was laying them in there for the Astros, so, well, I guess I am crying conspiracy. Oh well, as long as we win….
Why am I being linked to seismic activity at Mt. Saint Helens? Gleason was the volcano!
I repay Cardinals by hitting there Second baseman. Tommorow Fat Roger hits fat Albert in the hip breaking it.
Why didn’t I pitch last night?
Wow, talk about your obscure movie reference.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083117/
Fat Roger is an inspiration to us all.
I was home from work yesterday due to a mysterious illness and was unable to chime in over the events of the weekend. On a positive note, I discovered that the SciFi Channel has six hours of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" on every Monday. A terrible show, but Erin Gray was a babe in her day. I also caught "Bring it On" for the first time and have decided that I will fight Andy for the hand of Miss Dushku.
As for Wes Obermueller, he lives in the same town as I do just outside Iowa City, and I will be offering him a beer or six in the off-season. Woody Williams looked like he was throwing his side session last night, and the Cardinals are trotting out Haren and Suppan the next two nights. After thinking Colorado would be three easy ones for the Astros to finish up with , the Rockies have their "best" starters lined up against Houston this weekend (Kennedy, Estes, and Wright), so they should be able to steal one or two out of that.
Then…
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And now…
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The genius is considering throwing me on Friday and throwing "Joe Bullpen" on Thursday.
Sorry I mean me on Thursday and "Joe Bullpen" on Wednesday.
"Through thick and thin". I thought that was a reference to opposing players who dribble past both Tyson Chandler and Eddie Curry.
Hey, who’s been picking up Chris Carpenter’s starts anyway?
Steve Stone’s been picking up Carpy’s starts.
God knows, Stoney doesn’t pick up the checks! Ha ha ha!
Could SI have picked a scarier looking picture of me for that story?
I hate you, Chip.
we also hate chip!!!!
This new Bulls Marketing Campaign is really stoopid. I don’t like to be told, in essense, "Listen, we suck. It’s noted. We used to be good, remember? Now you need to stick with us until we are good again."
Through Thick and Thin really sounds like whining to me. I guess it’s understandable, as the Bulls’ owner also owns the Sox and that team has been whining for years.
Everything Can Change in the Blink of an Eye was last year’s catchy Bulls campaign. And I mean "catch" like VD. Change did happen: I barely recognize this team from the 2003-04 version. Good? I suppose, but really isn’t this season shaping up to be Year Seven of the Rebuilding Plan (a.k.a. "We don’t want to wind up like the Celtics")?
on a different note, I was in Washington DC last week… I picked up the Washington Post sports section and found baseball standings and stories buried on PAGE 8. This city deserves a baseball franchise? They are more interested in the Redskins’ practice sessions than MLB pennant races, fer crissakes! This city has let two Senators’ franchises move elsewhere, why give them another? Bud, you ignorant slut.
Dave B – please let us know if the readers of desipio need to pony up a few bucks to keep Wes O. in beer this winter.
Thick and Thin is a subtle suggestion to the Bulls two main draws:
The Luvabulls and the Matadors.
hey walt in CR, are you saying the white sox have a big fan base becuase the papers write about them? because i bet the senators draw 10,000 more fans a night than comiskey next year, and no one there will have to read mariotti.
I always wondered about Krause’s bizarre obsession with the Celtics. He seemed to believe that their mediocrity was what prevented them from getting new pieces to become a winner again. But Jerry always failed to take into account that the Celts had 2 great young players in Len Bias and Reggie Lewis who had their careers cut short (Bias’ before it started) by cocaine use. That’s what kept the Celts from rebuilding.
We should have a lot of fans here due to the following:
We beat the Dodgers early in the week, so they have something to play for against the Giants this weekend. If Dodgers sweep us and the Giants lose once to the Padres, the West is clinched and the Dodgers can ease it home.
And we play the Astrolls three times.
Maybe you should trade Neifi to us for the weekend.
Is Andy still mailing out the announcments each day when the Daily Dose is posted? I haven’t gotten one lately. Maybe I need to sign up again, but I can’t find the link. Can anyone help?
Tony LaRussa is a crap-licking orphan who flosses his tooth with a used tampon string and dives in the dumpsters behind the various St. Louis area dermatologists looking for something to eat.
I hope his children’s children all suffer herpes and the heartbreak of psoriasis.
Thanks Sloth! Believe it or not, that’s the nicest thing anybody ever said about me.
I see The Genius is perturbed at Roy-O’s drilling of Womack (I learned Oswalt’s clever nickname during my recent trip to Houston). The fact that Oswalt hit somebody isn’t news, nor is the fact that The Genius was upset.
Carpenter out, Woody getting drilled recently, and an inconsistent Matty-Mo should scare them. That leave Marquis and Suppan. Ugh.
So what you sayin’ eeeze da fans haf figured out I eeze a selfish jerk? Fine, I no heart-tappy blow kisseses no mas to them.
And leave my stereo volume up.
Actually #37, that was more of a Spanish accent than a Dominican accent.
Buddy.
Now some of the Cardinal fans that defended Oswalt’s actions against the Cubs earlier this season in other places are now ticked he was "throwing at" Womack.
Hilarious!!!
Devil, please just a few more weeks. We probablly will need you tonight. Todd W. has been led down the wrong path so you don’t need to give him a deal. However, the deals with Farns and Wuertz will definitely be needed to continue.
If the Cubs win tonight, I think either SF or HOU will lose, so they can gain on either of those teams.
Then again, a win equals another day off the calendar, and with less than a week to go that’s always a good thing.
Furthermore, I know either SF or SD will lose. And if Houston doesn’t lose, at least the Satanic Red Fowl will lose.
Whose playing?
Alexandra Steele called me from The Weather Channel and said that the wind will be howling in tonight form the N-NE at 10-20 mph. This will help Maddux, but could also be a detriment to the Cubs HR or Nothing offense. She suggested that Dusty remind the boys to take some pitches and hit some line drives.
That’s why I really hate the Cubs. As an animal-rights activists, I am incensed at their treatment of baby cattle. I bet Kerry Wood enjoys a big serving of veal.
What were we thinking tapping Chip Caray to be our spokesman for our radio commercials that apparently play every hour on the hour?
We’re losing memberships at an alarming rate!
Chip just said the Cardinals are playing all their big guns to make it "real tough" on the Astros in their playoff drive. Does he actually believe that? Moran.
Lassie K’s with a runner on 3rd and two outs in the top of the 1st at Houston. Fag.
Maddux sucks tonight.
What does DeAngelo Jiminez have against us? The guy plays like freakin’ vintage Robby Alomar.
Isn’t it weird that I’m the only pitcher in the league who can’t beat the Reds?
..in the 3rd inning. Greg gives up two two-run homers and hits a batter, who scored on one of the homers.
Greg is clutch!
Maddux has been below-average in playoff games throughout his career. Tonight is as close to a playoff game as the Cubs might get this year, thanks to this dismal performance and his blowing of a four-run lead 10 days ago. DeAngelo Jiminez? Darren Bragg? They can say what they want about the "craftsman" that he is and he’ll be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but now I remember why I got such a kick out of watching him blow post-season games for Atlanta. And he’s who will be pitching on Sunday, probably for their playoff lives.
Actually, my playoff numbers are very good.
I won’t deny that this is a huge choke, and my last start against the Reds was a huge choke, but people who act like I suck in the playoffs are ignoring statistics to the contrary.
Anyway, yea, you all better hope Houston and SF lose tonight.
No team employing Chip Caray and Wendell Kim should be allowed in the playoffs.
I love that Dusty gives guys like me and Ben Grieve a shot, even with guys like Michael Barrett and Kent Mercker just sitting on the bench getting impatient. What other manager would be considerate enough to let an important game get out of hand just to get me and Ben some playing time?
Thanks coach!
We’re down 2-1 to the Astros in the sixth. We have 3 hits against Brandon Backe, and have just taken Scott Rolen out of the game, you know, to rest him. We’ll get swept and you won’t make the playoffs. Sorry!
Maddux’s playoff numbers "very good"? Consider:
1989 NLCS, Cubs vs. Giants: 0-1, 13.50 ERA
1993 NLCS 1-1, 4.97 ERA
2000 NLDS 0-1, 11.25 ERA
2001 NLCS 0-2, 5.40 ERA
Post-season totals: 11-14, 3.22 ERA. Also a 5-8 record in NLCS play.
You can call that "very good". And I can call you drunk.
I checked on the Asstro game during a Cub break. I noticed that in the 4th (I think) the Cardinals had 1st and 3rd no one out with the pitcher up. They didn’t score. Then I look on game log and see Haren flew out to CF and the runnrer was out at home. Did he fly out after failing to bunt or did La Russa not bunt?
How is a 3.22 playoff ERA NOT very good? Especially over that many innings? Sorry, but you’re wrong.
Oh, and the Cubs won’t make the playoffs. And they don’t deserve to. It sucks but it happens, and I hope Hendry gets a better group of people next year, as well as a better group of ballplayers.
Hahaha, you stupid ^#(%& no-job &$(#&*’s!!!! The Cubs still suck and have collapsed away the playoffs again! Ah, so sweet is thy justice. Thanks Greg Maddux!
…listening to Chip Caray fake laughing his way through an interview with a bunch of queer theater actors while Paul Bako flails away with his rolled up newspaper bat and the Cubs lose a game they can’t afford to lose.
If the 3.22 ERA is all you can compliment him on Drunk Guy, then that’s weak. The bottom line is that Maddux was an integral part in making the Braves the Buffalo Bills of baseball.
Bottom line is the Cubs will probably now have to go 4-2 to win it outright. It’s possible, but tonight’s fiasco and the weekend disaster in Shea are making it a lot harder.
Thank for coming through in the crunch there, Greg.
ERA is kind of significant, genius. How can a guy who has pitched a lot of innings in the postseason and put up a career 3.22 postseason ERA be a bad postseason performer? Explain it to me. Doesn’t ERA measure how many runs a pitcher gives up? Isn’t giving up fewer runs better than giving up a lot of runs?
The Cubs could make the playoffs if the bench Sosa. Refusing to do so may cost them the post-season.
WHO CARES about me, GREG SUCKED NUTS TONIGHT.
Wasn’t that cool of me to swing at the first pitch when two runners had reached on two outs in the 8th inning?
Here’s who I will be happy to see again come Spring Training next year.
Carlos Zambrano
Mark Prior
Kerry Wood
Greg Maddux
Jon Leicester
Glendon Rusch
Mike Remlinger
Michael Barrett
Derrek Lee
Nomar Garciaparra
Aramis Ramirez
Corey Patterson
Neifi Perez
And that’s it. People want to wonder why this team couldn’t score consistently, well here it is; they based their entire offense around Sosa and Alou, two guys with no speed, no baseball smarts, too many strikeouts in big situations, too many weak excuse me groundouts and not near enough power to make up for all the bad things they did at the plate. Neither of them can field a lick, either, and neither can run the bases with any competence. But you base on offense around them, and you see what happens. No runs when you need runs, plenty of runs when a few would do. One can only hope they’re both gone next year.
No, I’m not the "genius". That’s Tony LaRussa, whose club is phoning in another weak performance tonight. But I do know that Maddux has a losing record in post-season, that miniscule ERA be damned. The last time I checked, those series were best-of-five or best-of-seven, not Best ERA.
Of course Maddux sucked tonight, nobody said otherwise. But some guy (you, for all I know) used tonight to attack Maddux’s career performance in the clutch, saying he was a postseason choker. The stats say otherwise.
I am the most important statistic. Shawn Estes is better than Randy Johnson this year.
Yeah, my career stats are just awesome, #68. I should start at short next year, no doubt.
There’s a reason he’s listed after the starters, dumbass. He’d be a better backup option than Ramon.
One guy thinks 3.22 is the era of a bad pitcher, another guy can’t follow a simple starting pitchers followed by relief pitchers followed by infield followed by outfield followed by bench players list.
When the league ERA champ goes to the playoffs ahead of the three division winners and wild card team, I’ll believe you, #71.
Cardinals go down 2-1 to Brandon Backe, Qualls, Miceli, and Lidge. Screw you, Satanic Fowl.
I just saw a replay of Reggie Sanders getting thrown out at the plate in Houston. It was simply an awful call.
See also: https://www.desipio.com/archives/00000256.htm
That was awful. Maddux sucked. The wind was blowing in a gale and he gave up 3 homeruns. The Stros won and the Giants appear to be on the road to a win. But none of that means that Dave B. isn’t a moron.
You tell ’em Dave B. It’s all about wins. Now where’s my donut?
Almost the same as Tuesday’s: The Beginning of the End?
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#68, whoever he is, is SPOT-ON.
Unfortunately, the only way Sam Me’s gone is if the Yanks agree to pay half his retarded salary for the next TWO years, seeing as how his ’06 deal kicks in once he’s traded.
No, the 800-lb ape is here for one more year. On the plus side, if Hendry can snare Beltran and Edgar (second choice-Nomar), then Sam Me can follow Moises’ route–left field next year, gone the the year after that.
There is a posibility that the Angels could be conned… uh… convinced to take Sosa.
Will someone rip my vocal cords out so I cannot talk anymore. I am really making a fool out of myself and the team.
So, I’m 11-14 in the playoffs. Let’s break somne of that down:
1989: I sucked, but so did the rest of the Cubs except for Sandberg and Grace.
1993: I gave the Braves a Game 2 win by pitching 7 strong innings. OK, Game 6 sucked. I gave up a 2-run double to Darren Daulton, a 2-run homer to Dave Hollins and a 2-run triple to Mickey Morandini. It sucked. We were out of the playoffs.
1994: I would have won at least 4 postseason games but the strike wiped it out.
1995: We did win the World Series, if I remember right. I won the deciding Game 4 against Colordado in the division series, and allowed 1 run over 8 innings in a Game 3 win over the Reds. I pitched a complete game in a Game 1 win over the Indians at Fulton-County, and although I lost Game 5 at the Jake, I gave the Braves a chance to win the game… Who cares, we won anyway, right?
1996: In the Division Series, I allowed 3 hits in a Game 2 win over the Dodgers.In the LCS, I was shelled in Game 2 against the Deadbirds, but I redeemed myself in Game 6, allowing just 1 run as we evened the series at 3-3. We won Game 7, and the Cards ate shit. In the World Series, I shut out the Yankees in NY in Game 2, but lost Game 6 (the deciding game) 3-2. It was a 3-run third where I somehow gave up a triple to Joe fucking Girardi. OK, that sucked.
1997: I went 0-2 with a 1.38 ERA in the NLCS. In Game 1, a 2-out error by Cub fan favorite Fred McGriff set up a 3-run double by old urine hands himself, and an error by future-Cub Kenny Lofton set the table for another 2 runs to score when I should have been out of the inning. In Game 5, I gave up 2 runs to lose 2-1 to Livan Hernandez.
1998: If I remember right, I pitched a pretty good game to end your magical 1998 season, beating Kerry Wood. I lost Game 3 to the Padres, 4-2. In Game 5, I came in after Mark Wohlers nearly blew a 7-4 lead and i got the save.
1999: In Game 1 of the Division series against the Assholes, I came out of the game after 7, trailing Shane Reynolds 2-1. Our buddy Mark Remlinger coughed up 4 runs in the 9th to make it 6-1. I did pitch to one batter in Game 6, walking Craig Biggio in the 6th, but we won the game and the series anyway. In Game 1 of the NLCS against the Mets, I allowed 1 measly run through 7 innings and we them 4-2. In Game 5, I gave up a first-inning 2-run homer to Olerud, but came out of the game with the score 2-2 in the 10th. We lost in 15 innings. I pitched game 1 of the World Series and was cruising with a 1-0 lead gointo the 8th when I gave up a single and a walk. An error on a bunt loaded the bases and a game-tying single by Jeter brought in John Rocker, who failed to close the door.
2000: I choked. Pure and simple. We could have used that win because Rick Ankiel’s death spiral began that day. But I coughed up 6 in the first inning.
2001: I was shaky in Game 1 of the NLDS (3 runs, 2 earned over 6 innings), but we won anyway. In Game 1 of the NLCS, I was outdueled by Randy Johnson, and we lost 2-0. Not exactly a choke job. In Game 4, it was a choke job. I lasted only 3 innings.
2002: In Game 3 of the Division Series, I beat Jason Schmidt 10-2 at PacBell to but the Braves up 2-1 for the series. Too bad the team choked.
2003: OK, I lost to Mark Prior, but I didn’t exactly get shelled either. I gave up a 2-out, 2-run single to Sausage-killer Randall Simon and Prior threw a 2-hitter. Not a choke job.
Let’s see what happens in 2004, if we get there. But I’m not exactly a fuck-up in the postseason.
Greg, didn’t your right fielder look like Sammy trying to make that catch last year?
Honestly, I don’t remember. The guy playing me didn’t get to watch the early innings of that game and was otherwise occupied the next day when he could have caught highlights of that game.
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