Marshall clearly has nothing to do with it.

But......they're playing at Wrigley Field!!! Something about playing there makes advancing runners, avoiding DPs, and missing Jason Marquis' twenty hanging breaking balls unavoidable. They should sweep all visiting ballclubs. That's the impression I had from some people on Sunday.

Edited June 25, 200817 yr by Flash Tizzle

And to think Cubs could have had him instead of Ryan Harvey. Of course, they could have had the best prospect in baseball, Wieters, if they wanted to.

a few teams could have had markakis...he was actually considered an over draft when he was picked too...and alot of teams were pretty surprised that the orioles were drafting him as a position player and not a pitcher

Edited June 25, 200817 yr by daa84

The Cubs are the most amazing 7th inning home team I've ever seen. 7-4, and still no outs in the inning.

The Cubs are the most amazing 7th inning home team I've ever seen. 7-4, and still no outs in the inning.

And here they go again.

And here they go again.

 

As much as I hate them, you have to admire their confidence that they're never out of the game.

Soon as Murton made contact I was certain that was going to be a long shot into the night flanked by Kermit the Frog yelling at the top of his lungs.

And here they go again.

 

and again....

This is f***ing ridiculous.

nice ...got cedeno...need the ground ball now

Unbelievable. Curious how people would react if (IF) they did end up playing at the Cell should there be renovations and they played like this at "home".

HAHA, SIT DOWN KOSUKE!

 

If they can't end the game here against Blanco the Orioles deserve to lose.

Wow, way to nut up Sherrill!

whew....finally they lose at home

 

god i hate their fans so much...hang that L flag

Their fans are acting like they've bought into the hype too, that the Cubs should never lose at home. They're stunned! haha

What's this? End of 9 at Wrigley and no one singing along to a clown Jimmy Buffett wannabe song?

Way to go, Flat-Brim.

I wouldn't be surprised if they go into a streak of playing relatively mediocre (around .500) ball at home for a few weeks now that the mystique of not losing there for 5 weeks is gone. It was nice to see them lose at that s***hole for once.

Edited June 25, 200817 yr by whitesoxfan101

I wouldn't be surprised if they go into a streak of playing relatively mediocre (around .500) ball at home for a few weeks now that the mystique of not losing there for 5 weeks is gone. It was nice to see them lose at that s***hole for once.

No team can stay as hot, even at home, as they've been for an entire season.

By the way, anyone know what their rotation is looking like for the series against us? If they just went in order it would be Dempster Saturday, but I thought I read that they wanna keep him on four days rest, so he would go friday. Who else would pitch? Gallaghar Saturday & marshall sunday?

I wouldn't be surprised if they go into a streak of playing relatively mediocre (around .500) ball at home for a few weeks now that the mystique of not losing there for 5 weeks is gone. It was nice to see them lose at that s***hole for once.

 

The law of averages is a total b**** ain't it?

Edited June 25, 200817 yr by chw42

Burres misses the start, Albers gets hurt 5 hitters in, so it's now 4-0 Cubs in the 1st.

Edited June 26, 200817 yr by whitesoxbrian

Marquis walked in a run, and Orioles scored another 4 with 2 outs in 3rd.

 

5-0 Orioles

Orioles add another 2 in top 4th.

 

7-0

Make that 8-0.

 

Pujols is 4-4 in his 1st game back including the go-ahead RBI in the 9th- only for Detroit to tie it up and send it to the 10th.

11-0 now.

....but remember, they looked bad heading into last weekend....

They're a different team on the road, though.

I wonder who they'll DH this weekend. Maybe use Soto a day or two as DH to give him a break from the crouching?