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Cubs move on up to 11-7
Marlins drop to 5-12
POTG: RF Jacque Jones (HR, R, 3 RBI, pie in the face)
Runner Ups: LF Matt Murton (H, 2 BB, 2 RBI, R), RP David Aardsma (IP, BB, 2 K, W #2)
Deserving a category of his own: SP Carlos Zambrano (7 IP, 3 R, 3 BB, 6 H, 12 K, QS, broken bat) – I don’t know if I should be scared or delighted, but Z seems to be coming completely unglued. He had great stuff from about the 3rd on, but he was also completely insane at moments.
I can’t take much more of these Cubs/Bulls head to heads, though the Bulls helped out by not really being in after halfway thru the 2nd, and then coming back after the Cubs game was over.
This is the RULE: No one’s allowed to boo Jacque anymore. If I see a blue camo t-shirt tommorow, I am buying it and wearing it proudly.
This was the best 10th Inning show in quite some time, because besides always great Pie To The Face, we got a look at Angel getting in some work in the bullpen. Since they only needed Aardsma and Dempster (though Novoa got up a few times), I guess they feel they’re safe in the bullpen for tommorow and Angel’s locked in for Wednesday.
Nights like tonight make you believe we may just make something out of this season. I sure hope so, winning baseball is fun.
Tommorow’s my first game in person of the season. Not so concidentally, it’s going to be freezing – this always happens. Enjoy the hot chocolate and the many layers of clothes, I guess.