on the shelves
06/23: Battlefield: Bad Company (and Gold Edition) (metacritic) – although the ads seem to focus on the single player mode, with the different characters in your group and the ability to blow up just about anything, the reviewers rave more about the team based multiplayer mode. Game is generally well received, with [...]
Cubs 41-24
Braves 32-33
POTG: C Soto (HR, 2H, 2R, 3 RBI)
Runner Up: LF Soriano (2H, SB, CS, IBB, 2R, 2BB), 1B D Lee (HR, 2 RBI), 3B A Ram (3 R, H, RBI, 3 BB), RF Fukudome (2 H, SB, R, RBI), 2B DeRosa (2 H, RBI), CF Johnson (H, 2 RBI, SF)
Good old destruction. The [...]
POTG: RP MARMOL (1.2 IP, 2 runners marrooned to preserve the lead)
Runner Up: SP Jason Marquis (6.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2K), 2B Mark DeRosa (3 H, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR)
It was really three guys providing all the effort – DeRosa was responsible for the offense, Marquis had an [...]
Cubs 39-24
Dodgers 30-32
POTG: LF Soriano (HR)
Runner Up: none
I choose to remember this game as Z going along fine, and then an error unfairly deraling things. It totally couldn’t be his fault, that’s impossible. 13 hits is surely an acceptable number.
I just talked down Maddux as a pickup, but how about Lowe? He’s looked pretty effective [...]
POTG: none
Runner Up: none
I’m sure I watched this game. But I was so tired a this point, I may have just been staring at a blank screen for 3 hours. I recall nothing happened, and the box score indicates that’s pretty much right. I’m no scientist, but you’re not going win many games with 4 [...]
POTG: RF Fukudome (HR, 2H, 2RBI, BB)
Runner Up: SS The Riot (3 H, 2B, R, RBI), CF Edmonds (2 H), 2B DeRosa (2 H, HR, BB)
This was a bit of a crazy finish. Just like Dempster, Wood’s control is always going to be the worry spot for his saves. Of course, Kerry’s nice enough to [...]
Cubs 38-22
Padres 24-37
POTG: SP Ted Lilly (7.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 8 K)
Runner Up: SS The Riot (2 H, 2B)
Yea, they got owned by Maddux. No, this doesn’t mean they should sign him. This was more the Cubs making him look by going after him too strong. Maddux can still beat you [...]
Cubs 38-21
Padres 23-37
POTG: LF Soriano (HR, 2B, SB, BB, 3 RBI, 2 R)
Runner Up: SS The Riot (2 BB, SB), 3B A Ram (2B, 2H, RBI), CF Reed Johnson (2 H, 2R, 2B, 2 SB), RP Scott Eyre (1.1 IP, H, K, 0 R, 1 stranded)
Lots of walks, and a few steals. The Cubs really [...]
version history: 2.36 is out with unspecified fixes. Sony confirms 2.40 will have in game messaging and trophies, neglects to mention when it’ll actually be out.
on the shelves
last week: NASCAR 09 (metacritic) – a roster update and not much more, unless you need photo-realistic Jeff Gordon in your life.
in the store
Downloadable Games
- Fatal Inertia [...]
Cubs 37-21
Padres 23-36
POTG: SP Z!! (5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, ER, 4 BB, W; 3 H, 3B, RBI)
Runner Up: SS The Riot (3 H, R, RBI), 3B A Ram (2 H, R, 2B), CF Edmonds (2 RBI, 2 2B)
You can’t hold the short start too much against Z; this was a rebound thing after [...]