Kerry Wood

9/20/08 vs. Cardinals; W 5-4; (93-60)

Ted Lilly is the most appropriate pitcher to win the NL Central clinching game. His recent success and win at all cost attitude has been vital. Not bad for the #4 guy in the rotation.The St. Louis Cardinals are the most appropriate opponent. These guys have been our rival for as long as anyone can remember.Kerry Wood [read more...]

9/16/08 vs. Brewers; W 5-4; (91-58)

Kerry Wood on the mound. Prince Fielder at the plate. Two outs, top of the ninth. Cubs clinging to a one run lead. The Brewers have two runners on. Prince Fielder already has two home runs on the night. A ten pitch battle, won by Kerry Wood. Strikeout looking!Two more games off the [read more...]

9/11/08 @ St. Louis; W 3-2; (88-58)

For the first time in September, Chicago has a winning streak. Two games....so far...but it is a winning streak. Combined with the Brewers loss, Chicago's lead extends to 5.5 games and the magic number is 11.The Cubs jumped on the Cardinals in the top of the fifth. They sent seven hitters to the plate, scored two runs, [read more...]

7/5/08 @ St. Louis; L 4-5; (52-36)

Kerry Wood came into the game in the ninth inning with a two run lead. He had the 5, 6, 7 hitters coming up. The game seemed well in hand for the Cubs. Far from it.He walked the first two before Adam Kennedy doubled, scoring one and putting the tying and winning runs in scoring position with [read more...]

6/12/08 vs Braves; W 3-2; (43-24)

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (from a Cub perspective)The GoodAfter Zambrano allowed a leadoff walk in the eighth, Scott Eyre allowed a double to Brian McCann. An intentional walk loaded the bases with no out. Eyre worked two strikeouts and then gave way to Carlos Marmol. Marmol picked up one more strikeout to leave the [read more...]

6/5/08 @ Dodgers; W 5-4; (39-22)

The last time the Cubs faced the Dodgers, Takashi Saito blew a save in the ninth inning. Tonight he came in with the game tied and was charged with the loss. He gave up an RBI singe to Kosuke Fukudome in the ninth that proved to be the winning run.It didn’t seem like the Cubs were going to [read more...]

6/3/08 @ Padres; W 9-6; (38-21)

Last night I was planning to watch the game start to finish. I had been at the game Sunday, but was only able to watch a portion of the game on Monday night. I made plans to attend Wolfies, normally a great place to catch a game. I was meeting Sean there at 10 to celebrate a [read more...]

6/1/08 vs Rockies; W 5-3; (36-21)

For the first time since 1908, the Chicago Cubs have the best record in all of baseball on June 1st. For the first time since April 1970, they have swept a seven game home stand.For the first time this year, they have a seven game win streak.For the first time this year, I was in attendance at Wrigley Field. [read more...]

5/30/08 vs Rockies; W 10-9; (34-21)

Driving home early this afternoon I turned on the radio to listen to the Cubs. I was a bit dismayed to learn they were down by seven runs after only three innings. Turning on the TV at during the top of the seventh, things weren't much better. At that point, the Cubs had managed to close the [read more...]

Wood vs Marmol

Editors Note: The majority of this was written prior to the appearance of both in the May 27th gave vs. Dodgers.The debate started even before Sunday’s game. Should Kerry Wood really be the closer for the Chicago Cubs? Carlos Marmol who has been electric this year and many of the Cub faithful are clamoring for him to be [read more...]

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