Don't jinx it!! I've seen too many great Cubs seasons go straight down the crapper. There's a reason "the last time the Cubs won the National League pennant / was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan," to quote Steve Goodman.
I can't jinx it because I'm not a Cubs fan. (I mean, I don't dislike them, and it would be cool if they won after a hundred years and I'm rooting for Rich Harden. Still.)
Anyway, they're sweeping their rival, they've got more pitching than they've ever had in my lifetime, they've got legitimate hitters at most positions and some plus defenders and they're getting Kerry Woods back to close. The only team that comes close to matching them in the NL is Philadelphia and they don't have the pitching. (Though it would be cool to see Harden v. Blanton in the playoffs.)
The guinea pig wearing the crown in the second photo looks just like a pet I used to have. Not an entree!
Gudanov: You don't have to be right to be a pundit.
In fact it's probably detrimental.
There would be a certain something if the Cubs won the World Series on the 100th anniversary of their last win.
This site projects the probability of Obama winning the popular vote but losing the electoral vote at 3.77%
They are just using things like polls, facts, and statistics. I'm utilizing gut feelings and shallow commentary I've read on occasion.
In cool news, Fermilab has found the ZZ diboson which is another step on the road to confirming the Higgs boson, further solidifying the standard model, and figuring out why objects have mass.
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The LHC may come online in September to further the search, but it probably won't be at full power until next year. Good things happening in particle physics.
The guinea pig wearing the crown in the second photo looks just like a pet I used to have. Not an entree!
I was just thinking - there are quite a lot of animals that humans eat, and a much smaller set of animals that humans dress up in wacky costumes. However, I'd expect the intersection of these two sets to be extremely small.
In fact, I can't think of any other examples (where the same animal gets dressed up, then eaten).
Wow--the 9th-inning Brewers pitcher was down 3-0 to Edmonds (first Cub up), and looks to have thrown at him in frustration over the way the entire series has gone (Cubs are winning 9-1 and are ready to sweep all four games), and was tossed out of the game by the ump (no warning, just outta there). Ball went behind Edmonds, so they didn't even get that one right.
Wow--the 9th-inning Brewers pitcher was down 3-0 to Edmonds (first Cub up), and looks to have thrown at him in frustration over the way the entire series has gone (Cubs are winning 9-1 and are ready to sweep all four games), and was tossed out of the game by the ump (no warning, just outta there). Ball went behind Edmonds, so they didn't even get that one right.
That's weak. And bad baseball karma. It's one thing to plunk a guy after the other team has purposefully thrown at your player. But to go after somebody because you're losing and want to make a statement is pathetic.
Oh well. Brewers got swept by their rivals in a pennant race. That's enough for them to chew on for August.
And they got swept at Wrigley Field North--oops, I meant to say "at home." The way the Cubs fans take over Miller Park is fun to watch.
The score is now 11-1; Fontenot just picked up two RBIs with a double. I wonder how tall he really is? He looks like he's around 5'4" or so.
