The Cubs worked out at Wrigley on Tuesday in preparation for Manny and the Dodgers. Lou Piniella spoke with the media and put the series into perspective. From the Tribune....
"The time for talking is over. The time to get after it on the field and perform starts [Wednesday]. Our club is confident, as I'm sure the Dodgers are. And we're going to play as well as we can, as hard as we can for as long as we can. And that's it. We know what everybody in this city wants, and we're going to try and give it to them."
And another look at the celebration following the division title with Eddie Vedder as the background music....
Are You Ready? Game One of the NLDS....Cubs Fever, CATCH IT!!!
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My God! You know what i'm ready for???? The games to begin....I am so SICK of hearing that Zambrano's and Harden's arms are gonna fall off, that Soto and DeRosa are on their deathbed!!!! We are gonna destroy LA and I want all of the bullshit media to end!
HOLY COW !!!!!!!
I am sooooo ready for tonight!! Haven't been able to sleep the last two nights, and each day at the office has absolutely drug on and on.
LET'S GO CUBS!!!
Keys for tonights game:
1 - be patient early on. Make Lowe prove his "sinker" is working consistently. If we can get 3 walks the first 2 innings, we can deflate the confidence he's been carrying around for the last month. (unbeaten since 8/23 1.23 ERA over that span)
2 - the bottom of the order. We've got to get the 6 - 9 hitters on base w/ some frequency. Soriano will show this series, let's not allow solo HR's when it could have been a 2 or 3 run shot.
3 - moving over runners. This plays into my walk key. Guys like Lee, Fuk, and Edmonds have got to move along the runners. I doubt that we'll blow the Dodgers out at any game this series, so let's put a solid NL style of ball together.
and lastly....
4 - DO NOT allow Manny Ramirez to beat us. I don't care if we walk him every time he's up under any situation... for guys like Kemp, Blake et al to beat us...just not Manny. His postseason record speaks for itself, he's won series for the BoSox on his own practically, DO NOT allow that to happen here. On the plus side, I'm not sure the last time (if ever) he's played in Wrigley so maybe that will help us..
I'm out...& GO CUBS!
Dave in STL
Let's Go Cub-bies!!!! Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap!!!!
YEAH BABY!!!! LET'S GO CUBS!
BEAT L.A.
BEAT L.A.
BEAT L.A.
Lucky hat is on and ready.
IT'S TIME TO MAKE HISTORY.
I just wish it had a later start so I can see it at home.
I am sooooo ready for this game.
All the talking heads are driving me crazy about how all the pressure is on the Cubs.
LETS GO CUBBIES,LETS GO!
Ya know, the pressure is really on every team. Probably more on the Cubs. But all the teams are feeling pressure
THIS DAY IS DRAGGING!!
Jerljr, have you decided what to do about the girlfriends birthday tonight?
Is it only noon!! ?
Man I can't wait to get outta work...
Still waiting on today's line-up?
Found the roster,
Pitchers (11): LHP Neal Cotts, RHP Ryan Dempster, RHP Rich Harden, RHP Bob Howry, LHP Ted Lilly, RHP Carlos Marmol, RHP Jason Marquis, LHP Sean Marshall, RHP Jeff Samardzija, RHP Kerry Wood and RHP Carlos Zambrano
Catchers (2): Henry Blanco and Geovany Soto
Infielders (7): Ronny Cedeno, Mark DeRosa, Mike Fontenot, Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Ryan Theriot and Daryle Ward
Outfielders (5): Jim Edmonds, Kosuke Fukudome, Reed Johnson, Felix Pie, Alfonso Soriano
Stupid Howry!!
Awaiting game one, I have this sense of a NASA to space station liftoff. The personnel and payload are in place, hopes and prayers are at their fervent peaks, the cameras are rolling, the countdown is proceding....10, 9, 8....there is evidence of the rockets firing....7, 6, 5,....and we are all watching with fingers crossed from our spectator positions....4, 3, 2, 1. We have liftoff!!!!
The post season journey into the statoshpere of sports for Chicago's Blue begins with pitch one from Dempster to Soto. The journey lasts as long as the Cubs spaceship executes its maneuvers better than the 7 other spaceships also leaving launching pads at this time. May your talents, laudable efforts and the baseball gods make your journey a spectacular success for the world to behold, TEAM CUBS!
I love the discription JimK!
Well, I think we are going to a sports bar that some of our friends go to. I'm leaving it up to her. wink-wink. Thats where she wants to go because drinks are free if its your birthday. Which I don't understand her think since I pay for her drinks anyway so they're free every night. But I not going to argue with her.
I got my fingers crossed.
By the way, does anybody know the ESPN radio affiliate in Nashville? Is it 106.7.
That sounds like a good plan.
Less than 5 hours away