Nothing like waking up this morning to see that the Cubs had won again late on the West Coast. It is a bit troubling that Marmol gave up the 3-run homer to Adrian Gonzalez but a win is a win one way or another. It also seems as if Jim Edmonds is starting to come around a bit. He has hit the ball real well since the wind-blown comeback on Friday. This team seems to have it all together. I hope just like all of the Cub fans around that it continues.

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These late games are not great for us in Chicagoland. I usually stay up until midnight as it is but I'm glad this isn't all year. Let's talk about last night, Fukudome coming through again. Homered, singled in the winning run in the 9th inning. This team seems to have something big going. Little things that never happen unless you are bound to do something. The rally against Colorado is one example. Yes, the wind was blowing out and all but that doesn't happen everyday. I will look at this more after this month of June with a lot of hard games coming up. Toronto and Tampa on the road and the Sox 6 times. The biggest test is now, let's see if the Cubs can get a passing grade.

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