No "Around the Horn this week". Maybe I'm done with that, seeing as how the Cubs season is down to a one-game playoff at least 3 times in a row.
Let's just get this out of the way: the Cubs must win. Plain and simple. It is not impossible for the Cubs to go into Los Angeles and take two, bring it back to Chicago, and finally win a game at home. But there is no chance of that if the Cubs' play does not pick up. NOW.
Posted by Chirayu Baxi | No comments yet
Let’s think about this for a moment:
Getting to the Playoffs:
Yes, the Cubs have lost 5 straight, but what does the playoff picture look like? They’re still four and a half games ahead of Milwaukee and nine games in front of the Phillies for the Wild Card. It’s not like those two are taking advantage of the Cubs’ recent struggles, either. Milwaukee has lost four straight and the Phils have lost five of their last eight. The Cubs have the most wins in baseball and they only have 22 games to play. Pitching aside, the Cubs still have one of the most potent offenses in the National League, if not all of baseball. Even without Z and Harden, Dempster is pretty darn good and Lilly is no slouch either. Now, I’m not saying they’re a lock for the playoffs, but even if both Zambrano and Harden don’t throw another pitch in the regular season, I’m confident the Cubs have the tools to hold on.
Posted by William Stecker | No comments yet
Cub fans, please say thank you to any Milwaukee Brewers fans you may know. Their team is struggling just as much as the Cubs right now. It could have been disastrous if Milwaukee would have gone on a winning streak this week as the Cubs were skidding against the Phillies and Astros. The Cubs still have a cushion in the NL Central, but they need to try to get Zambrano and Harden healthy before they make this final playoff push. Don't panic, the Cubs will be fine. They have a solid line-up all the way through the batting order, and even if they are sluggish, they will get enough wins to enter the 08 playoffs. Sorry this post is short and I haven't posted in a while, but I have been working on numerous websites. I will try to put the Cubs blog first from now on, and trust me, I will be much more talkative once these Cubbies get closer to the playoffs.
Posted by Kellen King | 1 comment
One of the All-Star Break traditions: Reassessing our predictions from the first half of the season. Some of mine have changed, some have stayed the same—and some were just damn wrong. Living in the West, I will take the contrarian position and roll from west to east in my choices.
Posted by Street Reporter | 3 comments
It's easy when you're blogging every day and playing fantasy baseball to neglect the big picture of where the teams are and why. On the one hand, I'm annoyed by fans who start moaning that their team is two games back of first when only a week's worth of games have been played. But the time is nigh to pull my head out of the everyday grind and take a peek at the standings, which are starting to settle in, and see what stories are out there.
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With pitchers and catchers finally reporting to spring training, it marks the start of the 2008 season where anything is can happen. It is a season where even the Tampa Bay Rays can contend for fourth place. It is a season where the impossible turns into the possible. Just listen to Ryan Dempster of the Chicago Cubs make a bold prediction, “I think we are going to win the World Series. I really do.” Great, just what a Cubs fans need to hear, another prediction.
Posted by Ryan Neiman | No comments yet
