Jun 20 2008
cubs best sox, end three game slide
Cubs hosted the Sox today for the first game in the Crosstown Classic. The all time series was tied at something like 30-30.
The Cubs struck first with Derrek Lee’s double play that allowed Fukudome to score from third. The Sox answered with Jermaine Dye’s solo blast onto Waveland and Pierzienski’s two run shot. The Cubs offense was dead for the first six innings but it came awake in the late innings as it usually does at Wrigley. Lee smacked one into the right field bleachers on the first pitch of the seventh inning. Ramirez followed with a homer of his own to tie the game at 3-3. Cubs managed to hold the Sox at three runs as they went into the ninth inning. On the second pitch of the ninth inning, Ramirez smacked one straight to center field to cap the walk off win. Fans went nuts and it certainly was one to remember.
This walk-off was reminiscent of the Cubs walk-off win against the Brewers last June, which, was ironically won by Ramirez.
Anyway, one last thing I want to cover is attitudes. I think that Cubs fans get a bit too crazy when it comes to losing games. To put things into perspective, one trend that I’ve noticed is that while we are impressive at home (30-8), we have played slightly under .500 on the road (16-20). Regardless, let’s just hypothetically say that the Cubs continue this trend: they would win a little more than 60 home games and a little less then 40 on the road. This would come out to about 100 wins. It’s really rare that a team wins 100 games and does not make the post season, so there should not be much to worry about (obviously, this is barring all injuries… which, as it seems, Zambrano is ok and Soriano is doing better then expected).
Go Cubs.
