Cubs Are Making Noise

Cubs have won 7 straight.  They have had at least 10 hits in each of the last 7 games.  Derrek Lee is batting .389 and is 11 for his last 13 at bats (8 for 8 in his last two games).  The pitching is getting better even without Prior and Wood, including a 1 hitter yesterday (Zambrano) and a 4 hit shutout tonight (Rusch). 

UPDATE 6.6.05: Good article on Derrek Lee on the front page of Sportsline.com today.

This is fun baseball, and the race for the playoffs is getting tight.  After a pitiful beginning of the season, this may be an interesting summer after all

Comments

[david rudd]

no prior = no losses?

[Steve McCoy]

The Cubs make it exceedingly difficult to explain wins and losses. You just take them as they come. :)

[Mike]

Dying animals are often noisy: it's call "death throes."

A StL Cardinal since '61 (I was 11)!

[Mike]

Uh, it's "called" . . .

I didn't say I was smart.

[Steve McCoy]

HAHAHAHAHA! You are right, Cardinals are pretty stupid. HAHA. By the way, I saw a robin giving a beat down on a Cardinal in our front yard feeder the other day. Cardinals look good, but that's about it. :)

Honestly, I knew this post would generate heat from some insecure Cardinal fan. Thanks for being that fan Mike. ;^)

[Rick Bennett]

not an insecure Cardinal fan. But, funny nonetheless that a Cubs fan would ever call a Cardinal insecure. Thanks for the laugh.

What playoff race are you referring to that is heating up? Is that the wildcard race you are referring to? Not the central, I assume, which should be wrapped up by Labor Day (numerically) and July 4 (for all practical purposes).

Good luck though.

[Steve McCoy]

I knew you would be stopping by Rick. Insecure fans always get defensive for one another.

Hey, the real quality of being a Cubs fan is that we can lose and never feel insecure about it. We expect it. It's our identity. ;^)

Someone let me enjoy my 10 seconds of hope please.

[JM]

I lived north of Kansas City until I was 12. Somehow Cardinal hatred has been imbedded in me. When we moved to SE Missouri, WGN Chicago opened my heart to the Cubs. Now that Harry Carey is gone and Sosa faded and then was traded I have moved on. My dad passed on his love for the Astros to me. So my two favorite teams are the Royals and Astros. I don't even bother checking the standings for the Royals. It is beyond hope. The Astros are just old. It's a bad year for baseball for me. The only thing that could make it worse would be if the Cardinals won the World Series. Then I would have to hear my in-laws gloat.

[kyle]

Sorry but my jays are about to bring your cubs back into reality...JAYS 4 CUBS 1

peace

[Steve McCoy]

Hey, they are bound to lose a game sometime.

[Kyle Martin]

Good call, how about twice...just kidding, i am one of the few huge baseball fans in Canada.

[Steve McCoy]

I knew you would be back. ;^)

[Jeff T]

Go Cardinals!!!! Jeff

[Steve McCoy]

Oh crap. I can't just love my Cubs and that be the end of it. :)

[Jeff T]

You see Steve, the entire planet loves to add to the misery of the Cubs fans, its your destiny. :) Jeff

[Steve McCoy]

Hey, I could drop bombs too, like how the Cards crash landed in the playoffs last year after looking almost unbeatable during the season. But I'm not going to say that. I'm not going to link to articles like this one talking about the sweep of this "powerhouse" of a team. I'm just not about that.

[Jeff T]

I sure glad you are not like that...neither am I but I have a question.

Did the Cubs make the post season last year? :) Jeff

[Steve McCoy]

No, you are right, the Cubs didn't have the best team in baseball and then blow it last year. :)

[Steve McCoy]

By the way, Cubs win today Blue Jay Kyle.