"Von Fourche" <Khonakong.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Well, they sure didn't do too good on their last road trip - two
> losses at Pittsburgh, two losses at Philadelphia, and three losses in New
> York. That was
> an important road trip and they failed miserably. I would say this team
> is on
> life support but with them sweeping Washington before the trip and getting
> two out of three against the Sox, plus the fact that the other teams in
> the Central
> have not run away with it YET, the Cubs are still in it.
No team is on life support in the middle of May! I figured this team would
hover around .500 for the first few months and then kick it in. Zambrano
still has to get into a groove. And the bullpen needs to improve. They
have the arms out there who have been effective in the past.
The Brewers have a good team but I don't think they are going to run away
and win 95+ games this year. They have struggled against good teams the
past 2 weeks.
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> So, the next six games against San Diego and L.A. are important.
> Hopefully
> they can come out of it looking good. After that it's three at home
> against Florida
> and three against Atlanta. Then it's off to Milwaukee. Hopefully they
> can get in a
> good position when they take on Milwaukee. Twelve games to get ready for
> Milwaukee.
>
> Now is the time this team needs to go on a winning streak. The do seem
> to be
> scoring more. Will the high scoring offence be making the trip out west?
> I hope
> so.
>
> Oh, and it was great and a shock to see Steve Stone back on WGN.
> That's
> something I didn't think I would see again. He looked good and sounded
> like his
> old self - the best color commentator in the world. You could tell he
> wants back
> in the booth, right where he belongs. Maybe new ownership will put Stone
> back
> in the booth? New ownership would start off on the right foot if they
> dumped
> the two TV announcers and put Stone in the booth with some other play by
> play
> announcer.
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