Sox Even the Series with Sweep over Cubs
What is this, soccer? The Sox, having been swept by the Cubs at Wrigley last weekend, got their revenge and swept the Cubs this at the Cell weekend. The season series ends up tied, 3-3, and you know what they say about ties, right? It's like kissing your sister. (Not that there's much kissing going on between the north and south sides.) I think we need a tiebreaker, perhaps in October. What do ya think? On to the gory details:
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The Cubs had their chances in the last two games of this series, they just didn't get the big hit when they needed it. LOTS of double plays, not to mention a few shoddy calls by the umps that all went against the Cubs. Not that I'm complaining, mind you. The Sox won, and two of the games were pretty convincing. I'm just pulling a Hawk and mentioning that the good guys got hosed on a few.
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Marshall and Gallagher both did all right this weekend, and I can't pin the losses on either guy. Gallagher, in particular, showed some good stuff in his Saturday effort. So what's the deal, should the Cubs trade those two (along with a few others) to try and pry Sabathia away from the tribe? I've got two words for you. Hell and yeah.
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Aramis Ramirez blew chunks this weekend. He's still better than Crede, though, and its not even close.
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Alexei Ramirez is pretty freaking great. He reminds me of Hanley Ramirez, only skinnier. Great pickup by Kenny.
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Speaking of great pickups by Kenny, Carlos Quentin. He's got an awful lot of Canseco in him. I don't know if that means he's juiced or what, I just know he's hitting a ton.
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The
FireJoeMorgan guys got it right. The guy simply doesn't watch much baseball, which is fine unless you're the lead color analyst on the prime time game of the week. Every week he goes off on a tangent that's either a) painfully obvious, or b) completely mis-informed based off his shoddy memory or small viewing habits. For example, tonight he said the White Sox have one of the best bullpens
he's ever seen. Jon Miller's jaw dropped when he said that and he did a double take. While they are pretty good this year, and they certainly looked dominant on Saturday, Joe is basing his entire opinion on that one day. Linebrink came in today and threw a few strikes and Morgan said to Jon, "see what I mean?" Like a 1-2 count proves anything. Then last week there was the whole "Banks Boulevard" thing, which was an outright fabrication; preceded the previous week by him engaging Miller in a bit of "
trivia". Great player, but his commentary is ridiculous.
There's not much more I can say about this series. The Cubs are simply banged up a bit and struggling right now. Once they get healthy, I think they can get rolling again and easily take the division. Then again, with the Cards playing out of their minds, so it's not exactly going to be easy. Till next time....