Can a 39-year old man's heart tick any louder through one's ears? I can actually taste playoff baseball including my Chicago Cubs. I'm a maniac constantly kissing (three kisses; two regular and one lip presser...I don't know why) my blue Chicago Cubs "BELIEVE" rubber Lance Armstrong'esque bracelet when things are going bad for the Northsiders. Do I have special powers, I mean me really kissing a bracelet makes a difference? No, I'm just a sick pathetic Cubs fan hoping and praying that they make the postseason. We (like "I" really have anything to do with it) haven't won the Series in 99 years for crying out loud and the curses, the goat, the failed five outs away in 2003 can all succumb to some Cub wannabe kissing a piece of blue rubber. Hey, George Seifert, inherited a strong 49ers team from the late-great Bill Walsh and he used to tap his front teeth twice with a certs before consumption, standing next to (never on) the 49ers logo on game day and he hoisted the Super Bowl trophy twice when it was all said and done...
My Cubs, your Cubs, every one's Cubs have 12 games left and they are a game up on those pesky, overrated (in my mind) Brewers. The Cubs have hardly been a force but everyone in the NL Central usually trounces the Brew Crew. I can't stand 'em, or I guess a better statement would be "I fear them." Milwaukee got out of the box quick this year leveraging an eight game lead at one point but baseball is a long season and we have caught up more than a few times. We go against the Reds to start off the last home stand of the season and they've got our number this year. I know they won't roll over...they'll try and play spoiler. That gives them something legitimate to play for.
Rich Hill on the mound against the post Red Sox slider stud Bronson Arroyo (get a hair cut would ya?!?) B.A. hasn't fared to well this season on the road but that darn slider, it makes me sick to see something coming at my players letter high at the hip only to taper off into the strike zone at the last moment.
Reds go up by one in the third on center fielder Hopper driving in Ross. (Reds 1 Cubs 0)
Cubs answer with three runs in the bottom of the frame with Cliff Floyd (on a tear at the right time) hitting a two run dinger and then DeRosa (5-for-5 on the night) going solo on a back-to-back jack. (Cubs 3 Reds 1)
Reds come back in the fifth inning on Keppinger driving in Arroyo (this pitcher kills the Cubs in the batter's box). Phillips singles in Hopper, Dunn brings in Keppinger on a fielder's choice (D. Lee actually argued with the umpire on the blown double-play call that had Dunn called safe on a bang/bang play at first). Gosh darn Reds, they score three; (Reds 4 Cubs 3)
Cubs answer yet again in the bottom of the inning when Jacque Jones (we were going to trade this guy?!?) singles in Derrek Lee (Cubs 4 Reds 4)
Reds score two runs in the top of the sixth inning Keppinger drives in Hopper and then Griffey singles in Keppinger. (Reds 6 Cubs 4)
The 7th and 8th inning go by with no activity from either side and a very quiet Friendly Confines and I'm ready to chuck this blue bracelet across the room for the umpteenth time...
The Reds go quietly in the 9th (Incidentally, the Brewers, who have literally owned the Astros this year, have just won 6-0 in Houston.) Cubs only lead the division race by 1/2 game now...I feel sick.
The bottom of the 9th comes up and Theriot (who has been a Godsend this year except as of late including the bonehead pop-fly drop not letting Soriano call him off in shallow left field earlier) comes up drawing a good 3-2 count eventually walking.
Man on first
Derrek Lee comes up and knocks a single into right center
Man on first and second with no one out...I BELIEVE!
Aramis Rameriz comes up (literally robbed by Hopper in straight center field off the ivy earlier) and delivers a gap-triple to the wall and ties the game!!! (Who else wants to kiss this magic bracelet?!?)
Man on third with nobody out and two runs in; game tied 6-6.
Ward pinch hits and is intentionally walked
Man on first and third with nobody out (Fuld is running for Rameriz at third and Pie is given the nod to run for Ward at first
DeRosa comes up and is 4-for-4 on the night (last game against the Reds he was 5-for-5. The Reds bring in Hopper as a fifth infielder after he switches gloves to "bring" the ball home on anything. DeRosa delivers a single off of David Weather's glove that ricochets off of Brandon Phillips's glove and Fuld races across home plate...
CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!
Cubs 7 Reds 6
I'm flipping out about now, pumping my fist in front of the TV like I'm DeRosa with the winning hit. I can literally hear the crowd chanting my name...DeROSA!!!! DeROSA!!!!
I'm Clay Koenig and my blue bracelet is the cure for Cub Fan's woes everywhere.
11 games left and the Cubs are up by one on the Brewers in the National League Central.
My Cubs, your Cubs, every one's Cubs have 12 games left and they are a game up on those pesky, overrated (in my mind) Brewers. The Cubs have hardly been a force but everyone in the NL Central usually trounces the Brew Crew. I can't stand 'em, or I guess a better statement would be "I fear them." Milwaukee got out of the box quick this year leveraging an eight game lead at one point but baseball is a long season and we have caught up more than a few times. We go against the Reds to start off the last home stand of the season and they've got our number this year. I know they won't roll over...they'll try and play spoiler. That gives them something legitimate to play for.
Rich Hill on the mound against the post Red Sox slider stud Bronson Arroyo (get a hair cut would ya?!?) B.A. hasn't fared to well this season on the road but that darn slider, it makes me sick to see something coming at my players letter high at the hip only to taper off into the strike zone at the last moment.
Reds go up by one in the third on center fielder Hopper driving in Ross. (Reds 1 Cubs 0)
Cubs answer with three runs in the bottom of the frame with Cliff Floyd (on a tear at the right time) hitting a two run dinger and then DeRosa (5-for-5 on the night) going solo on a back-to-back jack. (Cubs 3 Reds 1)
Reds come back in the fifth inning on Keppinger driving in Arroyo (this pitcher kills the Cubs in the batter's box). Phillips singles in Hopper, Dunn brings in Keppinger on a fielder's choice (D. Lee actually argued with the umpire on the blown double-play call that had Dunn called safe on a bang/bang play at first). Gosh darn Reds, they score three; (Reds 4 Cubs 3)
Cubs answer yet again in the bottom of the inning when Jacque Jones (we were going to trade this guy?!?) singles in Derrek Lee (Cubs 4 Reds 4)
Reds score two runs in the top of the sixth inning Keppinger drives in Hopper and then Griffey singles in Keppinger. (Reds 6 Cubs 4)
The 7th and 8th inning go by with no activity from either side and a very quiet Friendly Confines and I'm ready to chuck this blue bracelet across the room for the umpteenth time...
The Reds go quietly in the 9th (Incidentally, the Brewers, who have literally owned the Astros this year, have just won 6-0 in Houston.) Cubs only lead the division race by 1/2 game now...I feel sick.
The bottom of the 9th comes up and Theriot (who has been a Godsend this year except as of late including the bonehead pop-fly drop not letting Soriano call him off in shallow left field earlier) comes up drawing a good 3-2 count eventually walking.
Man on first
Derrek Lee comes up and knocks a single into right center
Man on first and second with no one out...I BELIEVE!
Aramis Rameriz comes up (literally robbed by Hopper in straight center field off the ivy earlier) and delivers a gap-triple to the wall and ties the game!!! (Who else wants to kiss this magic bracelet?!?)
Man on third with nobody out and two runs in; game tied 6-6.
Ward pinch hits and is intentionally walked
Man on first and third with nobody out (Fuld is running for Rameriz at third and Pie is given the nod to run for Ward at first
DeRosa comes up and is 4-for-4 on the night (last game against the Reds he was 5-for-5. The Reds bring in Hopper as a fifth infielder after he switches gloves to "bring" the ball home on anything. DeRosa delivers a single off of David Weather's glove that ricochets off of Brandon Phillips's glove and Fuld races across home plate...
CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!
Cubs 7 Reds 6
I'm flipping out about now, pumping my fist in front of the TV like I'm DeRosa with the winning hit. I can literally hear the crowd chanting my name...DeROSA!!!! DeROSA!!!!
I'm Clay Koenig and my blue bracelet is the cure for Cub Fan's woes everywhere.
11 games left and the Cubs are up by one on the Brewers in the National League Central.
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