The Cubs play their final regular season game at William A. Shea Municipal Stadium. USA Today has a few top memories. The passing of this park is getting very little pub with Yankee Stadium set to blow. Nonetheless, we salute you, Shea Stadium.
The Cubs won in 10 innings last night when Lee doubled in Theriot (who had singled with 2 out and stolen second base) and Ramirez followed him with a homer. Wood would pitch a clean inning and get his 34th save. The Cubs had posted 4 runs in the fifth to tie the game at five after being down 5-1 when Zambrano imploded in the third inning.
Theriot, Lee, Ramirez and DeRosa did the majority of the work offensively and it was good to see the core of the lineup hitting together. Lee and Ramirez each took three walks. It would have been nice had Zambrano not labored so badly.
Fortunately, Dempster and his gaudy home stats will likely start the first playoff game and be the man for a Game 5 at Wrigley, if needed. Hopefully, it won't be needed.
In other NL news, Milwaukee and the Mets are now tied for the WC and there may be another weather situation coming up in the east. Look for some more griping by Houston if the Mets end up playing games at the back end. In the West, the Dodgers are 4 up with 4 to go. The vaunted D'Backs are not going to ruin anyone's first round this year. Philly sits 1 1/2 games up of the Mets and I would expect them to hold that.
In the AL, the White Sox managed to drop 2 to the Twinkies and cling to a 1/2 game lead. Gavin Floyd is set to face Kevin Slowey tonight. The ChiSox players sound like they didn't expect to win at Minnesota. Not the kind of attitude you expect from Ozzie's boys, but something fans have seen in their demeanor over the years in the Metrodome. The rest is done, with the Angels, Rays and Boston clinching playoff spots. The Rays are a game away from claiming the Division, so expect Boston to be the Wild Card out of the AL.
On the other end of things, Detroit and Seattle are the bottom of their respective divisions. These two teams had a lot of believers before the season got started. Detroit should be embarrassed by how much blame their manager is shouldering for this season. They have simply not played up to par. No amount of managing was going to get them over the hurdle. Seattle has the worst record in baseball right now. Yes, Washington has one more win (59) than Seattle (58). Seattle has lost 100 games. Wow.
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