Hey Chicago Whaddaya say?

The Cubs are gonna clinch today!

Exciting game. Now, I haven't paid any attention to the Cardinals lately - why would I? but with Ankiel and Molina on the Bench, you send Aarom Miles to pinch hit? Ummmm....ok....

Sucks - Gameday didn't have any video highlights for this one. There were a few plays I wanted to see, but oh well. Bottom line - clear your calendars from October folks - it's gonna be a fun month!

There IS one more team to watch for a few more games...The Mets.

The answer for yesterday's question. The Number 4 is the magic number to clinch home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. It is, BTW, now 3.

Party on Cubs fans! There's more work to do, no doubt, but for now, it's Miller Time! At least for a minute or two...

P.S. Eat it Cardinals,...how does it taste?

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2...For the show...

Bonus points if you can figure out why the number 4 is significant...

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4...

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6...

My evil plan is working...Mwuhhuhuhuhuhuh

Here's a crazt thought...

Magic number is 7. A win tomorrow makes it 6. A sweep of the Boo-hoo Crew makes it 0.

Just a thought...

One more thought - I want to BEAT that fat Ba#$%ard on Tuesday...

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7. And what a 7 it is....

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At the risk of over simplifying...

8...

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Magic Number: 9
Home Games Left: 6
Road Games Left: 10
Total games left: 16
Magic number to clinch a post season berth : 8

9...

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Magic Number: 10
Home Games Left: 6
Road Games Left: 10
Total games left: 16
Magic number to clinch a post season berth : 8

Let the countdown begin....10...

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Magic Number: 11
Home Games Left: 6
Road Games Left: 10
Total games left: 16
Magic number to clinch a post season berth : 8

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Magic Number: 13
Home Games Left: 6
Road Games Left: 11
Total games left: 17
Magic number to clinch a post season berth : 9

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Magic Number: 14
Home Games Left: 6
Road Games Left: 13
Total games left: 19
Magic number to clinch a post season berth : 11

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Magic Number: 16
Home Games Left: 6
Road Games Left: 13
Total games left: 19
Magic number to clinch a post season berth : 13

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Magic Number: 17
Home Games Left: 6
Road Games Left: 14
Total games left: 20
Magic number to clinch a post season berth : 13

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Magic Number: 18
Home Games Left: 6
Road Games Left: 16
Total games left: 22
Magic number to clinch a post season berth : 14

Nice thing about magic numbers - even when the Cubbies don't play, they can still go down. You know like the Brewers.

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Magic Number: 19
Home Games Left: 6
Road Games Left: 16
Total games left: 22
Magic number to clinch a post season berth : 14

Not sure how, but the number of home games got a little goofy..

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Magic Number: 20
Home Games Left: 8
Road Games Left: 16
Total games left: 24
Magic number to clinch a post season berth : 15

In a battle of bad bullpens, the Boo-Hoo Crew lost...

Another page off the calendar...

Ok folks. Step back from the ledge. It's ok. It's going to be ok. It's actually fascinating to listen to post game callers after a win, after a loss. It's like bi-polar city out there. Yeah baby - World series all the way baby. Oh man, are we even gonna make the playoffs? Argh. As Bob Brenly "talks about all the time" at this point - St Louis and Milwaukee both lost. It's another page off the calendar. The Magic Number sinks even further.

I would've liked to see Hoffpauir - who by the way, I'll be referring to as "The Hoff" from now on - come to bat in the ninth pinch for Lee. What pinch-hit for Lee? Yeah. The Hofff has been hitting everything in sight in AAA and he's just young and stupid enough to think he can hit off of Valverde, and that brings A Ram to the plate. Eh well. Still all-in Kapper.


Another minute off the blog, another page off the calendar.

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Magic Number: 21
Home Games Left: 9
Road Games Left: 16
Total games left: 25
Magic number to clinch a post season berth : 15

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Magic Number: 22
Home Games Left: 10
Road Games Left: 16
Total games left: 26
Magic number to clinch a post season berth : 16