Bruiser Chong

Furcal just scored on a sac bunt...except he was the one bunting.

Ryan Dempster sucks.

Carlos Zambrano denied another victory thanks to the Cubs' weak offense and Chris Duncan.

Yup.

I'm not entirely sure why, but I am loving this.

A-Rod's so unclutch.

This is the Josh Beckett I enjoy seeing.

I would say that'd about do it. Cards will get their first win in Chicago this season.

This Angel Pagan thing is beyond ridiculous. Murton's been on fire the last few weeks and he still doesn't get the bulk of the starts.

Wow, Novoa's awesome! A 400+ foot shot from Gary Bennett. I didn't start watching until last inning; what happened to Marmol?

You get that from the WC boards too Bruiser? I mentioned it in Comments That Don't Warrant a Thread. No, someone over at DVDTalk got the DVD early and mentioned it.

Apparently the new Vince DVD covers an angle that never came to be: Vince proposed HE be the father of Stephanie's baby, but she shot it down. He tried to sweeten the pot by suggesting SHANE be the father. Again, no. Vince also wanted to have HHH and Steph's wedding on PPV. What a genius.

This reminded me of the game earlier this season between these teams where the score was reversed. Cubs' poor offense made the schmuck look like gold. O'Malley did an admirable job, but a better offense would've cashed in on six walks and five hits. Gotta feel for Pettitte. Guy goes the distance, but loses because his offense is pathetic and the Crawford boxes are a joke.

Jesus lord, 18 innings? I left for the pub during Murton's AB in the 10th and figured it couldn't last much longer than that. Well, glad they won. Losing a game that long would be tragic.

I don't know if I've ever heard such decisive boos over pickoff attempts from a crowd with their own pitcher on the mound. With a lefty coming in to face Jones, I expect the Astros to still pull this out, but at least the Cubs have helped the cause of ruining Lidge forever.

It was high, but Pagan played it like an oaf. He had no chance to catch it, so he should've been playing it off the wall, not damn near running into it before wiping out into foul territory.

I gotta imagine that score's a different story if Pagan and Jones don't look like they're audition for Angels in the Outfield in that inning. Yeesh.

Jacque Jones may be a wanted man, because he just murdered a Clemens fastball up that stupid hill and over the center field wall.

Manny being Manny probably just cost the Sox a run. Sweet baserunning, guy.

I think it's safe to say Zambrano's wearing down. He's held the Stros down tonight, but he's walked five already.

I can't believe Izturis is the best they could do for him.

I'm torn on seeing Maddux pitch so well. He's in the eighth inning and just broke 60 pitches. SIXTY.

There shall be no flowing game diatrabe from vivalaultra this evening, I'm afraid.

Mark Prior back to the DL. He won't even pick up a baseball for three weeks, which means I'd be shocked if we see him again this season.

The Reds are worthless.