#1 of the top 5 of 2008

September 14, 2008 - Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs (in Milwaukee)
The setting? The Idiots were watching this game on a laptop while playing poker. It was a very long day. The Bears let the Panthers come from behind to steal what would be the first of many disappointing games. We killed a couple hours between games only to find out that the game was only being shown on WGN in the Chicago area. Luckily, Ginger Russ subscribed to mlb.com TV last season. It was pretty lame, but the laptop got the job done until the major news outlets got wind of what was going on in Milwaukee. Celebratorial cannonballs were on deck.

Equally lame, is the reaction of every Houston fan out there after Zambrano dominated and squished and pathetic hope they had at a playoff spot. Oh, poor us, we were jet lagged and weren't ready to play. I especially enjoyed the notion that Bug Selig favors to the Cubs. Yeah, the guy used to be part owner of the Brewers, I am sure he wanted nothing more than to see the Cubs get an advantage. The reality of the situation is the the owner of the Astros cared more about money than his team's record. They could have had those games at Chase Field had they just made the decision immediately. That was out of the question. Instead how about we try to wait out a hurricane and host the game in a city that might draw 2 thousand fans. Dumbass.

I won't go into the game. You all know what happened. I have debated it but I think this is the most dominant performance by a Cub I have ever seen. Kerry's 20K game was awesome but to not give up a hit? That's dominance. Let's hope for a repeat performance this season....against the Cardinals.

GO CUBS!
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