6/21/2004 09:08:00 AM by Rob

When you're attractive, the barndances are better and more frequent

Yeah, it seems like we just came back from a big ol' shindig in Texas, and we knew the crosstown rumble this weekend was going to be huge.

But tomorrow through Thursday, we have a date with the Evil Satanic Fowl, in their kitchen, with the division lead at stake. We sweep, we're in the lead. We get swept, we're five games back, probably in 4th or 5th place. We need to fight like hell to give Maddux some support tomorrow. Give him five quick runs, and just let him throw strikes. Give them hillbillies some sorrows to drown.

I am glad to see that with the return of Grud, it meant the end of Baker's Dozen. And I know what I am about to say just reeks of Cubness, and I know that there is more upside with Jon (ice) Lester, and Glendon Rusch is left-handed and destined to be the long man/spot starter upon Wood's return...but I feel bad for Jimmy Anderson. He used to be a fat slob, and now he is less slobby. He pitched very well, two days in a row, in key situations. I just hope he gets another chance soon, probably with somebody else (because if we see him again, that means someone ELSE is hurt).

Has anyone else heard ANYTHING about Not So Reg'lar Joe? Talk about your Stalinesque purges. One minute he's blowing key saves, the next minute a mysterious shoulder ailment is theorized, then more opinions are needed, then POOF! Somehow the Cubs have made a 240-pound millionaire disappear!

Of course, they did the same thing to Larry Himes and Ed Lynch, and as I recall, Lynch is a pretty big boy himself. I hope they are being fed ok down in Guantanamo Bay, or wherever it is they are being held.

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