I know I said I usually don’t start watching baseball in earnest until May, but it’s hard not to get caught up in what the Chicago Cubs are doing. They just beat the Rockies 7-6 in 10 innings, after first blowing a 3-0 lead through 5, and then coming back from a 5-3 deficit to take a 6-5 lead going into the bottom of the ninth.
Closer Kerry Wood came on and struck out the first two batters he faced, but then gave up a single to pinch hitter Scott Podseknik, followed by a triple from Ryan Spilborghs to send the game into extras.
Ryan Theriot then came through with an RBI single in the top of the 10th to put the Cubbies back on top 7-6, and Carlos Marmol pitched the bottom of the 10th to close things out.
Wow, the Cubs are winning in ever conceivable way so far this year: blowing teams out, coming from behind, giving up leads and still winning…. Personally, I would have preferred a blowout tonight so I could have gone to bed at a reasonable hour. As it is, I’m probably going to need to take a couple of energy pills to make it through the day tomorrow!
At any rate, the Cubs look unbelievable through 21 games and are now 15-6. But the season is way too long to start talking about the World Series, as Ronny Cedeno reportedly did a few days ago.
That sure would be awesome though!
(AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)