Game 2 - Cubs vs. D'backs

Ummm...NO...Lilly will NOT be pitching in Game 5 on 3 days rest. Game 5 is Tuesday. Lets see Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon is four days right? Hmmm.

I am normally not that particular about the announcers, but boy they are not prepared at all.

Well game 2 did not go as hoped. Reading up this morning on the game I 've read alot of statistics about teams down 2-0. The funny thing is the Cubs are usually on the other end of those statistics. In 1984, no team had come back from a 2-0 deficit in the then 5 game NLCS. Well, they did. MLB changed the NLCS/ALCS the next year to 7 games.

The frustrating part this morning, is that the Cubs didn't get beat, they beat themselves. If you get beat by a better team, then, well, thats the way it is. But the sloppy defense last night and the lack of offense were self destructive.

The Cubs will get a much needed boost in front of their home town fans on Saturday and should win that game. The tough game, the one I will be attending, starts 16 hours later. That should give them between 12-14 hours to shower, sleep, drive to and from the park, dress, and have batting practice. I know the Cub fans will do whatever it takes to put the Cubbies on their backs and help them through. Then it would be back to the desert for one last game. Nothing this year has been easy.

But it's not over yet.