Power Pros Forum

See, when topics are posted on, people forget about them, so I'm going to make a quick post on here to get it back up to top.

okey dokey then.
i know how you feel.

6/21 - Walk-Off in Windy City Wild One as Cubs Come Out on Top in Extras
Today, the Cubs got their 74th victory of the season in dramatic fashion against the White Sox in game two of the windy city classic on the north side. Carlos Zambrano was the starter for the Cubs going 5 innings giving up two runs and throwing..... well a lot of pitches. With the game tied 2-2 in the seventh, Carlos Marmol gave up 4 runs to the White Sox and it seemed all hope had faded for a Cubs victory. The Cubs ended up scoring one run in the bottom of the seventh and again in the bottom of the eighth. With the Cubs still down 6-4 going into the bottom of the ninth, the Cubs scored two more runs and tied it up 6-6. Kosuke Fukudome got the game-winning hit in the bottom of the tenth driving home Ramirez who was on second giving the Cubs the 7-6 victory.



I know, I don't usually do this, but I wanted to post about this game because it was a CRAZY game. I thought I was going to lose for sure and when I tied it in the 9th, I was so surprised even though I was controlling the whole thing!

Oh come on people!

Sounds great....
It is close to trade deadline...are you going to make a "blockbuster?"

I'm thinking of going after another starter. My top two choices are John Lackey or Daisuke Matsuzaka. My secret weapon for trade bait is Matt Murton. For some reason I get a two star chance of trade for just about anyone with Matt Murton.

Both of those players sound good to me..
Lackey is less expensive right?

That is interesting, there are players that are like that...but they are much better...

(Kinda a side note) In one of my seasons the Red Sox had two pitchers
Tim Wakefield- W-2 L-19
Dice-K W-3 L-16

I would keep Murton, he's young and pretty good, he will be nice to come off the bench and with an aging OF he would be nice.

he was overrated last year, and he's overrated in this game too, IMO.

6/30 - Fukudome Hits for Cycle Againist Giants
Fukudome hit for the cycle today against the Giants in San Francisco. Fukudome completed his cycle hit in the top of the ninth inning with a single that he easily could have stretched into a double, but why keep going when your team is up by nine runs? This is the third cycle hit for the Cubs this season with Soriano being the first and Johnson second. The weird thing here is that it's going in order. Cubs left fielder Soriano first, center fielder Johnson second, and now right fielder Fukudome. If any other cycle hits this season, who will be next? Jason Marquis also starred in this game going seven innings giving up no runs on two hits as the Cubs beat the Giants 10-1.

geez.
time to turn up the difficulty, come on, we already had this discussion...

I don't wanna! I'm trying to gain as many points as I can this season and most likely next season and maybe by my third season I'll up the difficulty when I've got like 100,000 more points than my salary.

hmm...

7/1 - Cedeno the Hero for Comeback Cubs
The Cubs won today in comeback fashion against the Giants. Barry Zito who had been dominating the Cubs the whole game, came back onto the mound to complete the game and a 3-2 Giants victory, but everything went downhill from there. With two outs and a runner on third base in the bottom of the ninth, Ronny Cedeno who is usually a bench player and filling in for Mark DeRosa came up to bat and drove in Geovany Soto with an opposite field single to right tying the game at 3-3. The Cubs ended up scoring two more times in that inning as the Cubs beat the Giants 5-3. Carlos Marmol got the win and Kerry Wood got his eleventh save of the season.

For the 3 years I have been doing my franchise, I have almost 400k Points, but only a 35k Payroll.