Dempster Wins Away From Wrigley

I am not going to pretend like this is a relevant topic at 745p in the east. Most of you already know the following…

• The Cubs Avoided a Sweep
• Dempster got his first road win in two years
• The Cubs Bats came back to life
• Despite outscoring Houston in the series 11-6 the Cubs lost the Series 1-2
• The Cubs have a three game set v. Arizona Starting tomorrow befor heading back home
• Greg Norman did not close the deal
• 100yi really needs to find a contributor or two

Do you want an excellent breakdown of the game since I was busy shooting 75 on the course today? Our friends (well we like them, we aren’t sure if they even know we exist) at Bleed Cubbie Blue have a complete recap of todays game that is far better than any network is giving. Click here to read the recap.

I will preview the D-Back series later tonight…

Is this what they mean when a reporter “mails it in?”

Off Topic: Greg Norman

Here at 100yi – we are more than just Cubs fans. We are sports fans. We frequent all of the major media websites, as well as select blogs of likeminded sports fans. Several times weekly, out of necessity to remain relevant to those that are not Cub fans, we will post off topic (non-Cubs) posts for all of Cub Nation as well as our online friends. Our first attempt at going off topic is the “resurgence” of Greg Norman at this years British open.

Greg Norman is leading the British Open. Prior to this week, the last time anyone was able to say that was 1993.

How long ago was 1993?  Consider this…

• AOL Version 1.0 realeased
• Bill Clinton became President
• Buffalo Bills lose their third consecutive SB
• WTC in NYC bombed via van in Parking Structure
• Waco Texas standoff / fire v. Branch Davidians (David Koresh)
• The World Wide Web was born
• Bulls win the first of their two three-peats v. Phoenix Suns
• Lorena Bobbit cuts off her huband’s penis (John Wayne Bobbit)
• Don’t ask – Don’t Tell Policy came in to effect for the US Military

Considering all of those old headlines, Greg Norman has been “in the news” lately for all of the wrong reasons. His highly publicized affair and subsequent marriage to tennis legend Chris Evert which diminished his bank account by a cool $103 million dollars is the stuff that wreaks of E! and Hollywood Insider, not ESPN and PGA Tour. Before all of the publicity, Chris Evert hadn’t been relevant in sports since 1988…Norman…his last victory of any kind was 1998…his last on the PGA Tour was 1997. Now, because of one another – (Norman is crediting playing tennis with his new wife as a key in reviving his golf game) they are enjoying a John Travolta in Pulp Fiction like comeback. We have one more round to see if it turns out to be Swordfish (better than people give it credit for) or Battlefield Earth…

Cubs a Four Letter Word…Offensive? Hardly.

The Cubs have turned into the San Francisco Giants. For the second straight game the Cubs had ZERO offense from their offensive players. The only run came from CARLOS ZAMBRANO. The All Star Break has had the opposite effect on the Cubs…getting healthy and getting some rest has instead iced down what was a hot offense going into the break.

Nine hits are a bit decieving. Theriot had three, and Zambrano’s HR was another. That leaves five hits for the rest of the offense. Aramis continued to struggle and is 0-8 in the series….Fukudome 1-8….Lee 1-8. Ten strikeouts could be a telling statistic as the batters seem to be pressing a bit, trying to shake of the “cobwebs” that crept in.

The series is lost already and the Cubs will look to avoid the sweep tomorrow. Brandon Backe and the winless on the road Ryan Dempster are the pitchers. Who knows…maybe since Demp’s home unbeaten streak was snapped before the end of the All Star Break…Just maybe his road losing streak will go by the wayside too…..Like I have said in previous post regarding Dempster – He wasnt going to go 15-0 at home…surely he won’t go 0-15 on the road.