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1188 May 13, 2004   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Giants
1189 May 13, 2004   Jonathan Fellows   Senators invoke cloture against White Sox
1190 May 14, 2004   Michael Rescigno   SLN @ CHN WK 3.zip
1191 May 15, 2004   Alan Boodman   Week 3 update
1192 May 15, 2004   Dave Jackson   Red Sox @ Kansas City
1193 May 15, 2004   Steve Dewing   Tigers stumble at home versus the Twins.........
1194 May 15, 2004   Darren Dawson   san francisco @ new york -- april 20-23, 1966
1195 May 15, 2004   Steve Bivens   Senators at Red Sox
1196 May 16, 2004   Alan Boodman   MNA-DEA autoplay
1197 May 16, 2004   Alan Boodman   Week 4 begins
1198 May 16, 2004   Dave Jackson   RE: [PreSmiley] Week 4 begins
1199 May 16, 2004   Dennis Van Langen   PIN @ CHN_25-28
1200 May 16, 2004   Steve Dewing   Re: [PreSmiley] Week 4 begins
1201 May 16, 2004   Dave Jackson   Re: [PreSmiley] Week 4 begins
1202 May 16, 2004   James Taglia   KCA @ DEA
1203 May 16, 2004   Gary Dewing   BAA and WAA win 2 of 3 vs CHA and MNA - part 1
1204 May 16, 2004   Gary Dewing   BAA and WAA win 2 of 3 vs CHA and MNA - part 2
1205 May 16, 2004   Steve Dewing   DEA at BOA results week 4
1206 May 16, 2004   Steve Dewing   NYN at LAN week 4 results. "the free fall continues for the Mets..."
1207 May 16, 2004   Dave Jackson   Re: DEA at BOA results week 4
1208 May 16, 2004   Dave Jackson   Re: NYN at LAN week 4 results. "the free fall continues for theMets..."
1209 May 16, 2004   Darren Dawson   Re: [PreSmiley] Re: NYN at LAN week 4 results. "the free fall continues for the Mets..."
1210 May 16, 2004   Dennis Van Langen   Re: [PreSmiley] Re: DEA at BOA results week 4
1211 May 17, 2004   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Braves
1212 May 18, 2004   James Taglia   Braves at Cardinals
1213 May 18, 2004   Billy Vanson   results of New York @ Kansas City
1214 May 18, 2004   Jonathan Fellows   Please make the bad men stop!
1215 May 20, 2004   Larry Cupp   Attention SF owner
1216 May 21, 2004   Larry Cupp   Sweep-revenge-Cin-over-Mets
1217 May 21, 2004   Gary Dewing   Re: Sweep-revenge-Cin-over-Mets - UNETHICAL ???
1218 May 21, 2004   Alan Boodman   Re: [PreSmiley] Re: Sweep-revenge-Cin-over-Mets - UNETHICAL ???
1219 May 21, 2004   Dave Jackson   Red Sox @ New York
1220 May 21, 2004   Dave Jackson   Dodgers @ San Francisco
1221 May 22, 2004   Alan Boodman   Week 4 update
1222 May 22, 2004   Gary Dewing   BAA wk 4 CM
1223 May 22, 2004   Darren Dawson   san francisco @ cincinnati -- april 27-30, 1966
1224 May 23, 2004   Steve Bivens   Senators at Orioles
1225 May 23, 2004   Michael Rescigno   SLN@PIT WK 4.zip
1226 May 23, 2004   Alan Boodman   Week 4 autoplays
1227 May 23, 2004   Alan Boodman   Week 5 begins
1228 May 23, 2004   Michael Rescigno   CARDINALS WK 5 CM
1229 May 23, 2004   Billy Vanson   new york in week 5
1230 May 23, 2004   Billy Vanson   oooops....forgot the Yankees mgr
1231 May 23, 2004   Steve Dewing   DEA week 5 CM vs NYA
1232 May 23, 2004   Steve Dewing   The Mets are respectable... results of NYN at SFN
1233 May 23, 2004   James Taglia   Braves at Dodgers
1234 May 23, 2004   James Taglia   A's at Red Sox
1235 May 23, 2004   Steve Dewing   Dissent in Detroit, Don't throw in the towel yet Jon, I hate the White Sox and Comiskey Park
1236 May 23, 2004   Steve Bivens   Senators at Athletics
1237 May 23, 2004   Dennis Van Langen   PIN @ ATN_32-25
1238 May 24, 2004   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Mets
1239 May 24, 2004   Billy Vanson   HOLY CRAP THESE ARE GOD AWFUL
1240 May 24, 2004   Steve Dewing   Re: [PreSmiley] HOLY CRAP THESE ARE GOD AWFUL
1241 May 24, 2004   Billy Vanson   Re: [PreSmiley] HOLY CRAP THESE ARE GOD AWFUL
1242 May 24, 2004   Steve Dewing   Re: [PreSmiley] HOLY CRAP THESE ARE GOD AWFUL
1243 May 24, 2004   Gary Dewing   Orioles are all COOL
1244 May 25, 2004   Jonathan Fellows   Vacation Plans
1245 May 25, 2004   Billy Vanson   results of Yankees @ Detroit
1246 May 25, 2004   Dave Jackson   Red Sox @ Baltimore
1247 May 27, 2004   Larry Cupp   Reds win 2 of 3 in St. Louie
1248 May 28, 2004   Jonathan Fellows   White Sox split with Senators
1249 May 29, 2004   Alan Boodman   Week 5 update
1250 May 29, 2004   Gary Dewing   O's split with Twins
1251 May 29, 2004   Gary Dewing   MNA takes 2 of 3 from NYA
1252 May 29, 2004   Gary Dewing   BAA wk 6 mgr
1253 May 29, 2004   Dave Jackson   Dodgers @ Cincinnati
1254 May 29, 2004   Alan Boodman   Strat patch
1255 May 29, 2004   Michael Rescigno   SLN @CHN WK 5.zip
1256 May 30, 2004   Alan Boodman   Fw: san fran @ pittsburgh -- week 5
1257 May 30, 2004   Alan Boodman   Week 6 begins
1258 May 30, 2004   Dennis Van Langen   PIN @ CIN_36-38
1259 May 30, 2004   Gary Dewing   need updated NYA CM
1260 May 30, 2004   Billy Vanson   Re: [PreSmiley] need updated NYA CM
1261 May 30, 2004   Alan Boodman   Re: [PreSmiley] need updated NYA CM
1262 May 30, 2004   Billy Vanson   Re: [PreSmiley] need updated NYA CM
1263 May 30, 2004   Gary Dewing   BAA sweeps at NYA
1264 May 30, 2004   James Taglia   A good week to be from Chicago
1265 May 30, 2004   Steve Dewing   In FTF action the Tigers once again prevail over the Orioles
1266 May 30, 2004   Steve Dewing   NYN vs LAN results
1267 May 30, 2004   Dave Jackson   Dodgers @ Pittsburgh
1268 May 31, 2004   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Giants
1269 May 31, 2004   Steve Dewing   Norm Cash says "we can play with these guys" after Tigers 4-game FTF set with MNA
1270 Jun 1, 2004   Billy Vanson   results of NY Yankees @ KC A's
1271 Jun 2, 2004   Jonathan Fellows   White doubles up on Red
1272 Jun 3, 2004   Larry Cupp   Reds split @ Fulton County Stadium
1273 Jun 5, 2004   Alan Boodman   Week 6 update
1274 Jun 5, 2004   Steve Dewing   NYN and DEA week 7 CM's
1275 Jun 5, 2004   Gary Dewing   BAA CM attached
1276 Jun 5, 2004   Michael Rescigno   SLN@NYN WK 6.zip & WK 7 CM
1277 Jun 5, 2004   Dave Jackson   Red Sox @ Washington
1278 Jun 5, 2004   Jason Hartnell   mna manager and free agent pick
1279 Jun 6, 2004   Alan Boodman   SFN-SLN autoplay
1280 Jun 6, 2004   Alan Boodman   WAA-MNA autoplay
1281 Jun 6, 2004   Alan Boodman   Week 7 begins
1282 Jun 6, 2004   Steve Dewing   DEA/WAA - Ortega perfect for 26 batters and then.....
1283 Jun 6, 2004   Jonathan Fellows   Re: [PreSmiley] Week 7 begins
1284 Jun 6, 2004   Alan Boodman   Re: [PreSmiley] Week 7 begins
1285 Jun 6, 2004   Jason Hartnell   MNA and BAA take 2 of 3 from BOA and KCA
1286 Jun 6, 2004   Dennis Van Langen   PIN at SLN_46-49
1287 Jun 6, 2004   Steve Dewing   Mets vs Pirates week 7 results "Don't mess with Jesse Gonder"
1288 Jun 6, 2004   Alan Boodman   Week 8 CMs, autoplay schedule & trade deadline


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Message #: 1188
Message from: Alan Boodman
Sent: May 13, 2004
Subject: Cubs @ Giants

The Cubs were heading for another 0%-of-the-breaks series, when the unthinkable happened in game 3....
 
 
Game 1: Cubs play just well enough to lose, as usual.  Despite gathering just 3 hits all day against Bobby Bolin and two relievers, Chicago makes it close and loses by the score of 3-2.
 
 
Game 2: Losing by one run is hardly atypical, but it's HOW we do it that makes us what we are (and have been since Pre-Smiley began): today, the teams traded one-run innings for most of the day, the score winding up tied 3-3 as we went into the ninth.  The Cubs plated a pair of runs in the top of the frame to take a 5-3 lead.  Then with - of course - Fergie Jenkins on the mound:
 
First batter: gopher ball
Second batter: gopher ball
Two batters later (with Jim Owens now pitching): gopher ball, game over. 
 
 
Game 3: The ending to game two was, unfortunately, all-too-believable for what few Cubs fans there may be; NOBODY is going to believe what happened in game 3.
 
Sonny Siebert started for Chicago and was doing the usual thing - getting zero breaks, watching the opposition get hits in near-empty columns, seeing Stupid Ballpark Tricks that only work in favor of one team (the home team), seeing the other guys never miss a split.... IOW, the usual.
 
The Giants had an 8-0 lead after 4 innings and Juan Marichal had a no-hitter going until the seventh.  Just another routine day for the Cubbies.
 
In the seventh, Jose Cardenal led off with a single, took off for second with an 85% chance of success.... and got nailed.  Adolfo Phillips followed a few batters later with a 3-run homer that would have been a grand slam, but the CS couldn't possibly matter with the score THIS far apart.
 
The Big Tease continued into the 8th: two singles opened the inning, and were followed by two homers: the score is 8-7, and finally Marichal is lifted (what about that CS NOW, huh?). 
 
Somehow, in the ninth, Chicago pushed across FIVE MORE runs, all against Frank Linzy, and Fergie didn't allow a run (though he sure tried) in the bottom of the inning, and the Cubs had come from being down 8-0 to a 12-8 win.
 
Blowing 8-0 leads is not uncommon (for me), but a comeback like this is once-in-a-lifetime.  It could mean the difference between 99 and 100 losses in 1966!!!
 
Alan
 

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