[section9]

Okay, folks, this is it. For all the freaking marbles. Do or die tonight at 7:45 Eastern from the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.

Post comments and reactions, pre-game, during the game, and post-game, here.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[Support Free Republic]

Hi mom and dad!

[Bikers4Bush]

Little Stevie better hope Wood gets the Cubbies a win or he'll have to move.

[Admin Moderator]

Too early for it to be in breaking. I'll put it there closer to game time.

[Rutles4Ever]

Cubs 5, Marlins 2

Wood goes 7.1
Remlinger with the Hold
Borowski closes it out.


Game MVP: Kenny Lofton


"The seat" normally occupied by "The fan" will be empty...

[Az Joe]

This series ended at 8:24 pm CDT 10/14/03.

Congrats Marlins-Beat the skankees!!!!!!!

[lainie]

How good of a day do you think ol' Steve had? I feel bad for him. It looked foul. He should have paid better attention but it turned out to be the turning point of the whole game. :-(

[Sir Gawain]

Quien es mas macho?

The thread posted right after yours has this in the title. Neat.

[Oystir]

I smell a CHOKE!

[JackDanielsOldNo7]

Cubs will get blanked tonite. They can not handle the pressure. They will be cursed as long as the Daley family runs Chicago.

[steveegg]

Could we lose the "obey the billygoat" jab until after the game?

[pctech]

Hell, I ain't even gonna watch it tonight. The only way the Cubs win is if:

#1 - They just pound the hell out of the ball right away, or

#2 - They make the pitcher throw so many pitches he tires out.

If this happens, the Cubs take it 5-3.

If none of these happen, it's the Marlins 4-2.

[SpellingTroll]

Let's hope before the game, they advise all "fans" in the first three rows to sit on their hands.

[TomB]

From the Smoking Gun:

OCTOBER 15--Meet Steve Bartman. He's the poor 26-year-old Chicago Cubs fan who last night got his hands on that foul ball headed for outfielder Moises Alou's mitt. Bartman, who attended the University of Notre Dame, works for a Chicago-area consulting firm and serves as coach for a local youth baseball program. We wanted to speak with Bartman about last night's incident, but he did not return messages left on his office voicemail. And when we dialed Bartman up at his apartment--about three miles from Wrigley Field--we got a recorded message saying that his number had been disconnected. Which is probably not a bad idea.

AAAAAAARRRRRRGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAVEN'T WE SUFFERED ENOUGH?!

[dennisw]

marlins by 4 runs

[BurbankKarl]

[Chi-townChief]

I guess we always knew it would come down to this one.

[dts32041]

For those of you who care Ron Santo has passed his stress test and will have surgery on the 28th.

[BlessedBeGod]

Did the Cubs win yet?

[Diddle E. Squat]

Go Marlins, Cubs fans turned out to be total losers. Amazing how many people I talked to today(in Texas) who were rooting for the Cubs but now are rooting for them to lose, after how the Cubs fans went nutso on the goofball going for the ball. Chicago Sun-Times can take some of that blame.

[Arkinsaw]

chicken bone, chicken bone, lucky, lucky, chicken bone