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Date: May 10, 2007
Time: 1:20 PM




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Weather:
Wind: Blowing in at 5 MPH

Partly Cloudy 77 degrees
Chance of Precipitation:


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Paul Maholm
(1-4, 5.51 ERA)


Carlos Zambrano
(3-2, 5.80 ERA)


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NL Central Standings Going Into Thursday:

24-10


16-15


16-17


14-18


14-18


14-20


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Cubs Key Players:
Ryan Theriot


Derrek Lee


Aramis Ramirez


Alfonso Soriano


Pirates Key Players
Jason Bay


Adam LaRoche


Jack Wilson


Xavier Nady


Jacque Jones


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Key Fans in Attendance:

MattBulls

And
From the Bulls Board sk33.
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Prediction:

You Forgot Key Fans In Attendance:

Mattbulls!

Key players for the Pirates:
Jacque Jones.

Seeing as he leaves 10 men on base every game.

treyZz wrote:Key players for the Pirates:
Jacque Jones.

Seeing as he leaves 10 men on base every game.

-embarrassed by Jones
lets win the series

Ok added Key fans in attendance and Jones on the Pirates

You can see the rest of our May schedule:
May 10th - VS Pittsburgh Pirates
May 11th - @ Philadelphia Phillies
May 12th - @ Philadelphia Phillies
May 13th - @ Philadelphia Phillies
May 14th - @ New York Mets
May 15th - @ New York Mets
May 16th - @ New York Mets
May 17th - @ New York Mets
May 18th - VS Chicago White Sox
May 19th - VS Chicago White Sox
May 20th - VS Chicago White Sox
May 22nd - @ San Diego Padres
May 23rd - @ San Diego Padres
May 24th - @ San Diego Padres
May 25th - @ Los Angeles Dodgers
May 26th - @ Los Angeles Dodgers
May 27th - @ Los Angeles Dodgers
May 28th - VS Florida Marlins
May 29th - VS Florida Marlins
May 30th - VS Florida Marlins

A ton of road games. These next few weeks will be a giant test for us. Are we contenders or pretenders.

That's a pretty tough stretch. I said before the Pirates/Nats stretch that we needed to be above .500 after it if we wanted to do anything this season, but I'm not sure what to hope for from the rest of the month.

In any case, if we falter I'm not going to panic. We'll still have a lot of home games during the summer against our weak division.

Brewers are in the same boat, 15 of their next 18 are away or something like that. Similar opponents as well; this could be a very telling stretch.

13 of the next 20 on the road...its a rough stretch but the cubs are what 8-5 on the road this season so it could turn out alright

balls.

Pirates up 2-0 already.

1st inning, nobody out, runner on second.

Another great start from Big Z.

Aramis with a dinger, 3-1 Pirates.

Thankfully, Big Z appears to have settled in.

4-1.

Murton drops a flyball with 2 outs to allow a run home. BAH.

OK I have to say it. Zambrano sucks! There I feel better. He's got alot of catching up to do in May if he wants to keep up with previous years.

So far, this game sucks.

6-1 Pirates. Cubs offense has been dreadful, grounding into 3 double-plays already.

Zambrano has allowed 13 runs in 8 first innings to date.

Pinch hit 2-run HR from Barrett!

6-4! C'mon!

Another crushing loss

Shocking another loss?

Maybe Lou should field the team that gives the Cubs the best chance to win.