(BB) Cubs no-hitter drought,36, by Carlos Zambrano
nixi...@earthlink.net
Chicago Cubs in 36 years, returning from a recent bout of rotator cuff
soreness to shut down the Houston Astros 5-0 Sunday night in a game
relocated because of Hurricane Ike.
Zambrano, known for his emotional displays on the mound, kept himself
in control until striking out Darin Erstad to finish his gem.
Zambrano dropped to his knees and pointed to the sky with both hands
after getting Erstad to swing and miss. The big right-hander was
immediately mobbed on the mound by his teammates.
The crowd of 23,441 erupted in a wild ovation after chanting “Let’s go
Z!” throughout the final inning.
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Now the third longest no-hit drought (outside the Mets and the Padres,
who have never had a no-hitter) belongs to the San Francisco Giants,
with John Montefusco's no-hitter on 9/29/1976 being their most recent
(I'm a Giants fan)
J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, nixi...@earthlink.net
<nixi...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> MILWAUKEE (AP)=97Carlos Zambrano pitched the first no-hitter for the
> Chicago Cubs in 36 years, returning from a recent bout of rotator
> cuff soreness to shut down the Houston Astros 5-0 Sunday night in a
> game relocated because of Hurricane Ike.
Not to take away too much from this, it's a hell of an achievement and
all, but it's a lot easier to pitch a no-hitter in Milwaukee than at
Wrigley Field.
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MWB
"J.D. Baldwin" <INVALID...@example.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:gakkb4$60q$1...@reader1.panix.com...
I'm hoping for a RED SOX - CUBS World Series
GO PATRIOTS
Mark
J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, MWB <bic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm hoping for a RED SOX - CUBS World Series
I am afraid I would have to abandon the Red Sox in such an event.
Sorry. I might even have an "in" for tickets to a couple of the
Wrigley games ...
MWB
"J.D. Baldwin" <INVALID...@example.com.invalid> wrote in message
I'll pretend I didn't see that.
However my GOOD FRIEND J.D., if it happens and you have tickets I'll swap my
trophy wife for a ticket.
CALL ME
GO PATRIOTS
Mark
J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, MWB <bic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> However my GOOD FRIEND J.D., if it happens and you have tickets I'll
> swap my trophy wife for a ticket.
Not in the market for a wife, but bring eight or ten stout lobsters
along, and we might have a deal.
Louis Epstein
:
: "J.D. Baldwin" <INVALID...@example.com.invalid> wrote in message
:>
:> In the previous article, nixi...@earthlink.net
:> <nixi...@earthlink.net> wrote:
:>> MILWAUKEE (AP)=97Carlos Zambrano pitched the first no-hitter for the
:>> Chicago Cubs in 36 years, returning from a recent bout of rotator
:>> cuff soreness to shut down the Houston Astros 5-0 Sunday night in a
:>> game relocated because of Hurricane Ike.
:>
:> Not to take away too much from this, it's a hell of an achievement and
:> all, but it's a lot easier to pitch a no-hitter in Milwaukee than at
:> Wrigley Field.
: I'm hoping for a RED SOX - CUBS World Series
Ow...a Yankees-sweeping-Cubs to chants of "1908" Series,I'd like to see,
but the Red Sox have been in too many World Series lately and twice have
produced the wrong result...
: GO PATRIOTS
They're ineligible.
: Mark
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The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
MWB
"J.D. Baldwin" <INVALID...@example.com.invalid> wrote in message
Since you won't take my trophy wife I'll sweeten the pot. I want to be fair
here.
12 - 2 pound hard shell lobsters, 4 pecks of clams, butter, (that's got 2
pounds of butter written all over it) and 2 cases of Frye's Leap India Pale
Ale.
I'll even crack your lobsters.
Just bring some RITZ Crackers for the tomali.
Everything is better on a RITZ
GO PATRIOTS
Mark