this series is finally here!

too bad the Sox had to go and win a World Championship costing this matchup some of its charm

anyway, put me down as thinking Wakefield loses again on Sunday and the Red Sox take 2/3 at Wrigley.

We were so close to a World Series of that in 2003...

God would show up in Game 7 and just hand both teams trophies.

good job sox, you ruined it. idiots

I'm heading to the first game now. Should be a fun atmosphere this weekend -- but nothing like the Yankees/Cubs' games in 2003, but fun.

The Wakefield/Rusch matchup for Sunday night is a matchup of two flame-throwers. I can't wait to follow the radar gun for those pitchers.

EK's homer after hee sucks choi got knocked out was fucking SWEET

pretty low expectations going in...why would the Yankees series be a bigger deal? They haven't won anything since 2000

The Kerry Wood/Roger Clemens' matchup when Clemens was going for his 300th was huge. It's as close as we Cubs' fans get to a World Series atmosphere.

Also, the tickets to that game were the hardest to get out of any playoff game in 2003. The tickets for this series can definitely be had. The scalpers aren't making nearly the profit they thought they would.

By the way, I have two extras for Sunday if you still want to come in.

One of my fondest memories of Cubs' games -- I dumped my beer on the guy in front of me and he couldn't care less.

that's like saying the U2 show was better than pearl jam show because it was more difficult to get tickets

thanks for the offer but I cannot make it

Although I wish EK coulda stayed a Dodger forever, i was a HUGE cubs fan that year. hehe

thus far, the difference in eric karros's and hee seop choi's career ops is .04. choi's 26. but, if you really think he sucks, that .04 difference means you see a very fine line between sucking and God.

OPS is a dorknerdgeek stat davo. It's meaningless.

oh yeah. still, eric karros is no steve garvey

it means about as much as batting average

*7-1 Cubs

*14-3 Cubs

settle down in here

it's just 1 game....some crooked numbers on the board today tho

Wow. The game was pretty much over by the 3rd inning -- kind of melodramatic. Greg Maddux's homerun was the highlight. But, then again, his OPS is awful, so I guess he sucks.

By the way, I'm drunk.

you continue to be the biggest tool on here. quick, someone, davo needs his sports ego stroked!!!

try watching actual games idiot, instead of using the internet to look up your fancy stats.

Yeah, seriously. Who needs stats?

What's wrong with someone being interested in stats? Just because someone knows stats it means they don't watch sports? I don't understand your logic here.

it's not really possible for me to watch anymore baseball than i do. i umpire two games every day, so it's kind of hard not to see those games in person. plus, with the extra innings package, i probably average watching parts of four or five major league games every day. but, i can see where that might not be enough. i also understand how someone like you would hate to have facts presented that dispell their own conceptions about the things they watch, which they clearly don't understand. or, maybe now that you know choi has been a better offensive player than karros, (his career ops is now higher after two homers last night, including a walk off homer that won a game for your supposedly precious dodgers) it's more difficult for you to fantasize of fellating eric karros.