Good news -1) Bagwell hit 3 singles and had a walk.2) Taveras stretched a single into a double3) Backe looked GREAT4) Mike Lamb (yes, you read that right) made an incredible diving catch in right to save 2 runs.5) For the second night in a row, replica Tissot T19 Men's watch Willy Taveras threw out a runner at home.6) For some reason, Dusty Baker hates rookies and won't play DuBois, who looks pretty good, don't he….Best news:WE WON!WE BEAT THE CUBS!Gonna be tougher tomorrow with Prior on the mound.Looks like?Phil will?continue to?play Lamb in left instead of Burke Scott, don't ask me why.
Brandon Backe faces native Texan Kerry Wood tonight.Let's hope that Backe feeds off the home crowd and Kerry doesn't.Let's hope the Cubs have whiffle bats instead of us.Let's hope Brandon pitches like he did the night he 1-hit the Cards in the playoffs.This year, he's pitched reasonably well, except for the last game against the Cards he's a flyball pitcher and needs someone better than Palmeiro in left…He's 1-1 with a replica Tissot T34.1.588.32 Men's watch for a 6.30 ERA, 2.00 WHIP and .341 BAA.Kerry Wood Texan with a tude drafted in the 1st round in 1995 (ohmigawd was it REALLY 10 years ago??) out of a Dallas area HS.
Called up in 98, had that game against the Astros in which he struck out 20 guys (remember, please that the 98 team won the division and we had guys like Jeff Bagwell at his best, Moises Alou, Carl Everett who DID hit well) and he was gonna be the next Nolan Ryan.Well, he blew out his elbow, had Tommy John surgery and came back in replica Tissot T-Touch Steel Analog Men's watch.Well, guess the Wrigley Faithful figgered they would be getting Pedro 99 but in reality, it DOES look like they DID get more of a Nolan Ryan type guy from 00 to 04 he went 54 35 averaging 175 IP year with a 3.68 ERA, 10 K 9 IP and a 2.3 : 1 BB:K ratio.
