October 3, 2008 19 Comments

It Feels Like 1988 All Over Again!

In Game 1, James Loney stepped up and was the hero with 4 RBI’s in one swing of the bat!   In Game 2, Russ Martin plated 3 runs with one swing of the bat to put us on top!  Chad Billingsley threw BB”s and our defense was as stellar as the Cubs was suspect.  In fact, all the the Cubs infielders made an error - what were they playing with , “frying pans?”  Just think, we played most of the year without Furcal, Penny, Jones, Nomar and Schmidt - All former All-Stars and Pre-Season Pillars to our Success!  Of course, Manny and Casey Blake played a big part of this teams success, but we are surely a different team with Rafael at SS and leading off.   It’s not over - the fat lady is humming - let’s not forget that in 2001, an Oakland A’s team jumped out to a 2-0 lead over a team and then lost.  Who was that team?  None other than the Joe Torre Yankees!

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