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10/2/08

James Loney, Manny Ramirez Put Chicago Cubs In A Familiar Hole [MLB Playoffs 2008]

No Pressure Cubs, It's Just 100 Years On The Line

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It was James Loney's grand slam home run in the 5th inning that lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Chicago Cubs, but Manny Ramirez' golfed solo homer was just as impactful.

As I mentioned in my series preview on Tuesday, the two most important factors in this series for Chicago were for Ryan Dempster to have a long outing and to not let Manny Ramirez stay hot. Fail and fail

.So here we are, Cubs fans, relying on Carlos Zambrano in a pressure-filled, must-win situation after two straight shaky outings. You don't need me to tell you that I didn't sleep well last night. On one hand, Zambrano is just the guy you'd want in this situation. He's without question the best pitcher on the team, and when he's on he's nearly unhittable. But then there's that variable no one can predict: what's going on between the ears.

Either way, the Cubs will need to swing the bats like they have all year. Far and away the leading NL team in runs scored managed nine hits, but could only drive two in off of an odd Mark DeRosa home run that I don't think anyone in the ballpark or surrounding bars thought was going out.

Up next: Chad Billingsley who's lost just once in his last 12 outings and sports a 2.93 ERA. Sweet.

The Cubs have done a good job of eschewing the pressure of "100 years," but tonight we'll finally see if that's even possible. Pressure is on.

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10/2/08

kteacher

1	Great game! Go Dodgers!

10/2/08

illini81887

2	The cubs 2 biggest FA acquisitions over best 2years in Soriano and Fukudome went 0-9. There is no reason why fukudome should even be batting 2nd

10/2/08

TrekkieGal1963

0	(Edited by TrekkieGal1963) The only pressure to worry about is this hype. Put behind the mojo, and go back to playing baseball. Stop feeding the beast.