Great Series

Game 4 in the series looked all but over when J.D. Drew hit that grand slam. Alot of us sitting over in the The Cub Reporter chat room said, "Game over." Boy were we wrong. An offense that struggles to get 2-3 runs a game suddenly found its offensive stroke when we needed it the most. And even the more amazing part is they did it in the game 5 also. Some how finding a way to win on a day Estes went 5 innings giving up 9 hits, 3 walks and 5 runs.

I am not gonna say this is what is gonna propel us to a Division title. One day they look like they can out pitch and out hit anyone. Then the next day they get shut down by some scrub who hasnt pitched in over a year. Well they can out pitch any team, any day of the week. They just cant do it with the hitting.

For the most part Pujols, Edmonds, Renteria and Rolen were shut down. An incredible feat within itself. But the key to the series was none other than Jeff Fassero. I mean come on if Fassero is not good enough to be on the Cubs that should flash "WARNING SIGN." And sure enough we got our revenge on Jeff Fassero for screwing us so many times in his last year on the team. For once the Cardinals fans understand why Fassero sucks so bad.

They have Fassero we have Estes. They only good thing for the Cards is that they havent had the pleasure of having both on their team at some point. Maybe next year Larussa will need a token lefty for the sake of having a lefty? Well Shawn Estes is your man! Then the tri-fecta would be complete. Fassero, Estes, and Girardi.

Then their is Joe Borowski. Forget Mark Prior, forget Carlos Zambrano, forget even Sammy Sosa. Joe Borowski is our rock, our only reliable arm out of the pen that isnt named Mark Guthrie and i cant imagine where this team would be without him. He pitches on pure guts. After this series he deserves a new 3 year deal for $6-9 million. If anyone has earned it he surely has. Thank you Joe Borowski!