Ain’t no stoppin’ us now. We’re on the move. Ain’t no stoppin’ us now. We’ve got the groove. -McFadden & Whitehead
Hey, hey, holy mackerel, no doubt about it, the Cubs are on their way! Hey, hey, holy mackerel, no doubt about it, the Cubs are gonna hit today! They sure hit yesterday. Aramis Ramirez sure hit yesterday. Aramis Ramirez had a huge day. A colossal day. A monster day. A tremendous day. Aramis Ramirez went four for five with two homers, two RBIs, and three runs scored. Holy Cow! Just in the nick of time. The Cubs needed this one. They needed this 12-3 shellacking of the Cardinals. Needed it bad. Real bad. Because I’m bad, I’m bad. Come On. You know I’m bad, I’m bad. You know it.
The Cubs came into this one-game homestand having lost five of seven games. Not the stuff legends are made. They came into this one-game homestand having lost two of three to the pathetic Pittsburgh Pirates. Not the stuff champions are made. With this win, the Cubs moved back into a first-place tie with the Brew Crew. The floundering Brew Crew. The Brew Crew, who just lost 9-0 themselves to said same pathetic Pittsburgh Pirates. The division is there for the taking. There for the making. There for the big chocolate caking.
The third-place Red Birds have lost four in a row and six straight road games. The third-place Red Birds are three games back as they head to Cincy for a three-game series with the Little Red Machine. If the Cubs want it. They can have it. They can make it their own with more hitting from the likes of Ramirez and Derrek Lee. It might be…It could be…It is! It was. Derrek Lee and Ramirez homered in a five-run fourth, and Ramirez added another solo shot in a four-run eighth yesterday. That’s what it’s going to take to win this thing.
The Cubbies have struggled the last couple of weeks to put runs on the board and lost a couple of tough games. This seventeen hit, twelve run outburst could propel Chicago to the promised land. The dogs on Main Street holw ’cause they understand. If I could take one moment into my hands. Mister I ain’t a boy, no I’m a man. And I believe in a promised land. Playoffs baby, playoffs. And in the playoffs, a staff that includes Ted Lilly, Jason Marquis and Carlos Zambrano himself, could be poised to do some things. Some big things. Things that may make Cubs fans forget about some other things. Things like Don Zimmer’s blundering. Things like Steve Garvey’s fist pumping. Things like Leon Durham’s booting. Things like Gary Gaetti’s bomb hit in vain. Things you want to forget.
Cubs fans and players alike must be asking themselves: Why not us? Why not now? All right! Lemme hear ya! Ah-One! Ah-Two! Ah-Three! Take me out to the ballgame…
Public Acknowledgements: Harry Caray, the King of Pop and the Boss
Peace out homies. Six Two and Even!
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