suntimes.com - 5/20/2008
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So maybe they can take the show -- if not the Showtime -- on the road. Coming off their best 10-game homestand in 30 years, the Cubs traveled to Houston to put their tepid 2008 road work on the line against one of baseball's hotter teams.
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Tuesday Morning Odds and Ends, Comings and Goings Edition
GoatRiders of the Apocalypse —
... can get his bat going again - the team could really use a left-handed hitter of his caliber in the lineup more often. As it stands, Lilly is not expected to be in the lineup again until the series against Pittsburgh.
(Yes, Ted Lilly is seriously the second-most productive left-handed hitter on the team right now with Ward on the DL. Yikes.)
Soriano knows that at some point he'll hit a slump, and the boo-birds will come back.
Geo Soto cracks me up:
''I didn't dream of [an inside the park home ...
MLB’s Holy Moly Monday
Bird Land —
... Edmonds finer catches, the best of which was a stumble-turned-dive up the hill a few years ago. On Monday, he raced back on a deep drive by Hunter Pence only to fade to his right toward Tal’s Hill. He caught the ball over his right shoulder, back to the plate, as he hit the base of the hill. He got it. He’s still got it. Earned him the descriptive phrase longtime nemesis (Houston Chronicle) and dusted off that old nickname we used so well “Hollywood” (Chicago Sun-Times).
In the same game, rookie catcher ...
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goatriders.org 5/20/2008 —
History happened today when Jon Lester pitched a no-hitter against the worst offense in the American League. Fans everywh- huh? Sorry, you mean to say that there's good baseball beyond the east coast? My bad. I almost got sucked in.
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Soto leads Cubs over Astros —
chicagotribune.com - Sports 5/20/2008
Though Lou Piniella keeps reminding everyone it's only May, the atmosphere at Minute Maid Park was the kind usually reserved for late September. The Cubs seemed to feed off it, making all the right moves in a 7-2 win.
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Cubs 7, Astros 2 —
NYT > Baseball 5/20/2008
Geovany Soto didn’t get the automatic home run he deserved, but it didn’t make a difference as the Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Astros 7-2 on Monday night. >
