I hate the Chicago Cubs

What I really hate is that the only way I can watch a Cardinals game out here is if they are playing DC or Philly, sometimes NY. But for some really insane reason, every once in awhile, we get the Cubs network. Now this is awesome when its a Cards Cubs game (the best games of the season, btw) but it really really really pisses me off having to watch a Cardinals game while listening to the Cubs announcers. I had to mute ht TV a few times.

The other thing that I really hate is when Izzy decides he can't fucking pitch. It is really not cool for us to go from 3-1 to 3-3 in the 9th inning! His only job is to throw 9 strikes. Just do it! Apparently he's in a slump. And everyone is hoping he sorts things out. All I can say, is we need to think about the last time this happened, a few years back. When most people I talked to (my brother and then roommate mostly) were pretty sure he was getting paid to lose. Izzy is too great, when he's great. And as I've said before, I have unrealistic expectations about baseball. So, we may have a bit of a situation on our hands. It really does not work well if your best closer is losing games on purpose. Ok, he may just be having a slump, but who can trust a man who is stellar one game and shit another. I sure can't.

Now, I have to say Schumaker and Yadi get kudos today because they did really great. Yadi got an RBI to get us three runs, which basically saved us because if we had gone into the 9th with only 2 runs, we would have lost rather than go to extra innings. And Schumaker hit the game winning homer in the 11th, so he's just great.

In short, I finally got to watch a Cardinals game on TV, rather than just follow it online as I usually have to, and that in itself was spectacular. I fired Izzy in my head and vowed to hunt down the Chicago commentators, but at the end of the night, I was a happy girl.

Now we just have to see if weird Maryland plays the rest of the series. Seriously, who in Maryland cares about the Cubs? Why do you play Cubs games here?! I'm not gonna lie, I like watching my Cards, but it's still just weird.