Ok, what happened? We just SWEPT the Astros, in Houston, without Sammy. Can someone please explain this to me? How did we get clutch hitting? How did we give up so few runs? How far does Derrek Lee have to hit a ball to get a home run? Will Biggio ever figure out the hill in center field? How could Todd Hollandsworth not have been safe at home? Why didn't Dusty come out and argue that call?

I do have to say that so far, this has been my favorite Cubs' season. Not because of the winning, but this is the first year that my son has really sat and watched games with me. The really funny part is that it is not because of anything I did...it is all because of a video game. We rented MVP Baseball 2004 for the playstation, and all of a sudden, he knows all of the names of the players. We will be watching the game, and he will ask me if Bako or Barrett is catching...WTF!!! Or he will ask me why Derrek Lee doesn't get closer to the plate...I love that kid. What is even funnier is when he gets the real Cubs confused with the video game Cubs. On the game, Juan Cruz is still on the roster, so he tries to find him on the real Cubs. Or, he will ask my why Sammy Sosa is playing on the video game when he was supposed to be hurt. That cracks me up!

Here we go into a three game series with Oakland. The only thing I am looking forward to is that the Cubs will see three lefties in the series. We also get Sammy and Grudz back, although I cringe at the thought of disrupting amazing chemistry right now. We will have an amazing bench, though. How can Dusty actually feel good about benching Todd Walker? The guy is hitting everything in sight!  ¶ 8:58 AM