SWEEP! CUBS WIN!

[MIButterfly]

Beat the Mets 4-3 in 10 innings! My Cubbies! Fly the W, baby!

Now this is where the fun starts. They're playing the first-place Brewers this weekend, starting tomorrow.

GO CUBS GO!!!!!

[buzzycrumbhunger]

1. Wheeeee!

It was a little iffy there for a while…

[MIButterfly]

2. I was holding my breath there for the last couple of innings

It sure wasn't a blow-out like it was both games yesterday. In any case, it's still a W and I'll take it!

On to Milwaukee.....

[buzzycrumbhunger]

3. I just read that Ben Brown is out now...

Sounds like a repeat of his neck injury. These guys really aren’t making it easy for themselves, are they?

[Morbius]

7. It's not an injury.

In 2024, they found a tumor, thankfully benign. He is now facing pain in the same place. They're being very careful (and close-lipped), but it doesn't look good. They won't let him pitch for a month or so, and then they will re-evaluate.

He was having a terrific season, too. Best pitcher on the team. He's a great kid; I hope he's going to be okay.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

8. Yeah, I remember this

But the immediate story as soon as they took him out of the game was “injury” or “repeat injury.” I shattered my knee in a slip & fall years ago (stepping around the rear of my car in a grass parking lot in the rain and managed to step in a foot-deep hole as I turned) and over a decade later, I’ve only just reached a point where I feel safe enough to walk without a brace. Gives me the heebie jeebies to think of a neck injury. At least if my knee fails on me, I won’t have to worry about being paralyzed. Hopefully, he’s young enough to be able to bolster his anatomy and come out stronger in the long run.

[MontanaMama]

4. It was a glorious series!

Now, as you say, on to Milwaukee. I always dread playing the Brew Crew. Dansby has had a heck of a week so far.

Go Cubs Go!!!

W

[BidenRocks]

5. My first 18 years were in Milwaukee.

Exciting season, eh?

[ShazzieB]

6. Go, Cubs, Go!