Piniella would have had a hard time doing a worse job of managing that 9th inning. After Kennedy's double, the Cubs still hold a 4-3 lead, men on 2nd and 3rd, nobody out. Here comes Chris Duncan to PH. You still have a 1-run lead. Nobody out so a DP doesn't get you out of the inning, Duncan's not a very good hitter and he Ks a lot. So of course Piniella intentionally walks him?

Then ... with a 1-run lead and the winning run at 2B, Piniella plays the infield in??!! A single loses us the ballgame but he increases greatly the chances of a single. Wood does manage to get the next two without the run scoring so Piniella's move didn't cost us the game directly. But I'd still rather take my chances with Duncan, then Wood doesn't have to work so hard to get 3 outs with the bases loaded.

As I popped into the game chatter only to mention: Piniella managed that inning as if Kennedy's double tied the game.

I was gone most of the game, so I missed out on all this. I was at a BBQ and we came inside during the ninth inning of the Yanks/Sox game. I noticed the Cubs were up 4-2 at the time (since Fox posts the scores in the corner). What an agonizing sequence it was to watch that eventually change to 4-3, then 4-4 and quickly 5-4. A series win against the Cards would be great, but from the sounds of it, the Cubs should be going for the sweep tomorrow and not just the series win.

my cat's breath smells like cat food.

I guess Kerry forgot to take his steroids :(

Nah, Ankiel had just a little bit more.