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1. Hendry's Wad of Cash (UCCF) Posted: May 07, 2006 at 01:42 PM (#2008467)

We're going to kick that 9-day record's ass today.

2. Scott Lange Posted: May 07, 2006 at 11:23 PM (#2009419)

Right you were. Three or less tomorrow earns sole posession of the ten-day mark. Roll on, Dusty.

3. Hendry's Wad of Cash (UCCF) Posted: May 07, 2006 at 11:38 PM (#2009427)

We did cut it closer than I expected. With Maddux going tomorrow, I suspect we'll see the offense drop back off so as not to not waste a good start. Chris Young's pretty tough as well.

Calling it 2-1 San Diego.

4. Scott Lange Posted: May 09, 2006 at 05:53 AM (#2010694)

Another new franchise mark tonight, this time the ten-game record. We need to score two or less against Jason Schmidt and the Giants tomorrow for sole posession of the eleven-game record. On the brightside, at least we can be sure this bunch is steroid-free. I mean, they've got to be, right?

5. Dr. Vaux Posted: May 09, 2006 at 07:15 AM (#2010723)

I didnt realize it was that bad!

6. Scott Lange Posted: May 10, 2006 at 07:48 AM (#2012447)

Wow, it just got worse. This team is pulling away from the pack, tonight taking sole posession of the eleven-game record and setting a new ten game mark as well. It occurs to me that at some point its just going to be "lowest scoring season in franchise history" and that will be the end of it.

Two or less tomorrow for sole posession of the twelve-game mark.

7. Fred Garvin is dead and Joe Biden is alive Posted: May 10, 2006 at 02:50 PM (#2012631)

It's worse. The papers today revealed:

"The Cubs entered Tuesday having finished a 10-game stretch in which they scored a total of 12 runs. According to the Elias stats service, since the end of the 1972 season, only the 2004 Montreal Expos have gone through such a stretch, and they did it twice.

In 1972, the Milwaukee Brewers and California Angels both scored as few as 12 runs over a 10-game stretch."

I don't know where Tuesday's game put them (13 runs in 11 games), but it can't be great.

8. Fred Garvin is dead and Joe Biden is alive Posted: May 10, 2006 at 02:53 PM (#2012637)

For the record, when stretched to 11 games, neither the '04 Expos, '72 Brewers, nor '72 Angels matched the Cubs 13 runs -- all had more.

9. Scott Lange Posted: May 11, 2006 at 06:54 AM (#2014360)

Finally, mercifully, the Cubs put a stop to my daily updates of this list. Nonetheless, it blows my mind to look up and down the list and see the 2006 Cubs handily defeat all those other awful Cub teams including a lot of dead-ball teams. It was a two week perfect storm of a flawed roster, injured superstar, terrible manager, and bad luck. May it never happen again.

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