The Game 7 Litmus Test
The Cubs finish off their latest homestand tonight, their two opponents happen to be of playoff caliber. They also happen to have gone 3-3 so far in those seven games and have a chance to take the Mets series tonight with Jason Marquis on the mound against Tom Glavine. Carrying this analogy a little further, a win tonight would give them a 4-3 mark on the homestand which would be like winning a playoff series. At least that's how I think about it. Of course I use to make up whole seasons on my baseball video games on the Commodore 64 (Hardball to be exact) well before they started doing that on the later generation video game consoles, so I have a bit of an active imagination.
While there's really no such thing as a must-win game in early August, there are a lot of "be really nice to win" games and that's what tonight's falls under. National TV, playoff-caliber opponent and a chance to win a series - literally and figuratively. Go Cubs, go Marquis!
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I haven't commented much on the Zambrano contract talks since it doesn't seem like any real progress has been made. But it is nice to see that Z seems to really want to stay here, even if it's just talk:
"I'm ready to sign," Zambrano said. "My hand is ready to sign that contract. Just bring it to me. I want to stay here and be a Cubbie for a long time."
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