Archive for August 2005

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August 26, 2005

Shifting Focus

Posted by Mike J. | 9:50 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

I’ve been an optimist throughout most of the season, looking on the bright side without trying to be a blatant homer about the whole thing. However, as Aramis Ramirez strained and stumbled his way into first base in Wednesday’s game, the Cubs’ already slim chances evaporated. Even with Derrek Lee batting .900 like he did […]

August 24, 2005

Determining The Outcome

Posted by Mike J. | 8:15 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

Ever get the feeling that instead of actually playing a baseball game, Dusty Baker could walk out to home plate, meet with the opposing manager and the umpire, and flip a coin to determine a win or loss for the day? He’d go back and forth between wins and losses regularly with some streaks of […]

August 23, 2005

Not Long Until Wood Is Shelved

Posted by Mike J. | 12:48 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

Dropping a well-played, tight game to the Braves isn’t such a bad thing. Atlanta’s on the top of their division and while losing never feels good, losing to a playoff team that put Tim Hudson on the mound for all 9 innings is the kind of loss that’s acceptable.
Unfortunately for the Cubs, no losses are […]

August 19, 2005

Outside Chicago

Posted by Mike J. | 12:26 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

There’s a few things I’ve learned in my first three weeks in Wisconsin:

Full-time jobs aren’t so bad. I was a bit concerned how well this waking up early every day thing would go, but it’s been surprisingly easy so far. I’ve never had a real full-time job before this (and no, I don’t know how […]

August 10, 2005

Beervendors.com

Posted by Mike J. | 11:35 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

No, I’m not really back, but in the meantime check out beervendors.com. It’s run by a couple of Wrigley Field beer vendors and they did a really great job. I really enjoyed it and I’ve added it to the sidebar near the top (beer vendors, after all, are close to Old Style Cubs’ heart).