Texas Baseball Massacre (done by us, for a change)

Certainly, I understand the ramifications of the Cubs winning unnecessary games and what it might mean as far as Dusty Baker returning, and that I know that's a bad thing. But, I have to admit this three-game series with Houston certainly was fun to watch or read about. I checked on Tuesday night's game on and off until right before midnight when it was it about the 14th or 15th inning and figured, ah the hell with it, they'll probably lose, and went to bed. I did some reading, and when I went to putthebook by my work stuff, I checked and I think it was in the16th, and Houston had a runner on 2nd with one out and Dempster on the mound, and I figured then, it'll probably be over in a few minutes when Houston wins. When I got up, before I left for work I turned on ESPN to see if I could catch the score, figuring the Cubs probably lost. They showed the Diamondbacks and the Rockies played 18 innings and I thought to myself I wonder if the Cubs game lasted that long; then they showed that both games went to 18 innings and the Cubs won their game 8-6. Then I red that they were calling this O'Malley guy up to pitch today. So I figured Houston would win about 12-0. I checked the score around 3:30 in the afternoon. Who knew this guy would 8 pitch innings of shutout baseball? Or that they'd win 1-0 an sweep? While in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter, sine the Cubs are going nowhere, and it might convince Jim Hendry that the guys are still playing hard for Dusty so he should extend him, still it was kind of fun to see for a change.