Have you ever wanted a Mitchell and Ness throwback jersey but felt the price was too high? At least for the next 3 days, that won't be the case. All Mitchell and Ness jerseys are $100 from today until Midnight this Sunday. All leagues. All other apparel is 40%. Just got an Andre Dawson and Reggie White jersey. The sale is only through the Mitchell and Ness website. It's nice to shop for something and not have to battle for parking.

It was tough to sit through.  I didn't need a mock standing ovation while heading up the steps of my section with 2 outs in the top of the 9th. I had seats 3 rows from the field.  It was a long walk up!!!! Wearing the 1984 roaSandberg jersey.

Lilly didn't have it.  I don't know if the knee was still bothering him or what. The Phils have the best lineup in the NL. I thought Lilly would hold them.  Guess not.

What happened to the Cubs lineup between 08 and 09? Was losing DeRosa that big?   The Phils pitched Rodrigo Lopez.  Let me repeat, Rodigo Lopez!  Why didn't the Cubs score more against him!?!?!?

Don't get me started on Soriano!!!  How do you drop that ball?!?!?! 

A tough game to watch!  My trip to Chicago this year is with family to the Cubs-Phillies series in August.  I hoping the Cubs take 2 of 3. Is that too much to ask?

Hope the Cubs take the next two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Since it's a few days away, I'll post this. 

Who has tickets for the games in this series?

I'm going to the game on Monday night.

If anyone is going on Tuesday night, Green Day has a concert at the Wachovia Center.  Get there early because parking might be a mess.

It will interesting to see how the Cubs match up with the defending world champions. What are the pitching matchup going to look like for this series?

Just be prepared for a lot of traffic down there tonight.  This happens all the time down at the sports complex. 

Along with the Cubs-Phillies game, the Sixers also have a home game at the same time.  And the Phantoms (AHL) have a game at the Spectrum.  There are going to be around 55,000 people around the complex for 3 different events. 

Just giving people going to the game tonight a head up!

I saw this on either espn.com, cnnsi.com or mlb.com but they had the umpiring crews for each series.

For the Cubs/D-Backs, it's:

Ed Montague (CC)
Sam Holbrook
Greg Gibson
Mike Everitt
Mike Reilly
Mark Carlson

Is this crew good or bad for us? I don't remember any incident with any of these guys during the past year.  At least we don't get C.B Bucknor (Red Sox-Angels) or Bruce Froemming (Yankees-Indians).

I've told this to Al and a few others here.  The only non-Philadelphia team I root for is the Cubs.  I take a vacation to Wrigley every summer and I have season tickets to the Eagles and Flyers.

I had tickets to the pre-season Flyers game tonight at 7.  Since all the stadiums in Philadelphia are in the same place, parking was going to be a mess today with the Phillies playing at 4.  I got to park for free since the lot people thought I was coming late for the Phillies game.

I stopped off at McFaddens, which is a bar at Citizens Bank Park that you can get into without a ticket. Hung out there before the Flyers game.  The Phillies fans were dying with every pitch and it did not help that the Phils did not pull through today.

My point is this.  Be grateful Cubs fans we don't have to worry about a playoff or "blowing" it on the last day of the season.  With the history of Philadelphia sports teams behind them, people are worried about game 162 tomorrow and if there is a playoff on Monday.  

I hope the Phils pull through because if they play the Cubs in the playoffs I can get tickets.

It's nice to clinch a few days before the end of the season.