This page is a Daily Archive of entries for Monday, July 14, 2008 listed from newest to oldest.
The Break
This morning I decided to see what the Sun-Times had to say about the Cubs first half. After I finished reading a story about the new cover of the New Yorker portraying Obama as a militant Muslim with a burning American flag, I dug into a few hardball columns.
Most everyone is focused on the obvious, as we should be:
“(after Sunday’s loss) A bigger lead would have exceeded the best-ever five-game advantage the 1969 Cubs enjoyed at the break -- and comparisons to the ill-fated '69 favorites aren't necessarily a good thing.”