Texas Chainsaw Massacre
They had their axes ready for the Braves Chop but it was a Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Kerry Wood (Texas) pitched 8 fine innings before being replaced by Tom Goodwin as pinch hitter.
I'll put some pictures up at MyPhotopia later today from last nights game in Atlanta. It was great to see history in the making and such good humoured rivalry from the fans. Typical cat-calls of "Corky" were yelled at Sammy Sosa while the Braves multimedia crowd management system cranked out the Chop over and over to drum up some enthusiasm. Overall, I still think the majority of fans at the game were fair weather Braves fans. Last night was the best crowd in regular or post-season history because many of the cubs fans came back down from Chicago to see the game. Other Cubs fans, like myself, live in Atlanta and were priveleged enough to see history being made as the Cubs further buried the legend of the Goat. I know that the only thing that stopped "Wrigley South" from having more Cubs fans in attendance was the prohibitive cost of a last minute ticket to fly down.
Well done Cubbies, lets take down the Marlins. The Cubs have a 4-2 record against them (2-1 Home, 2-1 Away) from two series in July so statistically we are stand a good chance. Heck, even against the Yankees the Cubs are 2-1 from the Interleague series...