Saturday, April 18, 2009

It's great to be a Chicagoan!

What an excellent time to be a Chicago sports fan! We've just received our very own ESPN website, we have two teams in the playoffs of their sport, and three teams off to solid starts in their respective seasons. Then there's the Bears, but let's not talk about them right now.
Today was an especially good day, with 5 teams in action going a combined 4-0-1:
Bulls 105, Celtics 103: The Baby Bulls performed like Veteran Bulls in a thrilling overtime win against the KG-less Celtics in Game 1 of the First Round of the NBA playoffs. The Bulls gained valuable home court advantage. Derrick Rose scored 36 points (with 11 assists) in his playoff debut, while Joakim Noah garnered 17 rebounds.
Blackhawks 3, Flames 2: The Blackhawks erased a 2-0 deficit after the first period with three goals in the second, two from Jonathan Toews, to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Toews' goals sandwiched a Patrick Sharp goal and fittingly, Da Coach dropped the ceremonial first puck.
Cubs 7, Cardinals 5: Aramis Ramirez hit a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the 11th to give the Cubs a thrilling extra innings win. The victory pulled the Cubs into a first place tie with the Cardinals in the NL Central. The Bears were represented by newly acquired Jay Cutler, who threw out the first pitch and sang (poorly) the seventh inning stretch. I'd like to take this time to say I really miss Kyle Orton.
White Sox 8, Rays 3: Mark Buehrle went six and two-thirds innings, giving up 8 hits and 3 runs with 5 strikeouts in a solid outing for the Sox. Konerko chipped in with a solid 3-5, 1 HR, 3 RBI effort while Scott Kazmir struggled in a 4 inning outing for the Rays. The Sox are now tied with the Tigers for second in the AL Central, one game back of the upstart Royals.
Fire 2, Wizards 2: The Fire took a 2-0 lead to the 78th minute after two early Brian McBride goals, but Josh Wolff scored two goals in the last 12 minutes to give the Wizards a 2-2 tie at Toyota Park. Still, the Fire have not been beaten all year, with a 2-0-3 record, good for first place in the Eastern Conference, a point ahead of the New England Revolution.

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